Daily Archives: January 29, 2015

Dementia Pugilistica – CTE by its Proper Name

Dementia Pugilistica – “Punch Drunk” – is CTE By Attorney Gordon Johnson Dementia Pugilistica, or “punch drunk” is a severe brain disorder caused by repeated blows to the head, regardless of whether the recipient of the blow is wearing a helmet. As described by H. Miller in 1966, when he coined the syndrome’s sister name,…

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Greater CTE Risk in Youth Football than NFL Football

Youth Football comes with Greater CTE Risk  than Pro Football Attorney Gordon Johnson The 2014 NFL season began with two glimpses into the horrors of behavioral problems of those who have made a career of smashing their heads into those of others: Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. As bad as the elevator scene was, for…

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