Specializing in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
with Emphasis on Serious Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
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Brain
Injury Changes Who You Are
Devastating
injury to the brain is often invisible and must be made visible
to obtain a fair
verdict.
Let me help you
prove the true facts of your injury.
I concentrate on representation of survivors of
brain and spinal cord injury. This
focus provides great interest and direction to my law practice.
You
Are Your Brain
Everything you
do, feel, touch, see, say, hear, smell, taste, think, believe,
doubt, hope, or remember is from your brain.
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Personal Concern for Injury Survivors
and Their Caregivers
"I would like to thank you for all
the hard work and dedication you have displayed in representing my son for
the past few years. The effort you put into this case is proof of a
true professional and also a man with great integrity. I really
believe you had the best interest at all times for my son."
Letter
from mother of brain injured client, March 19, 2007.
(Quoted on my website with
her consent and approval.)
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"Seriously Outstanding--The Top 5
Percent"
In 2007
and 2008 David Goldin is chosen one of the top lawyers in San Diego
in the field of "Personal Injury Plaintiff: General" by Southern
California Super Lawyers - San Diego.
Learning about your
injuries is an important part of recovery. The following articles
were written to help you get started with the legal side of the
picture.
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Opinion Editorial in
the San Diego Union-Tribune
October 17, 2007
Breaking the Silence
on Brain Injury
What do Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Stan Humphries, Eric Lindros, Pat LaFontain, Dale Ernhardt, Jr., Chris Irwin, George Clooney,
and probably 20% or more of our troops returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan, have in common? This is an increasingly important question; please take a moment to think about it before reading on.
(Complete
Article)
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How Trauma Affects the Brain
When trauma to the soft brain tissue occurs, whether from falls, blows, crashes or blasts, this often causes stretching or tearing of axons resulting in the nerve impulses not transmitting or transmitting less efficiently. It is as if each time you want to turn on the lights in a room in your home you have to try the switches in several different rooms to do so, sometimes without success.
Here are
two animations from YouTube illustrating what happens when there is
trauma to the brain:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCMS8aOmK1M;
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AmAML1-F2LE.
(Complete
Article)
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Traumatic Brain Injury:
Signature Injury of the War in Iraq and Afghanistan
The most damaging weapon of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the improvised explosive device
(IED), is leaving a signature wound on our heroic troops: traumatic brain injury (TBI). Between 10 and 20% of our returning soldiers might have suffered a TBI without really being aware of it. Deficits may include cognitive, emotional and physical limitations, a change in personality, and the inability to care for themselves or their loved ones.
(Complete
Article)
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Silent Epidemic
What do Steve Young, Troy
Aikman, Stan Humphries, Eric Lindros, Pat LaFontain, Dale Ernhardt, Jr., and George Clooney all have in common? All have suffered a traumatic brain injury or concussion.
(Complete
Article)
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"Mild" Brain Injury Litigation: Making the
Invisible Visible
The discussion centers on making the invisible injury visible so a judge and jury understand the reality and severity of the damages...
(Complete
Article)
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What is "Mild" Brain
Injury?
"Mild"
or "minor" brain injury can be a tragic misnomer because these
injuries often cause lifelong disabilities....
(Complete
Article)
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Recovery of Damages for Traumatic Injury to
the Miraculous Brain
...it is most important to involve an experienced and caring lawyer at an early date. Recovery of fair compensation from those responsible for the harm may be necessary for rehabilitation and support of the survivor for the rest of his or her life.
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How to Interview and Retain a Lawyer for the
Brain
Injury Case
A competent and caring lawyer is necessary if the family is to receive fair financial compensation for the brain injuries caused by another's carelessness.
(Complete
Article)
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Report of Changes and Problems after Brain
Injury
A form used to develop information provided to the client at the outset of the case and periodically thereafter.
