James R. Blohm v. Walter N. Tobriner

Appellant became a member of the Metropolitan Police in 1951; was assigned to the motorcycle squad in 1953; and, while trying to apprehend a speeder on June 20, 1957, collided with another vehicle and was thrown 95 feet through the air. Taken unconscious to the hospital, his substantial injuries included what was first diagnosed as a skull fracture and ultimately as a severe cerebral concussion. He could not return to work for six months. Thereafter appellant, contrary to his experience prior to the accident, began to complain of headaches and to lose time from work because of them. On March…