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San Diego Brain Injury Attorneys
Traumatic brain injuries are caused by a strike or penetrating blow to the head which results in disrupted functioning of the brain. Mild traumatic brain injuries generally result in only a brief loss of consciousness while a severe traumatic brain injury often comes with an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia when coming to after the accident. Severe brain injuries such as these require a lawyer who can assist you with your recovery and help you obtain the compensation for which you are justly entitled to. Our San Diego brain injury lawyers have extensive experience in handling traumatic brain injury cases, mild traumatic brain injury cases, concussion injury cases, concussive syndrome injury cases, and other acute closed head injury cases involving cognitive deficits. If a severe brain injury resulted in the death of a family member or friend, a San Diego wrongful death attorney from our firm will assist you in obtaining proper compensation for your loss.
Traumatic Brain Injury facts
- In the US approximately 1.4 million people suffer a TBI (traumatic brain injury) each year.
- Of this 1.4 million, approximately 50,000 people die and 235,000 must be hospitalized
- 1.1 million of these people visit the emergency room.
Though our San Diego brain injury attorneys accept all types of brain injury cases, the most common causes of TBI are:
- Falls resulting in injury
- Car crashes
- Struck by/against events
- Battery and/or assaults
The costs of sustaining a brain injury
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an approximately 5.3 million Americans are currently in need of lifelong or long-term assistance to perform basic daily activities as a result of a brain injury. The following is a list of functional changes associated with brain injuries that our San Diego brain injury attorneys will fight to recover damages for:
- Decrease in ability of critical thinking
- Loss of language skills and/or memory
- Learning disabilities
- Changes in emotion/behavior
- Changes in sensation
- Epilepsy
- Increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other disorders of the brain.
A brain injury lawsuit is a complex matter that requires an experienced and trained attorney. Our San Diego brain injury lawyers at Berman & Riedel, LLP have handled numerous brain injury cases with great success. We work in cooperation with highly skilled doctors to obtain a proper diagnosis and predict exactly how a victim's brain injury will affect him or her both immediately and in the future. A San Diego brain injury attorney from our firm will assist you in recovering all medical expenses, lost employment income, and damages for pain and suffering due to your brain injury.
Contact an experienced San Diego brain injury lawyer at Berman & Riedel, LLP, for a free consultation. Our office is located in San Diego, but we handle brain injury cases throughout California.