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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and The Brain Injury Association of America is urging everyone to “get the facts” on concussions. “A concussion is a brain injury. Period”, states the organizations website. More from the BIAA website: A concussion is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the…

Last week, we posted about the North Carolina Senate Bill 33, which is proposing to cap non-economic medical malpractice claims in North Carolina at $250,000. As a reminder, non-economic damages include pain, suffering, inconvenience, loss of consortium, physical impairment, disfigurement, and other non pecuniary damages. Most on the above list are self explanatory,…

Yesterday, Hardison & Cochran filed the first of many cases against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. In August 2010, Depuy Orthopaedics recalled two of their hip replacement systems. The recall has been issued for approximately 93,000 defective implants after it was found that the device was…