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Minnesota Brain Injury Attorneys

Posted by: euser
January 31, 2007
Topic: Minnesota Personal Injury

Brain Injuries

Traumatic injury to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. TBI can be caused by a variety of accidents or traumas. A common cause of TBI is the automobile accident, but a TBI can occur as the result of a slip and fall accident, a work related injury and injury caused by a defective product or any type of head trauma sustained in everyday life.

Each year in the United States:

approximately 1 million head-injured people are treated in hospital emergency rooms,
approximately 270,000 people experience a moderate or severe TBI,
approximately 60,000 new cases of epilepsy occur as a result of head trauma,
approximately 230,000 people are hospitalized for TBI and survive,
approximately 80,000 of these survivors live with significant disabilities as a result of the injury, and
approximately 70,000 people die from head injury.

The damage caused by TBI is manifested in a variety of symptoms and may include:

Speech impairment
Paralysis
Perception difficulties
Communication difficulties
Mood changes
Seizures
Depression
Memory problems
Difficulty concentrating
Spastic muscles

Due to the complexity of this type of injury, medical providers may resort to any of a variety of treatments and procedures to alleviate the damage and symptoms caused by the TBI. Beyond the initial medical treatment, traumatic brain injury victims also face a long period of physical and emotional recovery.

Unfortunately, victims of traumatic brain injury and their families often are not given adequate information regarding the nature of their medical condition. The field of traumatic brain injury is extremely complex and often health care providers do not have the time or resources to adequately address all of the medical and recovery issues involved. Therefore, persons with traumatic brain injury need specialized legal representation in order to pursue a claim for a TBI caused by the fault of another. Because brain injury litigation is uniquely complex and requires experience in the medical and legal issues involved, we recommend that you consult a seasoned attorney with considerable experience with TBI injuries.

Our firm has represented TBI victims in lawsuits against negligent persons, product-liability actions, and insurers for decades, and have obtained settlements that appropriately compensate our clients for the physical, emotional, and monetary damage of a TBI caused by an at-fault party.

For additional information pertaining to traumatic brain injuries, we encourage you to consult the following resources:

http://www.headinjury.com/library.htm

http://www.birf.info/

http://www.biausa.org/

http://www.neuroskills.com/

http://www.braininjuryresources.org/

http://www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu/

http://www.changesurfer.com/BD/Brain.html

http://www.brainsource.com/

http://www.tbi-sci.org/tbird/

http://www.waiting.com/waitingabouttbi.html

http://www.tbicommunity.org/