Alpharetta Brain Injury Lawyer

If you have been through an accident and have experienced a brain injury, or your loved one has experienced a brain injury, you may be entitled to damages and/or compensation. The costs and long-term impact of a brain injury can be long-lasting, and an experienced Alpharetta brain injury attorney like Spaulding Injury Law knows what is available in compensation, the norms, and the process through which your settlement can be maximized.

Information About Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

If you have been through an accident, recognizing what brain injury is and how its symptoms are manifested is essential to take steps towards both treatment and compensation. Following an accident, you should immediately seek medical attention, whether by allowing emergency medical personnel on the scene to assess you for issues in need of immediate assistance or with your physician after the accident. Some symptoms of brain injury may take time to emerge, but medical professionals know what to look for in terms of early prevention.

As explored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were some 61,000 TBI-related deaths in 2019. The most common causes of traumatic brain injuries that lead to death are falls, firearm-related suicides, motor vehicle crashes, and assaults. A traumatic brain injury occurs essentially when your head experiences a collision due to an accident of some sort, leading to a bruise or worse to your brain underneath. TBIs can be fatal, or they can lead to long-term health effects that range in severity.

Symptoms of Brain Injury Includes Behavioral Changes and Difficulty Concentrating

Changes in your behavior, such as being more aggressive than before, might seem like part of the recovery period, but can indicate actual changes in your brain that could be symptoms of greater injury. Difficulty concentrating, fainting spells, nausea, vomiting, or even the discharge of liquid from your nose and ears are also symptoms of severe brain injury. If you are exhibiting symptoms of severe brain injury, it is important that you seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Other changes in behavior like depression can also be a symptom of a brain injury. Brain injuries affect the chemical composition of your brain, and while it might seem normal to feel down following an accident, lingering feelings of depression may indicate a brain injury that has not been detected. Following an accident, the purpose of insurance settlements and damages are to make you whole as though the accident had not occurred, and ongoing depression or changes in your behavior can be recoverable damages as they affect your quality of life.

Brain Injuries Can Be Mild, Moderate, or Severe

The severity of your brain injury will determine the impact it has upon your life following the accident or incident that caused it. In the article “Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion” by the CDC, a traumatic brain injury affects how your brain works. The more severe the injury, the greater the impact upon your brain to function normally. More minor injuries may impact your life for months, while more severe injuries will affect you for the remainder of your life.

Moderate to Severe Brain Injuries May Require Life-Long Medical Care

Many individuals who have minor brain injuries will be capable of recovering with the assistance of a medical professional to determine the appropriate course of treatment and recovery. Those with moderate to severe injuries, however, may require ongoing healthcare to assist in recovery and management of the symptoms.

Brain injuries that are experienced in children can negatively impact their ability to develop and thus have long-term influences on life in general. For some older persons, brain injuries may go unnoticed or are more difficult to detect. These facts highlight the importance of seeking medical attention following an accident and speaking with a personal injury attorney to determine your options and to maximize your settlement.

Car Accidents Are a Leading Cause of Brain Injuries in the US

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in the United States, car accidents are one of the leading causes of severe-to-fatal head injuries. If you have developed a brain injury as a result of a car accident, an Alpharetta brian injury attorney will know what the local process is to file your claim and pursue the compensation that is needed to make you whole following the accident.

A Wrongful Death Compensation

Oftentimes with severe-to-fatal brain injuries, the person who was injured is not capable of advancing their own interests in terms of pursuing their damages and maximizing their compensation for their injuries. If they are incapable of self-representation, a guardianship can be established, which has been very well-explained within the context of the Brittany Spears situation. However, if you have lost a loved one, wrongful death damages may still be available to you.

Wrongful death damages are available to the surviving loved ones of a person who has been lost. Such damages are meant to compensate you for the loss of your loved one and their contribution to your life and household. If you lost a spouse due to an accident and another party was at fault, you might be entitled to compensation to cover the loss of your loved one’s income so that your family can continue to be supported even in their absence. Situations like this are tragic, and car accident attorneys have the compassion and the experience to guide you through the process and recover what you are entitled to.

Damages for Brain Injuries 

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to damages for brain injuries. The amount of damages that you are entitled to will be determined by the unique facts and circumstances of your injuries and the losses you experienced. Your brain injury may impact your ability to enjoy both your personal and professional life, and you are eligible to receive compensation for any negative changes to various aspects of your life. 

First, you can recover compensation for your medical bills, which might include:

• Emergency transportation
• Emergency room care
• Hospitalization or ICU stays
• Diagnostic testing
• Surgery
• Rehabilitative therapy
• Home health assistance
• Psychological treatment

If medical care addressed your brain injury, you should include those costs in your damages. 

If your brain injury has an impact on your ability to work, your damages will depend on your prior earning ability and the extent of income that you lose. You may no longer be able to concentrate for long periods of time or follow basic instructions due to the chemical changes caused by your brain injury. Whether you miss a few weeks of work or never return to work again, a lawyer can calculate your income-related damages. 

When your personal life is changed through shifts in brain chemistry, along with personality and mood changes, the quality of your life can also decrease. When your life changes for the negative as a result of your brain injury, you are entitled to compensation for this intangible loss. Measuring these damages requires a careful assessment of the unique facts of your injuries, as proving pain and suffering losses can be complicated. 

Your Brain Injury Attorney Handles Every Step of the Claim Process

Accurately and completely measuring your damages, collecting evidence, filing your claim, then negotiating a complete and fair settlement with the insurance company can be difficult to do – especially when you are trying to recover from an injury. With an attorney by your side, you won’t have to worry about the process, as they’ll handle your claim every step of the way. 

Your attorney can:

• Identify all parties that should be liable for your brain injury
• Accurately calculate the full amount of damages you are entitled to
• Ensure that the insurance company presents a fair offer of settlement
• If not, your attorney can take them to court on your behalf

None of these are steps you want to navigate alone. Insurance companies find ways to limit settlement offers, especially with an invisible and often misunderstood injury like a TBI. You want an advocate fighting for the compensation you deserve. 

Can You Afford a Brain Injury Attorney?

While you might think that you cannot afford to hire an attorney for your brain injury, this is not the case. Your initial case consultation and review are free, and if we take your case, you pay nothing up front and nothing out-of-pocket, ever. When we take brain injury cases, we take them on contingency, which means that we only get paid if we win compensation in your case. Our payment comes out of a portion of the earnings we generate for you, so you never need out-of-pocket funds to pay legal fees for a brain injury case.

Working with an Alpharetta brain injury attorney is risk-free and helps to ensure that you are not taken advantage of by the insurance company. We work to make sure that you recover the full amount of compensation you are entitled to for your or your loved one’s brain injury. 

Connect with Alpharetta Brain Injury Attorneys at Spaulding Injury Law Today

The process of reaching the best settlement or achieving maximum compensation is complex and can be difficult to process on your own following an accident. An Alpharetta brain injury attorney provides you the support and advocacy you need to get through the recovery period after the accident and on with your life as best you can.

Reach out to Spaulding Injury Law to discuss your brain injury today. Alpharetta Personal Injury Lawyers is located at 44 Milton Ave #132, Alpharetta, GA 30009, United States.