Maison Law represents brain and head injury victims in Oildale. 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 injury may be worth and how to hold an at-fault party fully responsible.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Head Injury?
Head injuries are usually serious, and a diagnosis can be followed by very expensive medical care, physical therapy, and perhaps surgery. A brain injury could even require lifelong home care or care in a nursing facility. When your health care costs are expected to rise, it’s a good sign that you’ll want an Oildale Brain injury Lawyer handling your case.
When insurance adjusters fear there will be enormous and long term medical bills involved, they’ll use many tactics to try to get out of having to cover your costs. Instead of helping injured victims, they seek to limit what you receive. Your Maison Law attorney fully investigates your case and gathers evidence so the blame can’t be turned around on you. Then we demand the maximum in benefits for you and your family.
Brain Injury Hazards in Everyday Oildale Life
Local residents fill their days with commutes to work, drop-offs and pickups at school, and trips to the grocery store. In their hurry to keep things moving, they can overlook the constant accident risks that are present on the road and at each destination throughout the day.
Some of those potential threats can carry enough force to fracture a skull or deliver a blow to the brain inside. The skull is a very strong and its job is to protect the brain, but when blunt force trauma is involved in an accident, the head and brain can suffer damage.
Several types of accidents might deliver a powerful enough blow to cause the brain to strike the inside of the skull, leading to serious consequences. Many head injuries are caused by traffic accidents. A rear-end collision or a head-on impact on a busy road like Chester Avenue is one of the most violent hazards anyone can face in a normal daily routine.
These are just a few of the types of accidents that can cause major head injuries:
- Car accident
- Truck collision
- Motorcycle impact
- Bicycle Accident
- Pedestrian Accident
- Fall from a great height
- A fall down stairs at an apartment building or a public building
- A slip-and-fall at a place of business like a grocery store when the head hits a shelf or smacks the floor
- An object falling from overhead such as when shopping at a home improvement store
- Workplace injury including risks around heavy machinery and tools
- Sports injury
- Violent attacks
Victims can file injury claims against anyone who contributes to an accident that leads to their harm. With a head or brain injury, victims should be able to count on support for weeks, months, or a lifetime if necessary. A Maison Law attorney helps victims seek estimates on their future care to make sure this support is included in any brain injury settlement check.
Types of Brain Injuries Leading to Personal Injury Claims
The brain is always a priority when treating accident victims. A strong blow to the head can cause skull fractures that increase pressure on the brain. The bones around the eyes and the nasal cavity are also considered part of the skull bone and can be damaged.
A brain impact may also cause bleeding and a cerebrospinal fluid leak. People can end up with concussions, a type of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). A TBI can cause sensitivity to light, weakness in an area of the body, amnesia, and even seizures. Johns Hopkins Medicine reports that victims might also suffer symptoms over the coming years. They may lose muscle strength and fine motor skills. Victims could experience a loss of hearing or the ability to speak or taste food.
Doctors at Dignity Health Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield treat accident 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
A mild traumatic brain injury may take a few weeks to three full months to heal. Of course, a more severe case can take years to fully recover from. Some patients deal with symptoms for the rest of their lives. After an accident, insurers for at-fault parties will want to just pay for an emergency room visit or a few physical therapy sessions. But your lawyer takes action to secure the support you’ll really need to fully recover and support yourself.
Who Can I Sue If I Suffer a Head Injury?
Property owners, business owners, drivers, and others are required to show others a “duty of care” to their customers, clients, tenants, and all visitors. Supermarket owners must monitor store aisles for the hazards that other customers create and clean them up or repair issues to prevent people from getting hurt.
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 head injuries.
Motorists also must show enough care not to make reckless on a Kern County highway that can cause collisions. A government department must keep public walkways and public areas around government buildings free of obstacles that could cause injury.
These and other parties can all be held liable if their negligence leads to a head injury or a death caused by severe trauma to the head. Your brain injury lawyer can help you determine every party that should be included in a string of personal injury claims.
What Type of Compensation Can I Expect in a Brain Injury Settlement?
It’s important to make sure every hardship you’ve faced since your accident is included in the accident claim you submit to the liability insurance company involved. You must also include any care that’s expected to be needed in the years ahead.
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 own pocket.
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 the lifetime of support needed if a brain injury patient can never return to work.
- Support for families of victims. Families who must care for a loved one who is left physically disabled by a brain injury must demand support from at-fault individuals or companies. A family that lost a loved one to the effects of a head injury could also seek wrongful death benefits from those who were to blame.
Contact an Oildale Brain and Head Injury Lawyer
Maison Law of Oildale offers a free consultation to victims and their families after accidents anywhere in Kern 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 an Oildale Brain Injury Lawyer to schedule a confidential consultation.
There’s no obligation, but 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. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
