Brain Injuries

A traumatic brain injury happens when you take a sudden blow to your head which causes a violent shaking of the head. This event will cause your brain to impact inside of your skull violently.  Complication can arise from this and cause behavioral changes, communication troubles or problems with the sensory processing.  In serious cases, this person can fall into a coma or death can occur.

If this had happened to you or someone you know, then you will be filing personal injury claims with a personal injury attorney. This is the professional who will evaluate your case and let you know the best form of action to take. Traumatic brain injuries can come from medical malpractice, physical assault and from auto accidents, to name just a few. Statistics show us that almost half of the traumatic brain injury cases, in the United States, come from car accidents.

Ninety percent of the time, a brain injury from a firearm will cause this injury. The number one cause for a traumatic brain injury is a slip and fall accident in those over the age of sixty-five.  In young children and infants, this traumatic brain injury comes from child abuse and violent shaking.  

A Lawyer’s Help

On the job injuries can happen anywhere at anytime. They can come from unsafe equipment or machinery and can even be caused by the negligence of employers, co-workers of supervisors. This type of injury can happen at a job site that is on the premises or it can happen away for the normal workplace.

The off-premises occurrences are often caused by dangerous condition, work conditions that are not safe or by latent hazards. They can also come from negligence of other contractors or businesses that are on the site where the accident happened. If you have had an accident at work and have hired a lawyer to file your claim, then you know about all the records that he has collected. Your lawyer will collect company records, employee handbooks, inspection records and their training as well as procedure manuals.

He will also interview witnesses as a way to help uncover where the neglect took place.  This neglect could have come from an employee, a contractor or the manufacturer of whatever product or machinery was defective. Personal injury attorneys will represent you, the injured worker, as well as your family as they have done for others in a variety of workplace accidents.