Category Archives: Personal Injury Claims

Mississippi Lawmakers Look to Pass Youth Sports Concussion Law

Each year, over 50,000 individuals die and 275,000 are hospitalized from traumatic brain injuries, also known as concussions.  Of these deaths and hospitalizations, approximately 173,000 concussions are youth sports related.  Sadly, the annual rate of traumatic brain injury among young athletes seems to be on the rise.  In fact, emergency room visits for sports related […]

NFL Injuries as Explained By Mississippi Personal Injury Attorney John Giddens

While the start of football season brings much excitement to the millions of fans across the U.S. and the hundreds of thousands of football players, it also comes at a cost:  injuries, both to fans and players, occur across American football stadiums at high rates each year.   Already, during NFL opening day this past week, […]

The NFL Concussion Settlement Explained

After nine weeks of intensive negotiation, a settlement was reached between the 4,500 former NFL players who claim to have received concussion related injuries on the field and the National Football League.  United States District Judge Anita Brody, who presided over this multi-district consolidated suit, must still approve the settlement.  It is expected she will […]

Mississippi Airplane Crash Attorneys

Giddens law firm has the skill and experience necessary to help any person who has been injured or killed in a plane crash in Mississippi. Located in Jackson, Mississippi the firm is centrally located and able to assist in any crash across the state. If there was a sliding scale of injuries in vehicles. If […]