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LOGA’s Don Briggs suffers serious head injury

Longtime LOGA chief fell down a stairway in North Carolina on Sept. 30.

Don Briggs
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The Daily Advertiser reported today that Louisiana Oil & Gas Association President Don Briggs sustained a brain injury from a fall down a stairway in North Carolina on Sept. 30.

According to the Advertiser, Briggs, LOGA's president since 1992, is in an Asheville hospital and doctors are waiting for his condition to stabilize.

“Shortly after lunch on Friday, September 30th, while preparing the house for guests, Don slipped in the stairway sustaining a serious head injury,” LOGA said in a statement issued Wednesday night.

The trade association said it would provide updates on Briggs’ condition.