Maison Law represents brain and head injury victims in Delano. We stand by our clients through a difficult recovery and ensure they receive the support they need now and in the years ahead. Victims should contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your case may be worth and how to hold an at-fault party fully responsible.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Head Injury?
If your head injury is serious, such as a traumatic brain injury or a skull fracture, and someone else caused your accident, you may need a lawyer’s help.
It’s a frightening reality that many accidents that target the head, like a traffic collision or a fall, result in major injuries. You might need weeks or months of intensive care. Some patients deal with symptoms their entire lives.
When insurance adjusters see the enormous medical bills involved, they’ll use many tactics to try to get out of having to cover your costs. They look to blame you for your accident or even try to convince you your injury isn’t all that serious. Your Delano Brain and Head Injury Lawyer fully investigates your case so the facts can’t be changed and then demands the maximum in benefits for you and your family.
Brain Injury Hazards in Delano
As Delano residents go about their days, they can fail to notice the many accident dangers that threaten them and their family members. A rear-end collision on High Street or a slip-and-fall on a puddle in a Walmart aisle can deliver a powerful blow to the head.
An accident caused by a reckless driver or a careless store manager might leave a victim with head trauma or a scary brain injury. Families need to take caution as they move about Kern County, but sometimes the negligence of others forces victims into devastating incidents.
Drivers and business owners are required to show others a “duty of care.” Motorists must not make reckless moves that can cause collisions and supermarket owners and chains must remove hazards inside their stores so that people can’t fall and hit their heads. The liability extends to landlords who must keep apartment communities safe for residents. A fall down a stairwell with rotten steps would leave a property management company fully liable for injuries.
When these duties are ignored and someone suffers a head injury, owners and operators can be held liable under California’s premises liability laws.
The fault may be clear in your accident, but that doesn’t mean at-fault drivers or property owners will automatically pay your medical bills. They’ll do everything possible to get you to accept far less than you’ll need to fully recover. They’ll even delay, letting your medical bill pile up, hoping you’ll become more desperate, and willing to accept far less than you require. Your Delano personal injury lawyer fights back on your behalf and demands fair treatment and compensation.
Common Head and Brain Injuries in Accidents
Victims of accidents may suffer broken bones that will hopefully heal in a few months. However, a brain injury can affect people’s lives and their lifestyles for years or, in some cases, permanently.
People may strike their head on a steering wheel in an intersection collision caused by a speeding driver. Patients may end up in the hospital after tripping on a curled-up rug and falling head-first into a shelf at a store. The blunt force trauma can cause bones in the head and skull to break and leave victims dazed and with memory loss.
Doctors at Adventist Health Delano’s Emergency Room treat victims for these and other head injuries:
- Concussions
- Diffuse Axonal Injuries (DAI)
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- Brain bleeds (hematomas)
- Contusions or bruises
- Swelling of the brain (edemas)
- Skull fractures
UCLA Health reports that a skull fracture can easily lead to brain damage. Depressed skull fractures mean a part of the skull is pressing on the brain to cause bleeding and a cerebrospinal fluid leak. A basal skull fracture involves damage around the floor of the skull perhaps around the eyes and the nasal cavity.
A TBI can include a mild to severe concussion. Victims report symptoms such as memory loss, seizures, and sensitivity to light.
Victims and their families may be asked to cover the bills for multiple surgeries and physical therapy sessions. These costs easily rise into the tens of thousands of dollars and the expense should never be left to the victim to face alone.
What Factors Into a Traumatic Brain Injury Settlement Check?
There are several steps to take to make sure you have all the proof of your accident you need when you file a brain injury insurance claim. If you are feeling strong enough, try to collect evidence on the scene of your incident. Take photos of car damage or the obstacle left on the floor in the case of a slip-and-fall accident.
Get checked out by an ambulance crew. Get contact information from witnesses so they can provide key testimony later. See your own doctor as soon as you can after an accident, even if you’ve been to the emergency room.
You’ll also want to submit a complete list of your damages and hardships to the insurance company for the at-fault party. This list must include everything you feel you should be compensated for. Your Maison Law attorney will make sure this list is complete because anything left off would become an expense you would have to pay out of your savings.
These are just a few of the factors that will be used to determine the amount on your head injury insurance settlement check:
- Totals on medical bills.
- Rehabilitation costs.
- Estimates on the costs for life with a permanent disability stemming from a brain injury.
- Travel costs to medical appointments to see your doctors and out-of-area specialists while you are unable to drive.
- The pain and emotional anguish you’ve suffered after a brain injury.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Lost income from work. Including estimates on a lifetime of support needed if a brain injury patient can never return to work.
Contact a Delano Brain and Head Injury Lawyer
The costs of recovery from an accident that causes a Traumatic Brain Injury often extend far beyond a single night under emergency room observation. Kern County head trauma victims must seek compensation for their recent medical bills and also factor in the potential lifelong costs of a permanent disability.
There’s an easy, no-risk way to determine just what you’ll need in support to treat and manage a brain injury. Reach out to a Delano Brain Injury Lawyer to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
Maison Law offers this free case evaluation to all seriously injured victims in the Delano area. If you feel Maison Law can help you earn the maximum compensation in a head injury settlement, you won’t need any money upfront. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you.
