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More than 100 riders allege brain injuries after riding Six Flags’ X2 roller coaster in the past two years, according to attorneys. The claims follow a CNN investigation into reports of serious injuries and hospital admissions associated with the ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California. Three lawsuits were filed this week alleging [...]

Around 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to provide unpaid care, a report has found. More than one million people are estimated to have left work to care for ageing, ill or disabled loved ones over the past two years. One in five employees, equivalent to 6.7 million people, are balancing paid employment [...]

The US Navy failed to adequately investigate or protect pilots from potential brain injury linked to flying fighter jets, a congressional report has found. The House Oversight Committee said the Navy had not formally studied whether conditions including high G-forces, catapult launches and aggressive landing decelerations could cause cumulative neurological harm. It also found the [...]

Some disabled people could receive specialist equipment or services instead of part of their Pip cash award under proposals from government advisers. The idea is among emerging recommendations expected to form the basis of the government's Timms review of personal independence payment, or Pip, which is due to report in the next two months. As reported [...]

This blog was written thanks to the expertise of the Brian Barr Solicitors team, including Alex Cohen, Philip Cohen and Steven Akerman, leading experts in compensation claims for chronic pain and serious injury. If you have been injured in a road traffic collision or in an accident at work, making a personal injury claim may [...]

Researchers in Germany have secured €1.1m to advance an MS skin patch designed to deliver an asthma drug and promote repair of damaged myelin. The experimental patch delivers low doses of theophylline, a drug used to treat respiratory conditions including asthma, through the skin over several days. Preclinical studies found that theophylline helped promote myelin [...]

Two women suffered catastrophic brain injuries after riding X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, according to a CNN investigation. The incidents occurred less than a week apart in July and involved life-threatening brain haemorrhages that required emergency surgery. CNN reported that Pamela Guillen, 40, from Hawaii, was visiting the park with her family [...]

More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims against the sport’s governing bodies following a High Court ruling. The former rugby union and league players allege the governing bodies breached their duty of care by failing to protect them from injuries linked to repeated blows and concussions during their careers. Their lawyers [...]

A Virgin Atlantic engineer died from a traumatic brain injury after a fuel tank explosion at Heathrow, an inquest heard. Aircraft technician Georgie Buxton, 23, was injured during the incident at Heathrow Airport on 11 June and underwent several operations on his head and neck. He died in hospital on 7 July.   [...]

A pensioner with Parkinson's disease, 86, has been convicted in a fast-track court over an unpaid vehicle tax bill of £3.34. The man, who lives on the outskirts of Newcastle, told the court about his health difficulties and that his wife, also 86, has Alzheimer’s disease. He explained that the annual £20 tax bill for [...]