Robert E. Cartwright Personal Injury Law Blog

Food-borne illness is on the rise, with a high risk of hospitalization, and even death. Your food should not be killing you! What should you do if you find yourself a victim?... Read More

Spinal injuries are an immediate medical emergency. Encased in vertebrae, the spinal cord is damaged when trauma sends splinters of vertebrae into the spinal cord, severing or compressing nerve cells. As the central pathway for communication between the brain and the body, damage to the spinal cord can interrupt or arrest sensory and motor function after a spinal injury.... Read More

The Cartwright Law Firm is representing a number of individuals whose years-long use of the drug Fosamax, made by Merck & Co, has led to a brittle bone condition making them highly prone to low-impact fractures.... Read More

head injury law firms - A traumatic blow or penetrating wound to the back or neck usually causes spinal cord injury.  Such a trauma can cause damage to the bones that make up the spinal column.  If these bones are fractured or dislocated, the shift can sever, tear, or compress the spinal cord.  This can cause a loss of sensation and motor function below the point of injury. ... Read More

spinal cord injury attorney - A spinal cord injury (SCI) and back injuries presents specialized legal issues requiring trial lawyers with particular experience in this area of personal injury law.  Damage to the spinal cord causes paralysis and other permanently disabling conditions, resulting in immense future costs in terms of medical expenses, lost wages, and other losses recognized by the courts as compensable damages.  Se... Read More

Tort reform is a lie.  There is no litigation explosion.  Tort reform would put a lock on the courthouse door and is being used by corporations to take away your rights to justice in order to make an already wealthy insurance industry even richer.... Read More

Life vest could have averted four fishermen losing their lives in Point Reyes, California ... Read More

Back injuries are the most common cause of back pain and typically involve either injury to the muscle and tendons or injury to the spinal column. Most back injuries occur in either the cervical region (the uppermost seven vertebrae of the neck) or the lumbar region (the five largest and strongest vertebrae in the lower back) and are typically the result of a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, or slip... Read More

spinal cord injury lawyers - Researcher Hans Keirstead, a professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, may have found the key to helping spinal injury patients regain movement after a ten-year quest for a cure.... Read More

spinal injury lawyer - Stem cell research is one step closer to providing a solution for patients with spinal cord injuries (SCIs).... Read More