Frightening accidents occur every day across Los Angeles. A fall down a set of slippery stairs might cause victims to suffer several blows to the head. A powerful collision on an L.A. Boulevard could cause victims to strike their heads on a steering wheel or on a window.
The skull is supposed to protect our brains in these impacts, but the brain can also collide with the inside of the skull to cause a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). These injuries can cause concussions, and memory loss, and have other long-term effects on the brain.
When someone’s negligence causes you to fall and hit your head or suffer a strike to the head in a traffic collision, don’t allow insurance companies to escape financial responsibility. You may need expensive medical treatment and care for weeks or months after an initial night in an emergency room.
Contact a Los Angeles Traumatic Brain Injury Accident Lawyer for a Free Consultation
When someone’s carelessness causes you to take a severe blow to the head, make sure you receive every bit of the support you need in recovery. A traumatic brain injury leaves you with physical symptoms and often some intense emotional consequences as well. These hardships must all factor into any brain injury insurance settlement.
Contact Maison Law to schedule a free case consultation and learn what your TBI injury is worth. It’s a chance to talk with a real Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer about what happened and learn what your injury may be worth. You are under no obligation, but if you hire us, we work tirelessly to secure enough support to pay for the best care available and enough so that victims can rebuild their lives.
Traumatic Brain Injury Dangers in Los Angeles Accidents
TBI injuries can happen almost anywhere during your daily routine in Los Angeles. A puddle left on a grocery store floor could take your feet out from under you. You could strike your head on the way down on a cart or a shelf. You will usually also absorb a blow on the hard tile. Head trauma suffered at work might also lead to a lengthy recovery.
A rear-end, sideswipe or head-on collision at Los Angeles freeway speeds can easily lead to a brain injury. People traveling on bikes or motorcycles, even with a helmet, are much more susceptible to severe brain trauma. A pedestrian trying to cross the street is the most defenseless person using the road. When they are knocked from their feet, their heads can collide with a car hood and then the hard pavement.
Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms and Care Estimates
Traumatic Brain Injuries can leave victims with only light trauma, like a mild concussion, or something as serious as a permanent disability.
A blow to the head might leave patients to experience seizures, suffer amnesia, and experience wild emotional mood swings. Memory loss can affect patients for a few days or over several months. They may not even remember the accident that caused their TBI.
Treatment for a mild to moderate traumatic brain injury in the emergency room may cost around $2,000. In contrast, the costs of a permanent mental disability over a lifetime have been estimated at anywhere from half-a-million dollars to well over two million dollars. Your Los Angeles Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney works to secure the maximum compensation available for victims. This is due to the fact that there’s no way to know if and when patients will relapse and start forgetting things again and be in need of additional care.
Visit our page to find out more about the additional complications that can arise with a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Liability in Los Angeles Brain Injury Accidents
Figuring out the party that can be legally responsible for your damages and injury, or multiple parties, is key to securing the most in a Traumatic Brain Injury settlement check.
In each of the examples above, someone’s negligence is responsible for an accident that led to a brain injury. Under California law, someone found liable for your injury could be part of a traumatic brain injury claim.
A reckless driver’s car insurance provider would be asked to pay all medical bills and reimburse your lost paychecks at work. A fall on a hazard at an apartment complex could leave a landlord liable for brain surgery costs. A trip-and-fall on an unrepaired pothole in a supermarket parking lot could mean a local store owner, and perhaps a corporate chain would owe you financial support.
Insurance companies don’t provide this compensation automatically, and sometimes they can work to shift the blame for your accident to you. Adjusters might attempt this reversal even if they know their policyholder is to blame, simply to save money. It’s why you need a Los Angeles Traumatic Injury Lawyer experienced in combating the unfair tactics insurance companies use.
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 TBI insurance claim. If you are feeling strong enough, try to collect evidence on the scene of your incident.
Get checked out by an ambulance crew. Take photos of visible injuries and the obstacle that caused your accident. Call for an officer to investigate a car crash so a collision report can be made. Get contact information from witnesses so they can provide key testimony later. See your own doctor as soon as you can after an accident.
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 Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer will make sure this list is complete.
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.
- Estimates on the costs for life with a permanent disability stemming from a brain injury.
- Travel costs to medical appointments 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 Los Angeles Traumatic Brain 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. Los Angeles brain damage 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 Martin Gasparian to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
Mr. Gasparian, the founder of Maison Law, offers this free case evaluation to all personal injury victims in Los Angeles and Southern California. If you feel Maison Law can help you earn the maximum compensation in a Traumatic Brain Injury settlement, you won’t need any money upfront. Mr. Gasparian doesn’t get paid unless he wins your case.
