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Brain and Head Injury: at Wits End?
Just as all individuals are different, all brain and head injuries are unique. The brain can receive several types of injuries depending on the type and amount of force that come in contact with the head.
Actually, you do not have to be knocked unconscious to sustain a brain injury. Mild traumatic brain injury can damage your brain at the cellular level.
Head related injuries are higher than the combined incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. It happens more frequently than breast cancer or AIDS.
Statistics even reveals that one out of every fifty Americans is currently living with disabilities from traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Accident as a Cause of Brain and Head Injury
Brain or head injuries can occur due to diseases, birth complications, or accidents.
Among all the common causes, accidents are on the top of the list.
Car collisions, slip and fall, and work-related accidents may create huge impact or force that can lead to injury to the head or brain.
However, it is not safe to assume that only major accidents can cause these types of injuries. Repetitive head injuries, even minor ones, can have serious effects as time goes by.
Unlike other injuries, brain or head injury may have permanent and devastating effects. It would mean paralysis of the victim or worse, death.
In case of accidents, the head as a sensitive part of our body needs the paramount protection from the impact.
In United States, a person suffers traumatic brain injury every 15 seconds.
In fact, out of the 1,000,000 people treated in hospitals each year, 50,000 die and 80,000 become permanently disabled because of TBI.
Effects of Brain or Head Injuries
As the brain is the central-processing organ for thought, movement, emotion and other vital bodily functions, injury to it can be life-altering.
Brain or head injuries would really take a toll upon the lives of not only the victim but of the family as well.
It creates additional burden to the family not only psychologically, physiologically and socially but especially to the financial aspect as continuous treatment is necessary.
Brain Injury Claims
Legal action can be brought against an offending party by filing a claim. The offender must necessarily be punished and the victim be accorded all available remedies not only to sustain the treatment and medical needs but to compensate for violating his or her rights.
Usually, a case for personal injury claim should be filed in court to pursue compensation for medical expenses, rehabilitation, attendant care, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages.
In the event that the victim’s brain or head injury led to his or her death, a case for wrongful death claim may be filed to seek compensation for additional damages, such as loss of companionship, loss of benefits, and funeral expenses.
Ideally, in filing this kind of claim, it is best to engage professional help from someone who understands the devastating effects of these injuries. Hiring a brain injury lawyer or a wrongful death lawyer is greatly advised.
For brain and head injury claims and other accident related issues, you can take the services of our expert brain injury lawyers. Visit our website and have a free case evaluation.
About the Author
Jean is a content writer for the web page of one of the prestigious law firms in Los Angeles. She also worked as a legal analyst for a Florida based company and a paralegal to a credit cooperative. She hopes to publish her own book someday.
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