Month: June 2015

  Going to restaurants, stores, cafes, shops, and other retail establishments is an everyday part of life for many people who live and work in the Tampa area. While the vast majority of these visits are without incident, each day individuals sustain injuries while visiting property owned and managed by others. While in many cases, these injuries involve little more…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates1 that an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. Traumatic brain injuries occur when trauma to the head causes injury to the brain resulting in a disruption of normal function. The most common kinds of TBI with which most people are familiar is a concussion. While…

In the Florida heat, many people head to the swimming pool on a regular basis to stay cool and have some fun. While a day in the sun should be nothing but enjoyable, many individuals unfortunately suffer injuries in swimming pool accidents. As reported1 by the United States government's pool safety agency, over 5,000 people suffer injury or die in…

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) occur when the brain collides with the skull and suffers damage as a result. This type of injury is, understandably, most often associated with a victim who suffers direct trauma to the head. However, many people may not realize that a person does not need to actually hit their head on an object in order to…