A traumatic brain injury is a type of catastrophic injury that occurs as a result of a blow to the head that impacts the brain, and TBI can result from many different kinds of accidents, including motor vehicle accidents, work accidents or even assault. Any jolt to the brain or blow to the skull can cause a traumatic brain injury, and these injuries can require expensive, ongoing medical treatments. An injured individual and their family can, however, get compensated for the massive medical bills in personal injury court. If you or someone you love has suffered a TBI during an accident that wasn’t your fault, you need a seasoned personal injury on your side during the difficult process of recovery.

 

Your Compassionate and Knowledgeable Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers

When trying to heal from a catastrophic injury, the injured party and their family can’t always handle pursuing legal action against the person who caused their injuries, but it can be important to move swiftly to get justice for such a serious accident. A personal injury attorney with experience in these cases like the seasoned lawyers at the O’Connell Law Firm, P.C., can go over medical records and accident reports in order to prove that the accident that led to your traumatic brain injury was the result of someone else’s negligence. Your attorney will aggressively fight for your right to compensation in Colorado courts or get justice in the form of an out-of-court settlement.

 

Brain Injury Facts for the US

According to the Centers for Disease Control, an average of 1.7 million Americans suffer traumatic brain injuries every year. Of this number, over 250 thousand people are hospitalized and 52,000 people die from head or brain injuries. Almost eighty percent of brain injury victims are treated in emergency rooms. A Colorado personal injury attorney with experience in brain injury cases can help TBI victims get compensated for high ER visit bills, as well as death benefits or permanent disability benefits.

 

Accidents That Can Cause Traumatic Brain Injury
 

There are many different types of accidents that commonly cause traumatic brain injuries include:

 

• Motor Vehicle Accidents:  Vehicle accidents such as motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, rear end collisions, drunk driver accidents and vehicle rollover accidents are some of the leading causes of traumatic brain injury.
• Industrial or Construction Accidents: Accidents at work, no matter what kind of industry a victim works in, represent a large number of traumatic brain injury and catastrophic injury accidents.
• Slip & Fall Accidents: Falling can cause major trauma to the skull, closed head injuries and brain injuries, as well as injuries to the spinal cord.

 

Your Trusted Colorado Personal Injury Lawyers for Head & Brain Injuries

The seasoned Denver personal injury attorneys at theO’Connell Law Firm, P.C., have extensive experience with head and brain injury cases. They will be able to help sufferers of traumatic brain injury and their families handle the financial burdens of catastrophic injuries and aggressively pursue justice on their behalf.