(Complete
Article)
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Your
Spinal Cord Injury:
The Medical Facts
Spinal cord injury disconnects the brain from the body below the injury site. The level of injury is predictive of the parts of your body that will be affected. Success in recovery depends on management of complications. See article on Your Spinal Cord Injury: Hope and Recovery.
(Complete
Article)
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Your Spinal Cord Injury:
Hope and Recovery
Help for recovery from spinal cord injury can be obtained with sufficient resources and a comprehensive rehabilitation plan. There are always good reasons for hope. Courage, determination and hard work promote rehabilitation to a greater extent than ever before envisioned. You are entitled to the best care and compensation.
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Article)
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Other
Articles
by David L. Goldin, J.D., M.B.A.
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Comprehensive reform of the healthcare system requires that the victims of medical malpractice receive full and fair compensation for their injuries caused by medical malpractice. In California, the $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, together with the limitation on attorney fees, keep large numbers of those injured by medical malpractice from even gaining access to the courts because the litigation is unaffordable.
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Article)
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Wrongful death is profoundly about family life. The presentation of your case requires deep and intimate knowledge of your family. How will each day in your life be different? The jury must be convinced of the profound loss you have suffered in order to reach a fair verdict.
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Article)
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Judges and juries want to learn about the brain. They want to know why and how a brain is injured and how and why that affects
you, the brain injury survivor. Your job is to be honest and
truthful; your credibility is the foundation of your case.
It is your lawyer's job to teach those who will decide your case about the brain and to help them understand and appreciate the reality and severity of
your brain injury. Once the jurors learn about the brain and appreciate
your credibility, they can empathize with you; they will truly know what
it feels like to be in your shoes.
It is up to your lawyer to inspire the jury
to do justice. In our democratic society, justice for those injured
by the fault of another means fair monetary compensation. That is the
law. Those who are responsible for deciding your
legal case can be trusted to do so fairly when they are educated about
the brain and understand and believe the great loss each of us would suffer if
we had your injury.
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Here are some links and news
summaries that are good sources of information.
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News Summaries
Brains of Stroke Patients Retrained
Football Concussions Not Properly Appreciated
Internet Headache Test Effective
Brain Development in 4-D
Stroke Damage May Be Reversible
Stroke Warnings Ignored By Primary Care Physicians
Brain Trauma Linked to Alzheimer's
New Drug May Halt Brain Damage After Head Injury
Moral Behavior Traced to Specific Brain Area
Molecular Treatment To Relieve Chronic Pain
Human Neurons Establish Connections in Rats with Severe Spinal Cord Injuries
Protein Helps Injured Nerve Cells Regenerate
President Reagan's Death Renews Search for Alzheimer Cure
Damage to Left Side of Brain Raises Infection Risk
Brain Area Responsible for Compulsion to Clutter
Teens and Brain Power
Estrogen Boosts Memory in Men With Prostate Cancer
Use of Anti-Inflammatory Steroids for TBI May Increase Risk of Death (January
'05)
Reliable Measure of Neurobehavioral Function During Coma from Severe Brain Injury (March
'05)
Researchers Pinpoint Circuit in the Brain Responsible for Encoding Decision-Making (May
'05)
Blood Test Gives Early Warning of Brain Injury (November, 2005)
Pure Brain Stem Cells Cultured in Lab by British Scientists (August, 2005)
Chilling Newborns May Prevent Brain Damage (October, 2005)
Caffeine Can Improve Short Term Memory (December, 2005)
Improving Brain Cell Survival After Brain Injury (July, 2006)
Brains “God Spot” Hard to Pin Down (August, 2006)
Exercise Keeps the Brain Fit (August, 2006)
Drugs May Quickly Lift Depression (August, 2006)
Gene Map of Mouse Brain May Provide Human Benefits (September, 2006)
Progesterone Shows Promise as Treatment for Brain Injuries (October, 2006)
Brain Injury Association Partnership with Bob Woodruff (February,
2007)
Click
HERE to read All News Summaries.
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I hope my website helps you if you or your
loved one
face these life-changing injuries.
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