Brain injury

Children are Not Miniature Adults when it comes to Brain Injury[1] Children between ages 9 and 14 make up the largest group of football players in the country, larger in total numbers than high school, college and professional players.  Until [ Read More ]

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an injury that may have long-term consequences.   It is invisible.    It can’t be seen on an x-ray.    It can be interpreted as a personality defect by others and as a sense of failure by [ Read More ]

Baratta, Russell & Baratta (BRB) has grown significantly over the past 21 years and we are grateful for the trust our clients, referring lawyers and past clients who have referred new clients have shown in us. We believe that a [ Read More ]

DISCLAIMER: BRB discourages prospective clients from bringing a claim for bodily injury unless serious injury has been suffered. If you are going to make a full recovery in a few weeks or months, it is not in your best interest [ Read More ]

Go find your automobile insurance policy and look at the Declarations Page. Let’s make sure you have enough coverage to protect yourself and your loved ones. We are going to focus on two areas of auto insurance that people tend [ Read More ]

In 2017 the lawyers of Baratta, Russell and Baratta achieved life changing results for many clients.  Below are some of the highlights of 2017. These clients, these heroes, all had one thing in common: a careless actor had changed their [ Read More ]

A recent study in Finland establishes that a severe head injury, especially during middle age, could dramatically increase the risk for developing dementia later in life. The study included 40,639 Finnish adults between the ages of 18 and 65 who [ Read More ]

It’s commonplace to learn that persons convicted of criminal acts experienced trauma in childhood.  These facts are usually raised in sentencing hearings by criminal defense lawyers trying to help explain, not justify, the criminal act, and to ask the court that [ Read More ]

The association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the risk of Alzheimer’s/dementia remains controversial and not yet resolved conclusively.  However, there are a number of studies to suggest that there is a link. Alzheimer’s An estimated 5 million Americans have [ Read More ]

I first introduced in my blogs my middle son, Dante in March of 2013, when I wrote a blog about his mild brain injury sustained wrestling his freshman year of high school, at St. Joseph’s Prep.  ( https://www.barattarussell.com/blog/the-diagnosis-of-traumatic-brain-injury-as-essential-first-step-to-recovery/#more-96).  He is a [ Read More ]