Spinal injuries are some of the most devastating and debilitating results of an automobile and semi truck accident – in part because the scope of problems is great – and the expected hope for recovery may be minimal depending on the severity of the injury. In a car or truck accident there are a number [...]
Houston personal injury lawyer Greg Baumgartner offers a free consultation for anyone who has been seriously injured or has lost a loved one in an accident. The free initial consultation is a chance for potential clients and their families to discuss liability, potential causes of action, legal options and any obstacles that relate to their [...]
Headlines commonly offer that several people were injured in an automobile or truck crash – and taken to the hospital but those simple words do not begin to tell the story of the wide variety of afflictions wrought from vehicle wrecks – or the recuperation processes associated with such. Some accidents can result in sprains, [...]
While the statistics of vehicle collision deaths are often the topic of this blog – we rarely discuss the number of injuries that require hospitalization. In a recent year approximately 4 ½ million people required hospital care due to auto and truck accidents. These injuries run the gamut of minor cuts and bruises to traumatic [...]
Traumatic spinal injuries that result from automobile and truck accidents may be especially insidious for several reasons. First, spinal injuries may range from whiplash to paralysis – either temporary or permanent – and anywhere in between. Let us take this blog to focus on several types of spinal injuries. Whiplash or what we call soft [...]
Road traffic injuries that are a result of car and truck collisions number in the millions across America annually. While statistics place the average number of roadway deaths at around 50,000 annually and in a recent year the number of major and minor injuries numbered nearly 3 million. This would include broken bones, internal injuries, [...]
It is difficult to conceive of escaping an automobile accident without injuries and the chances of this are better in a minor fender bender than a head on crash. Let us take this blog to consider the types of injuries most common in auto accidents. Again, the point is not to be gruesome – but [...]
Frequently in auto accidents I see spinal cord injury, particularly in major impact cases. Spinal cord injury is very different from whiplash or broken backs or necks. The spinal cord is surrounded by nerves, which are wrapped around the vertebrae of the spine. The spine has a large portion of the nerves, which communicate, with [...]
