{"id":5928,"date":"2017-10-25T16:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/brain-injuries-cte\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:53","slug":"lesiones-cerebrales-cte","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/lesiones-cerebrales-cte\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesiones Cerebrales (CTE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reclamaciones de la CTE contra organizaciones de f\u00fatbol juvenil<\/h2>\n<p>El f\u00fatbol es un deporte muy violento que conlleva un riesgo muy alto de lesiones, pero los cient\u00edficos apenas comienzan a comprender el tipo de violencia que es m\u00e1s peligrosa y la naturaleza de los riesgos ocultos. Con el tiempo, el contacto de casco a casco que ocurre en casi todos los bloqueos, junto con el movimiento violento y discordante que ocurre en la mayor\u00eda de los placajes, eventualmente causa encefalopat\u00eda traum\u00e1tica cr\u00f3nica, una enfermedad grave y permanente. <a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/lesiones-personales\/abogados-de-lesiones-catastroficas\/\">da\u00f1o cerebral<\/a>. Moreover, largely to bolster enrollment, many football clubs, such as Pop Warner, either downplay the known CTE risk or mislead parents as to the organization\u2019s commitment to player safety.<\/p>\n<p>The tenacious brain injury attorneys at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC stand up against corporate greed, whether it is an unfeeling petrochemical company or a youth sports conglomerate. We fight even harder when the victims are children or other people who are unable to speak up for themselves. While corporate lawyers use legal loopholes to try and deny economic justice, we do whatever it takes to obtain fair compensation for our clients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es CTE?<\/h2>\n<p>Sudden, intense trauma to the head causes most brain injuries, but chronic traumatic encephalopathy is different. Repetitive trauma over time causes CTE, so it is most commonly associated with military veterans and sports athletes. Probably in response to these events, a protein spreads through the brain and kills cells. Dead brain cells do not regenerate, so victims never truly recover from a blow to the head.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a lot more than a few concussions to cause CTE. The best evidence suggests that hundreds or even thousands of incidents are responsible. Moreover, sub-concussive impacts may be a larger factor than concussions. The nature of the disease makes it very difficult to spot, and a brain autopsy is the only way to formally diagnose the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors first identified CTE among boxers in 1928 as \u201cpunch drunk syndrome,\u201d and first associated with football players in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Initial symptoms, such as impulsive action, depression, and aggression, usually appear in the 20s and 30s. Later, in their 40s and 50s, many victims experience confusion, memory loss, impaired judgement, and dementia-like symptoms. These are only general guidelines, as sometimes CTE is very severe in younger victims, and other times, older victims only experience mild symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>CTE and all other brain injuries are incurable, but doctors can often alleviate the symptoms with a combination of surgery and very aggressive physical therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Su reclamo por da\u00f1os y perjuicios<\/h2>\n<p>La investigaci\u00f3n sugiere que el trauma antes de los 12 a\u00f1os es mucho m\u00e1s significativo con respecto a la CTE que el trauma despu\u00e9s de los 12 a\u00f1os. Por lo tanto, seg\u00fan la evidencia cient\u00edfica actual, es muy probable que las organizaciones de f\u00fatbol juvenil sean responsables de las lesiones de CTE diagnosticadas posteriormente. Algunos grupos destacados incluyen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F\u00fatbol de la Uni\u00f3n Atl\u00e9tica Amateur (AAU),<\/li>\n<li>pop warner,<\/li>\n<li>F\u00fatbol de Estados Unidos y<\/li>\n<li>F\u00fatbol Americano Juvenil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you played football for one of these organizations and are currently experiencing symptoms anything like the ones described above, a team of brain injury lawyers can refer you to a doctor who can test for CTE and other brain damage issues, usually at no upfront cost.<\/p>\n<p>Legally, these groups have a duty of care to make the activity reasonably safe for all participants. Sometimes, fulfilling this duty involves rules changes or other alterations that would be unpopular with some fans and\/or some corporate executives. Nevertheless, the responsibility is clear, and a failure in this area usually means that compensation is in order.<\/p>\n<p>This compensation in brain injury cases normally includes money for both economic damages, such as medical bills, and noneconomic damages, such as pain and suffering. Additional punitive damages are available in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>Important time deadlines apply in negligence cases, especially in situations that involve injuries which are discovered many years after the traumatic events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Posibles defensas<\/h2>\n<p>Presentar un caso preliminar convincente por negligencia a menudo no es suficiente, por lo que <a href=\"\/es\/nuestra-diferencia\/veredictos-liquidaciones\/\">abogados tenaces<\/a> est\u00e1n listos para algunas defensas corporativas comunes en lesiones cerebrales y otras <a href=\"\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/lesiones-personales\/\">lesiones personales<\/a> cases. In sports injury cases, the assumption of the risk defense is often an issue. This doctrine excuses liability if the victim voluntarily assumes a known risk.<\/p>\n<p>Football players voluntarily assume risks such as knee and ankle injuries, because they sign waivers to that effect and the risk is apparent. However, unlike sudden trauma head injury, repetitive head injury and brain damage is not an apparent risk. Therefore, the defense is arguably inapplicable. At best, it only amounts to slight contributory negligence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the known risk of CTE, many youth football groups refuse to adequately protect their players. For a <a href=\"\/es\/contactenos\/\">consulta gratis <\/a>con un <a href=\"\/es\/contactenos\/\">abogado con experiencia en lesiones personales en Nueva York<\/a>, p\u00f3ngase en contacto con Napoli Shkolnik PLLC.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reclamaciones de CTE contra organizaciones de f\u00fatbol juvenil El f\u00fatbol es un deporte muy violento que conlleva un riesgo muy alto de lesiones, pero los cient\u00edficos apenas est\u00e1n comenzando a comprender el tipo de...<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":47,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[742],"class_list":["post-5928","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","hentry","practiceareas_category-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}