Spinal cord injuries are often devastating and will permanently change a victim’s life. They can also raise a number of questions not just for the victim, but for friends and family members as well. In this section of our blog, you can find informative articles about spinal cord injury treatment options, answers to frequently asked questions, and other helpful information from our spinal cord injury attorneys. We update our blog often and are active on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, so follow our social media channels and come back to our blog for the latest news.
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Recently the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a verdict awarding $10 million to a truck driver who said she slipped and fell on grease and ice while making a delivery to a Greeley, Colorado Walmart. 41-year-old Holly Averyt’s accident occurred in December 2007, and her lawyer, Denver’s Gregory Gold, said Averyt had to undergo three spinal… read more
Laura Triem, the young woman hit by the Denver Light Rail last month, has awoken from her coma. On her way to work at the Cheesecake Factory, Triem had been listening to her headphones and waiting for the train to pass. Not realizing that another was right behind, she stepped out directly into the path… read more
A Chevy Suburban containing a mom and eight teenagers slid off the edge of the road and into a ravine outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week. Holly Galbraith, 35, was driving her daughter, along with the seven other teenagers, to an Especially For Youth event in Rexburg, Idaho when she hit a slick patch… read more
A medical malpractice lawsuit with our Denver injury attorney Tom Metier as trial council resulted in a record $9 million verdict in Wyoming last month. According to the Casper Star-Tribune, the award against the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette goes far beyond the previous record of $1.5 million. In 2008, a truck driver for… read more
Police have arrested a man on charges of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with a fatal car crash last month in Casper, Wyoming. Authorities have determined that Larry Turner was driving the Cadillac they found on its roof that night, along with three other passengers. 24-year-old Dylan Brock was pronounced… read more
A Wyoming high school girl who shattered her spine a little less than nine months ago, who was told she had a 10 percent chance of walking again, is now jogging between three and five miles a day. Brooke Nisely had been snowboarding for six years when she had her accident. The high school sophomore… read more
The squat is a common exercise among athletes. It accomplishes the strengthening of multiple muscles with one relatively simple exercise, and so many trainers and coaches favor it. Spinal doctors are not always fans of the exercise, though. Nebraska based spinal orthopedic surgeon Dr. John McClellan presented research at a recent North American Spine Society… read more
Technology does not always live up to our hopes and dreams, but in one particular case for those who cannot walk, those dreams are looking more like reality. Agnes Fejerdy was in an auto accident in her native Hungary 7 years ago, that left her paralyzed from the waist down. As a former gymnast, life… read more
A 16-year-old Nebraska high school boy is slowly learning to walk again after a traumatic spinal injury that shattered his 12th vertebrae. Ryan Kile is incredibly optimistic young man. When doctors told his parents that 90 percent of patients with Ryan’s type of injury never walk again, he dismissed it. “I didn’t really think about… read more
University of Denver center Jesse Martin is making an amazing recovery from a spinal injury that should have paralyzed or even killed him last year. Martin had his neck broken on the ice in Grand Forks, N.D. Unable to move his limbs while lying on the ice, he told himself “You’re going to be a… read more
