If you suffered brain trauma in a car accident, you may need a lawyer’s help to get full recovery support from an at-fault driver’s insurance company.
Maison Law of Chico represents accident victims and makes sure they have the money to pay for the best care available after debilitating brain injuries. Contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation to see if we can secure more in compensation for you and your family at such a difficult time.
Do I Need a Personal Injury Lawyer After Suffering a Brain Injury?
If your brain injury is more than just a minor concussion, you should discuss your case with a Chico Brain Injury Lawyer. The more money involved (longer recoveries and more medical bills), the harder insurance companies for those at fault will fight to avoid accepting blame. They can try to blame you for what happened or question how badly you are hurt.
Your attorney fully investigates what happened and collects evidence so that the blame can’t be shifted. We also work with doctors to make sure you receive compensation to cover every healthcare need you may have in the coming months. Our lawyers often win victims much more than they could hope to win on their own.
Traumatic Brain Injury Risks in Chico Accidents
UCLA Health defines a Traumatic Brain Injury like this:
“A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an injury to the head arising from blunt or penetrating trauma or from acceleration-deceleration forces associated with any of the following: decreased level of consciousness, amnesia, other neurologic or neuropsychologic abnormalities, skull fracture, diagnosed intracranial lesions, or death.”
The UCLA website also reports that the United States sees nearly one and a half million victims suffer a TBI annually.
Victims often come away from vehicle collisions with concussions, considered a mild form of TBI. But patients can also walk away with serious consequences to their brain function after many other types of injuries. They might experience memory loss, seizures, and a loss of control of certain body parts.
These are just some of the types of brain injury cases we help clients win:
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Premises Liability Accidents
- Slip-And-Fall Accidents
- Workplace Accidents
Victims could also slip on a puddle at a store like Raley’s and strike a shelf edge with the base of their skull. Overhead items in a store may topple down to cause head trauma.
Brain injury victims need the best care available, and that care may need to extend over months, years, or a lifetime. Unfortunately, insurance companies can focus on keeping the compensation they pay out low instead of focusing on what victims require to rebuild their lives. Maison Law’s Chico Personal Injury Lawyers can force insurers to take injuries seriously and provide what’s fair.
What If I Suffer a Head Injury While I’m on the Job?
Butte County victims may suffer a head injury while working on a local farm around vehicles or heavy machinery. A worker at a manufacturing plant might suffer an injury while using a high-powered tool. Construction workers are also at constant risk of a head injury, whether they have a hard hat on or not. Anyone, even office workers, can suffer brain trauma at work.
Workplace accident victims can file for Workers’ Compensation, but not everyone gets the same level of weekly support while they are out of work. A California Workers’ Comp Lawyer works to make sure California Workers’ Comp administrators get the full story on the injury and victims get weekly support for as long as necessary.
How Much Will I Get in a Traumatic Brain Injury Settlement Check?
It’s hard to get an accurate estimate on what you may receive in an accident settlement until your attorney has gotten the full story of what happened and been able to investigate. Each accident and brain injury is different. The compensation level will depend on how long it takes you to heal and the final totals on your medical care.
These are just a few of the factors that will be used to determine the amount on your TBI insurance settlement check:
- Totals on medical bills.
- Rehabilitation costs.
- Support for the pain and emotional anguish you’ve suffered after a brain injury.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Estimates on the costs to support you if you suffer a permanent disability stemming from a brain injury.
- Travel costs to medical appointments while you are unable to drive.
- Lost income from work. Including estimates on a lifetime of support needed if a brain injury patient can never return to work.
Your Chico Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer will be fighting for every benefit on your behalf. The experience of your lawyer and the lawyer’s negotiation skills also make a big difference in how much you take home after an accident.
Contact a Chico Brain Injury Lawyer
Maison Law of Chico offers a free consultation to victims and their families after accidents anywhere in Butte County. It’s an easy, no-risk way to determine just what you’ll need in support to treat and manage a head injury. Reach out to a skilled Brain Injury Lawyer to schedule a confidential consultation.
This case review comes with no obligation, and if we can’t help you earn more, we’ll point you in the right direction for filing your own claim. But if you need our help to hold at-fault parties fully responsible, you don’t need any money to hire Maison Law. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the compensation that an insurance company must pay you.
