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Head impact accidents that cause traumatic brain injury

Some of the most common causes of a traumatic brain injury include slips and falls, auto accidents, violent crimes, accidents from construction zones, and motorcycle or bike accidents. After this injury it may be hard for you to properly communicate, you may now have an inability to go to work, you may require additional time and care from your family, routine tasks may also become difficult to complete and medical bills may start to grow. It is also possible to have a brain injury and not even realize it if it is a closed head injury. If you or a loved one have had an accident involving the head, the following are common types of traumatic brain injury symptoms:

• Feeling disoriented, confused, or dazed
• Recurring headaches
• Loss of consciousness for any period of time
• Feeling drowsy
• Dilated pupils
• Lack of bowel and bladder control
• Depression
• Personality changes
• Seizures
• Clear fluid coming from the ears and nose
• Easily agitated or annoyed
• Sexual dysfunction

If you or a loved one’s brain injury was caused by someone or a company’s negligence, get the money you deserve and do not let them make you pay for their actions. With unemployment and medical bills combined it can become easy for things to get out of control quickly. Give yourself some peace of mind and speak to a brain injury attorney at our law firm about filing for rightful compensation in your state. It is important to note that injury laws are going to depend on the state that you live, a brain injury attorney will be well informed of options you have within your state. Ensure that you are asking your attorney any questions that you may have regarding the process during a free consultation.

Common types of brain injuries that can cause TBI

Brain injury attorneys have handled many similar cases with all different types of traumatic brain injuries, they have become experienced in a good amount of medical terminology and what can be used to outline the seriousness of you or your loved one’s injury. If you or a loved one has suffered any of the following injuries due to another person’s negligence you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.

• Open head injury - An open head injury involves fractures in the skull.
• Hemorrhage - A hemorrhage is uncontrolled bleeding from the brain.
• Hematoma - Hematoma is when there are one or more blood clots outside the blood vessels.
• Closed head injury - A closed head injury is an injury to the brain that does not involve the breaking of the skull.
• Concussion - A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that is from an impact that caused the brain and skull to collide.
• Anoxic brain injury - Anoxic brain injury is when the brain is not receiving oxygen for a too long of a time
• Hypoxic brain injury - A hypoxic brain injury is when the brain is not receiving enough oxygen.
• Diffuse Axonal Injury - Diffuse axonal injury involves damage to the brain cells without causing any type of bleeding.

What a brain injury lawyer can do for your case

Injuries involving the brain are something that may entirely change your life. Receiving compensation for these injuries is not as easy as it may seem. A large amount of the damage that happens due to the brain injury occurs only an almost microscopic level and may not show up on imaging scans. Because of the complexity and seriousness of even a minor brain injury, the entire case needs to be handled professionally and accurately as said before, this a life changing injury and needs to be handled as such in legal terms. The reason this brain injury attorney needs to be experienced in both brain injuries and their legal practice is that they will be arguing with insurance companies who may say that the symptoms are not real or if they are, that they’re not related to the brain injury.

The brain injury attorney must accurately discuss all of the evidence and claims so that you may all reach an agreement. An attorney will keep the insurance companies from taking advantage of you and giving you less than you deserve for something as serious as your brain injury. Brain injury lawyers are looking out for your rights and guiding you and your family in the best possible direction for your case.

Another reason to obtain a brain injury attorney is the difficulty of translating your injuries into an actual monetary value you deserve for these damages. Your attorney will include your loss of income or earning potential, your medical treatments, pain and suffering, therapy, and other rehabilitation centers in the lawsuit. Using all of these factors with the knowledge and experience that they have; brain injury attorneys are able to accurately create the value of your claim. These attorneys may also reference people in other fields like, therapists, doctors and nurses when coming to this value as every brain injury case is unique.

A TBI lawyer can also pinpoint the negligence of the other party. It becomes necessary of the lawyer in these cases to determine if a safety violation or a person’s lack of care and responsibility was the reason this brain injury took place. You are far more likely to receive compensation when negligence is found and proven by your attorney.