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In the Matter of the Estate of Stephanie Anderson v. Denny's Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, D. New Mexico, November, 2013), an employee was killed during a robbery at the restaurant. The court denied Denny's motion for summary judgment and held that the issue of whether Denny's, as the franchisor, was vicariously liable for the franchisee's failure to provide a safe working environment would...

Following a motion filed by defendants to bar introducing expert testimony concerning plaintiff's expert's interpretation of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a New Mexico trial court ordered that because diffusion tensor imaging, and the expert opinions related thereto, satisfy the standards for admissibility of expert testimony set forth by State v. Alberico, 116 N.M. 156, 861 P. 2nd 192 (1993).

New research published online in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience utilized diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to examine the last affects of a traumatic brain injury in children. The Journal of Neuroscience, 12 December 2012, 32 (50):17961-17969.

The Automated Pegboard 2000, a machine that resembles a child's geometric puzzle, helps brain-injury patients rebuild motor functions. Retired Army Col. Ramon Sanchez, a patient in Albuquerque, New Mexico who suffered from a traumatic brain injury in the months following his 2003 stroke was unable to regain some normal functions post injury such as walking.

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have discovered the brain injury may occur within one millisecond of a person's head hitting a car windshield as the result of an accident.

Monday September 26 at 8:00 PM on WFMZ-TV 69, Christopher Naughton's Law Journal celebrates its 15th year with the program "Windows Closing! The New Bankruptcy Bills Are Now!" with creditor's counsel Timothy Duggan of Stark & Stark.