Spinal Cord and Head Injuries
Leonard F. Zandrow has served as General Counsel of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Inc. (NSCIA) continuously since 1995. Founded in 1948, the NSCIA is the oldest and largest civilian organization in the United States serving persons with spinal cord injuries and disease.
Attorneys from Brister & Zandrow, LLP have been involved in many leading cases in Massachusetts law involving spinal cord and head injuries. The firm has litigated disputes over insurance coverage for traumatic symptoms of spinal cord injury, such as autonomic dysreflexia. See Watts v. Organogenesis, Inc., 30 F.Supp.2d 101 (D. Mass. 1998).
It has also prosecuted questions of civil fault against defendants who caused spinal cord injuries in a variety of circumstances. Appeals handled by our attorneys address whether a social host is liable for serving liquor to under-aged guests, Sampson v. MacDougall, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 394, 802 N.E.2d 602 (2004), and whether a ski operator may be held liable for an artificial condition created on its slopes. Berniger v. Meadow Green-Wildcat Corp., 945 F.2d 4 (1st Cir. 1991). In addition, the firm has tested whether the sport of snowboarding falls within the immunity granted by recreational ski statutes, and thereby secured a confidential settlement on behalf of a spinal cord-injured snowboarder.
In a leading head injury case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the firm represented the victim of a serious motor vehicle accident against an insurance company that had tried to avoid the consequences of a previously untested statute governing the effects of its partial payments. Allstate Insurance Company v. Amy Reynolds, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 927, 685 N.E.2d 1210 (1997). Recently, the firm obtained a confidential settlement from radiologists who had failed to identify a young Down syndrome patient's Atlanto Axial Instability. The firm has also represented numerous clients who have experienced subdural hematomas as a result of accidents, obtaining confidential settlements on their behalf.
Attorneys from Brister & Zandrow, LLP have been involved in many leading cases in Massachusetts law involving spinal cord and head injuries. The firm has litigated disputes over insurance coverage for traumatic symptoms of spinal cord injury, such as autonomic dysreflexia. See Watts v. Organogenesis, Inc., 30 F.Supp.2d 101 (D. Mass. 1998).
It has also prosecuted questions of civil fault against defendants who caused spinal cord injuries in a variety of circumstances. Appeals handled by our attorneys address whether a social host is liable for serving liquor to under-aged guests, Sampson v. MacDougall, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 394, 802 N.E.2d 602 (2004), and whether a ski operator may be held liable for an artificial condition created on its slopes. Berniger v. Meadow Green-Wildcat Corp., 945 F.2d 4 (1st Cir. 1991). In addition, the firm has tested whether the sport of snowboarding falls within the immunity granted by recreational ski statutes, and thereby secured a confidential settlement on behalf of a spinal cord-injured snowboarder.
In a leading head injury case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the firm represented the victim of a serious motor vehicle accident against an insurance company that had tried to avoid the consequences of a previously untested statute governing the effects of its partial payments. Allstate Insurance Company v. Amy Reynolds, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 927, 685 N.E.2d 1210 (1997). Recently, the firm obtained a confidential settlement from radiologists who had failed to identify a young Down syndrome patient's Atlanto Axial Instability. The firm has also represented numerous clients who have experienced subdural hematomas as a result of accidents, obtaining confidential settlements on their behalf.
