{"id":100,"date":"2016-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-after-motor-vehicle-accident-p1\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:30:05","slug":"seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-after-motor-vehicle-accident-p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-after-motor-vehicle-accident-p1\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking damages for brain injury after motor vehicle accident, P.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In motor vehicle accidents, physical injuries can be devastating if not deadly, particularly when there is damage to the brain and\/or spinal cord. Damage to the central nervous system can have a profound effect on an accident victim\u2019s life, impacting his or her ability to work, recreate, maintain relationships with family and friends, and generally enjoy life.<\/p>\n<p>For patients who have suffered serious spinal cord injury, treatment and care may be ongoing for the remainder of their lives. Treatment and care is not only expensive, but taxing on family members who may serve as caregivers. Fortunately, scientific advances do offer some hope to spinal cord injury victims, hope that someday they may be able to recover some of their functioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One experimental <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/experimental-procedure-aimed-at-repairing-spinal-cord-shows-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\">new treatment<\/a> involves surgery which involves the use of stem cells to recover functioning and accelerate recovery. The treatment is still in its early stages of development and, at this point, more work needs to be done to determine whether stem cells can actually repair spinal cord damage or whether they make some other contribution to the healing process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-after-motor-vehicle-accident-p1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Seeking damages for brain injury after motor vehicle accident, P.1\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In motor vehicle accidents, physical injuries can be devastating if not deadly, particularly when there is damage to the brain and\/or spinal cord. Damage to the central nervous system can have a profound effect on an accident victim\u2019s life, impacting his or her ability to work, recreate, maintain relationships with family and friends, and generally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spinal-cord-injuries","tag-spinal-cord-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seeking damages for brain injury after motor vehicle accident, P.1 &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; June 9, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seeking damages for brain injury after motor vehicle accident, P.1 - Spinal Cord Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-after-motor-vehicle-accident-p1\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Seeking damages for brain injury after motor vehicle accident, P.1 &#8212; 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