Traumatic Brain Injury
Few things are more serious or long-lasting than a brain injury, or any other kind of closed-head injury.
Car accidents and truck accidents are among the leading causes of such traumatic damage to the human body; construction and oil field accidents can also cause many kinds of brain injuries.
The average human brain weighs about three pounds and is suspended in fluid. In the violence of an accident, brain tissue can be disturbed and critical connections can be damaged or broken. Brain injury can occur even in cases where a car suddenly accelerates or decelerates too quickly. There may be no outward sign of a problem, but a brain injury may have occurred anyway.
Assessing the consequences of a brain injury is not an easy task. The medical, economic, scientific and technical knowledge needed are constantly changing. It’s important to assess the long term economic cost. This is done by working with surgeons, psychologists, neuropsychologists, life care planners and economists to address long term needs. Attorneys who handle cases involving brain injuries must understand the medicine and be sure to stay up-to-date. And they must work closely, as we do, with doctors and nurses who have had years of medical training and experience.
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