A personal injury attorney is qualified to handle legal cases involving brain injuries that cause trauma to the victim. Compensable brain injuries are typically the result of someone suffering an automobile/ motorcycle/bicycle accident, medical malpractice, violent assault or work-related accident. Pedestrian "strikes" (when a pedestrian crossing the street is is hit by a vehicle) also account for a large portion of brain injury cases in California.
If you or a loved one has endured injury to the brain due to an accident caused by the negligence of another, a personal injury lawyer has the knowledge and experience necessary to get you the compensation you deserve for your medical bills, pain and suffering and lost wages.
How a California Personal Injury Attorney Can Help You Win Your Case
Latest statistics reveal that California had over 29,000 people hospitalized in one year due to a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nearly all TBIs culminate in lawsuits filed by a personal injury attorney who bases his lawsuit on a legal concept called negligence. Claims of negligence means that the personal injury lawyer intends to prove that the defendant in a traumatic brain injury case is legally responsible for causing a serious brain injury to the plaintiff. …show more content…
This is because many brain injuries are not readily apparent, especially if it is a closed head injury that leaves no visible mark left on the head. Unless the person involved in the accident sees a doctor right away and has x-rays taken of his head, the injury may not manifest itself until symptoms appear three hours, three days or even three weeks later. Symptoms of possible head trauma include severe or frequent headaches, personality changes, loss of vision/blurry vision an increasing difficulty remembering or thinking
If you or a loved one has endured injury to the brain due to an accident caused by the negligence of another, a personal injury lawyer has the knowledge and experience necessary to get you the compensation you deserve for your medical bills, pain and suffering and lost wages.
How a California Personal Injury Attorney Can Help You Win Your Case
Latest statistics reveal that California had over 29,000 people hospitalized in one year due to a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nearly all TBIs culminate in lawsuits filed by a personal injury attorney who bases his lawsuit on a legal concept called negligence. Claims of negligence means that the personal injury lawyer intends to prove that the defendant in a traumatic brain injury case is legally responsible for causing a serious brain injury to the plaintiff. …show more content…
This is because many brain injuries are not readily apparent, especially if it is a closed head injury that leaves no visible mark left on the head. Unless the person involved in the accident sees a doctor right away and has x-rays taken of his head, the injury may not manifest itself until symptoms appear three hours, three days or even three weeks later. Symptoms of possible head trauma include severe or frequent headaches, personality changes, loss of vision/blurry vision an increasing difficulty remembering or thinking