Traumatic Brain Injuries

 Brain injuries occur when the head is subjected to sudden trauma or force, resulting in brain tissue being damaged. A sudden drop in the brain’s oxygen supply can also cause brain cells to die, resulting in moderate to severe cognitive impairment. There are some brain injuries that are considered to be less severe, such as mild to moderate concussions. Other injuries that result in skull fractures or large amounts of brain tissue being damages are considered to be severe brain injuries

Every year in the United States alone, over 1.7 million cases of brain injury occur. Some age ranges are more likely to suffer a brain injury, specifically the age ranges of 0-4, 15-19, and 65+. Brain injuries, whether they be mild or severe, can occur in a variety of different circumstances and can be causes by several different types of accidents:

Slip-and-Falls

One of the most common causes of brain injuries are accidental slips and falls, particularly for younger people and the elderly. When someone falls and their head makes fast and hard contact with the ground, there is a high likelihood that a concussion or even more serious injuries can occur to the skull and brain tissue.

Car, Motorcycle, Truck, and Bus Accidents

Traffic accidents, whether they involve cars, trucks, busses, motorcycles, or pedestrians, can result in moderate to severe brain injuries if the accident is serious enough. During an auto accident, a victim’s head can impact the dashboard of the car, steering wheel, or other hard surfaces in the car, causing injury to brain tissue and the skull. Motorcycle accidents can also result in brain injuries if a motorcycle collides with another vehicle or a motorcyclist is thrown from their vehicle. No matter which type of vehicle is involved, traffic and road accidents can result in serious brain injuries.

Assaults

Assaults and physical attacks are unfortunately a common way that people will sustain brain injuries, with about 10% of all brain injuries in the US being caused by physical assaults. When someone is attacked by someone else and suffers brain injuries as a result, these are serious offenses that deserve legal repercussion to win compensation.

The reality is that it does not matter how a brain injury victim sustains their injuries – when brain injuries are caused by someone else’s negligence, these victims deserve representation and compensation. When a serious brain injury occurs, victims can spend months or even years recovering from their injuries, and must often undergo extensive physical therapy and rehabilitation. Brain injuries can often be huge events in a victim’s life that affect their speech, freedom of mobility, cognition, income potential, and many other aspects of life.

Brain injuries can severely impact an entire family’s wellbeing, leaving other family members to pick up the pieces to help the injured victim. Don’t leave you or your loved one’s recovery up to chance. If you or a family member has experienced a brain injury that is the fault of someone else’s negligence, contact us today to discuss your options. We may be able to win you compensation for loss of income, medical bills, and the vast emotional trauma that brain injury victims commonly experience. Let’s turn the wheels of justice together.