Addressing the deadly Washington D.C. train crash Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board said the operator of the train that “slammed into a stationary train in front of it apparently had activated the emergency brakes in a failed effort to stop before the accident.” as reported in the Washington Post. Hersman said the “emergency brake button, known as the ‘mushroom,’ was depressed, and the steel rails showed evidence that the brakes were engaged.”

Traumatic Brain Injury Trial Witnesses Are Vital
In most brain injury cases the survivor looks and acts normal, or at least is perceived this way by the jury in the courtroom. Since this can often be an “invisible injury” there is a need for “before and after” witnesses. These witnesses who have known the survivor