Brain injuries can include difficulties or impairments with one's memory, thinking, attention span, motor abilities, behavior, moods, physical functions, ability to speak, cognitive abilities, reasoning, and judgment, just to name a few. Severe brain injuries and brain swelling can cause comas and other more apparent injuries.
An auto, motorcycle, car, truck, bicycle or pedestrian accident is the cause of a large percentage of brain injuries in California. California brain injury lawyer Sebastian Gibson has represented a good number of accident victims with brain injuries and successfully obtained settlements for them. Brain injury can be caused simply by the sudden acceleration or deceleration causing a violent movement of the head such as that suffered when a car is suddenly stopped on impact. The brain impacting against and within the skull may cause damage or swelling and brain injury.
Brain injuries can result form either open or closed head injuries. Brain injuries are also often referred to as traumatic brain injuries or catastrophic brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury is usually the result of head trauma such as an object striking the head or the head striking an object or part of a motor vehicle.
Traumatic brain injury often requires months or years of rehabilitation and/or therapy. If you have been in an auto or other type of motor vehicle accident, it is important to let your doctor or the emergency room personnel know if you suffered a loss of consciousness, are having difficulty sleeping or are sleeping too much, or if you are suffering irritability or other psychological changes following an accident. Feeling dazed or confused, having difficulties with motor abilities or physical abilities can also be signs of traumatic brain injury.
It is not necessary to suffer a skull fracture in order to have a traumatic brain injury. Sporting injuries are often the cause of brain injuries and repeated concussions can add to the danger of brain injury.
Additional symptoms of brain injury, depending on the trauma to the brain, include paralysis, seizures, blackouts, weakness or decreases in muscle control, and eating disorders, headaches, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, changes to one's visual abilities and changes to one's ability to smell or taste. Other symptoms can be more subtle and are more difficult to diagnose. Psychological changes are often more apparent to those around the person with a traumatic brain injury. A person suffering from symptoms which may be the result of a brain injury, should contact a physician and describe their symptoms.
If you or a loved one are suffering from a traumatic brain injury resulting from an accident in California, call attorney Sebastian Gibson today. We handle auto, motorcycle, car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian and other motor vehicle accidents on contingency and if we aren't successful in obtaining a settlement or judgment in your case, there is no fee.
If you have suffered a brain injury as the result of an accident, don't be dissuaded or confused by an insurance adjuster who claims the your dysfunction or emotional changes are not the result of the accident but rather from some pre-existing condition. You may well be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the accident and again should discuss this possibility with your physicians.
California attorney Sebastian Gibson has represented clients from San Diego to the Palm Springs and Palm Desert area, from Los Angeles to Orange County, from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara to Ventura, Oxnard and throughout the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino in the Inland Empire. Consultations for accident injury victims in their homes and hospitals are free.
