BRAIN INJURIES

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About 4,000 Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each day. If you or a loved one has suffered a head injury or brain injury of any kind, please contact the brain injury lawyers at Jacobs & Goodman. We have nearly 30 years of experience helping brain injury victims receive the compensation they deserve. We’d like to assist you, too.

It’s important to have your head injury evaluated by a medical professional who is skilled at assessing brain injuries.

Please don’t delay. There are deadlines to meet. These deadlines, called Statutes of Limitations in the legal world, define the length of time you have to file a claim for your injury. If you do not file a claim within the allotted amount of time, then you risk never being able to file your claim again. There are few, if any, exceptions to these limitations. Please contact an attorney as soon as possible to protect your claims.

Types of Brain Injuries

Brain injuries typically fall into two categories: those caused by a traumatic event and those caused by lack of oxygen to the brain.

A traumatic brain injury is caused by a blow to the head. Brain trauma might result from a car or truck accident, slip and fall accident, construction accident, fall from a ladder, sports injury, or birth trauma. The immediate symptoms of this type of head injury may include concussions, seizures, hematoma (localized swelling), and loss of consciousness. Other serious symptoms related to the brain trauma may not become apparent for weeks, months, or, especially in infants, years.

Brain injuries caused by hypoxia are those that starve the brain of oxygen, such as a stroke, hemorrhage, aneurysm, or suffocation. Doctors who fail to diagnose a stroke or misdiagnose a stroke can be held liable for their patients’ brain injuries. Hypoxic birth injuries might result when a doctor fails to perform a C-section in time.

Our team of brain injury lawyers includes Joseph Taraska, a leading authority on brain injuries. He was a forensic medical consultant to the United States Air Force, who traveled widely to assess and evaluate brain injuries and spinal cord injuries among members of the USAF. He also defended medical malpractice suits for many years before joining our firm. Attorney Taraska has published widely on topics related to brain and spinal cord injuries.

To learn more about brain injuries, please visit our Brain Injury Info Center or contact us today.