Brain injuries can result from many types of accidents, including motor vehicle crashes, physical abuse, falls, gunshot wounds, or explosions occurring in dangerous occupations.
What is Brain Injury?
Every 15 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Over 1,000,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year. Of those, 50,000 die and 80,000 are rendered permanently disabled because of a traumatic brain injury. This number is higher than the combined cases of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and multiple sclerosis.
TBI occurs when a sudden physical assault to the head causes damage to the brain. The damage can be focal (confined to one area of the brain) or diffuse (involving more than one area of the brain). TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. A closed head injury occurs when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, but the object does not break through the skull. A penetrating head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull, entering the brain tissue.
Brain injury symptoms may include:
- Unconsciousness
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Confusion
- Slurred speech
- Blurry eyesight
- Convulsions
- Ringing in the ears
Immediate treatment by a skilled medical professional is necessary to prevent further damage or complications.
Brain injuries have the potential to alter one's life forever. Therefore, consultation with an experienced lawyer skilled in handling brain injury lawsuits is key. The lawyer will put together a team of qualified experts and medical professionals in order to assess the victim's expected past, current, and future losses, so that the victim will receive maximum compensation.
A. Jason Kerckhoff is a Cardiff-By-The-Sea personal injury lawyer and the President of Kerckhoff Law, APC, a San Diego personal injury law firm dedicated to representing people who have been seriously injured or killed, and the families of loved ones who have suffered death caused by the negligence of another.
A. Jason Kerckhoff has been successfully obtaining excellent results for his clients for more than twenty-five years. He has the highest rating in Martindale-Hubbell, which is the preeminent company that rates attorneys not only for their abilities, but for their ethics. These ratings are obtained by peers in the San Diego community, and a small percentage of lawyers are privileged to have achieved this rating.
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