Woman Wakes After 20 Years in Coma

Following a car accident, where a drunk driver crashed into her car, Sarah has been in a coma for the last twenty years. Last week she began speaking again.  Read the full story by clicking here.

Following my post of last week concerning new evidence that people in a coma or persistent vegatative state are aware of their surroundings and do experience conscious pain and suffering, lawyers who handle brain injury cases are again reminded that a person in a coma or persistent vegatative state may in fact recover.  Life care plans developed by lawyers handling traumatic brain injury cases for individuals in these conditions must anticiapte a full life expectancy and make appropriate contingency allotments for this recovery.