Brain injury, and especially severe brain injury, can have devastating symptoms and can impact your ability to function, work, or care for yourself. Your mood, memory, and concentration can all be affected as well.
If someone else caused your brain injury to occur, you have the right to pursue a claim for damages. However, you need to know how to navigate the justice system, including when and where to file a claim, who to name as defendants, and how to prove your case.
Diaco Law can help. Our Carrollwood injury attorneys have the skill and experience necessary to maximize your chances of recovering full and fair compensation for a traumatic brain injury. To find out more about how we can bring this knowledge to your claim, give us a call today to schedule your free consultation.
Common Causes of Brain Injury
According to the Mayo Clinic, a violent blow or a jolt to the head and body could cause traumatic brain injury (TBI) to occur. While a mild traumatic brain injury can temporarily affect your brain cells, a severe traumatic brain injury can cause physical damage to the brain, including tearing tissues, bruising the brain, or causing brain bleeding.
According to the Mayo Clinic, some of the most common causes of brain injury include:
- Falls
- Auto accidents
- Violence
- Sports injuries
- Explosions or blasts
In many of these situations, there may be someone who is legally liable, or whose negligence or violation of a safety rule was the direct cause of the incident that led to your brain injury.
Sometimes, it is clear who is to blame. For example, if a driver is careless or runs a red light or is drunk and causes you to suffer an accident that leads to brain damage, that driver is likely responsible for your damages.
However, there may also be other defendants whom you may not think about as well, such as negligent property owners whose failure to secure their premises led to an act of violence.
Diaco Law can help you to identify all those who are potentially responsible for compensating you for your brain injury, and we can work with you to pursue justice.
Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury
It’s important that you recognize symptoms of a brain injury so that you can understand if you may be suffering from one after an accident and so you can understand the extent of your impairment.
As the Mayo Clinic explains, some of the most common symptoms that develop due to traumatic brain injury include:
- Nausea or vomiting
- Headaches
- Drowsiness
- Speech difficulties
- Shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Sensory issues such as hearing ringing in your ears, experiencing blurry vision, changes in your ability to smell, or a weird taste in your mouth.
- Losing consciousness
- Memory problems
- Concentration problems
- Mood swings or changes to your mood
- Anxiety and/or depression
- Sleeping habit changes
- Convulsions or seizures
The more severe your symptoms, the more pain and discomfort you experience, the more medical care you are likely to need, and the more difficult it will be to continue to work and earn income.
Diaco Law can help you to prove the extent of your damages so you can be compensated for all these losses. We have a lawyer who is also an MD on our team who can understand the damage and a team of experts who can help you show how badly you were harmed.
Contact a Carrollwood Brain Injury Attorney Today
A Carrollwood brain injury lawyer at Diaco Law can help you to fight for justice after you suffered a brain injury due to negligence or wrongdoing. Give us a call today to schedule your free consultation and learn what we can do for you.