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Tag Archives: great bodily injury

Can One Punch Kill? {Assault/Trauma}

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, Homicide, MitigationBy Tara Godoy

A review of medications and medical history can play a critical role in any case with traumatic injuries.

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Legal implications of nasal fractures

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, Emergency Department, Missed Diagnoses, Mitigation, Surgical proceduresBy Tara Godoy

Our medical expert recently got retained in a criminal case where the victim suffered an injury to her nose. She had a reported history of previous nasal trauma but was diagnosed with a nasal fracture…

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Nasal Fractures: What does the literature say?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, Emergency Department, Malpractice, Mitigation, Surgical proceduresBy Tara Godoy

Legal Aspects in Nasal Fractures Rhinology, 1991 ABSTRACT A criminal act is involved in a high percentage of cases of nasal fracture, and exact medical information describing the damages found is mandatory for the criminal…

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Does the patient in your case have a nasal fracture?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, Emergency Department, Malpractice, Mitigation, Surgical proceduresBy Tara Godoy

According to Dr. Greg Gilbert, from Stanford University Medical Center, x-rays of the nose serve no purpose in diagnosing nasal fractures: “A nasal fracture is a clinical diagnosis and not one that should be made…

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What is a nasal fracture, really?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, Emergency Department, Malpractice, Mitigation, Surgical proceduresBy Tara Godoy

Nasal fractures are the most common facial fracture and the third most common fracture of any bone in the body. They most frequently occur as a result of assault or motor vehicle collisions. What we…

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Traumatic Injuries: GBI/SBI

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal)By Tara Godoy

In regards to Great Bodily Injury or Significant Bodily injury: Many wounds from blunt force trauma by themselves would not qualify as permanently disabling or disfiguring. The severity of the wound oftentimes is not as…

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