Neglect
Neglect Neglect is a complex issue that is often not straightforward from either a medical or legal perspective. When concerns arise regarding a child’s health and growth, a comprehensive review of medical records by a…
Assault and Great Bodily Injury
Assault and Great Bodily Injury In assault and attempted murder cases, a central responsibility is evaluating injury severity to determine whether it meets the legal thresholds for Great Bodily Injury (GBI) or Significant Bodily Injury…
Diabetes in DUI Cases
Diabetes in DUI Cases A quick review of Diabetes Statistically, approximately 10% of adults are diagnosed with diabetes (Deborah J. Wexler, 2026). Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition characterized by impaired carbohydrate metabolism, resulting in…
Can someone consent after a head injury?
Can someone consent after a head injury? A mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), often referred to as a concussion, can be caused by a variety of impact (Randolph W Evans, 2024). We often see this condition…
5 Essential Seizure Insights for Criminal Attorneys
What you need to know! Welcome to May’s newsletter. This month I’m highlighting an area of medicine that often cross into the criminal fields. This is not meant to be an in-depth review, but rather bullet pointed…
What Are The Long-Term Effects of Repetitive Head Trauma?
Traumatic Brain Injury in Criminal Cases After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), people can experience personality changes, social anxiety, irritability, anger, depression, general anxiety, mood swings, emotional lability, and feelings of being overwhelmed. The bottom line…
How Alternative Light Sources Are Used In Forensics
Alternative Light Sources and Their Effectiveness in Enhancing the Visibility of Injuries History of ALS A fairly new science has emerged within the past 70 years regarding the use of alternative light sources (ALS) to…
Medically Conscious but Legally Unconscious?
Conscious or Unconscious? Can someone be medically conscious but considered legally unconscious? What an interesting conundrum! According to the Oxford Dictionary, “unconsciousness is the state of being unconscious or the state of being uninformed or…
The Long-Term Effects of Repetitive Head Trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury in Criminal Cases After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), people can experience personality changes, social anxiety, irritability, anger, depression, general anxiety, mood swings, emotional lability, and feelings of being overwhelmed. The bottom line…
Traumatic Brain Injury or Mental Illness?
TBI and Mental Illness What if a defendant commits a crime because of being affected by either an acute brain injury or an acquired or inherited brain disease? This is called the “brain defense.” In…
Projectile Injury During a Protest
A Literature Review of “Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review” (Haar, Iacopino, Ranadive, Dandu, & Weiser, 2017) According to a review of worldwide literature (26 articles) between…
Pathological Fractures in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
What is a pathological fracture? Spinal cord injuries cause life-altering paralysis of the limbs and place the patient at risk for long term complications, including pathological fractures. A pathological fracture is a broken bone that…
