Brain Injuries Explained

Brain Injury Lawyers of Southern California

Brain injuries can be an open or closed head injury. Typically they affect one or more areas of the brain. Also, they cause impairment. So they are not brain injuries from birth trauma, degenerative or congenital disease.  No, this impairment hampers cognitive memory, memory, reasoning, attention, judgment, information processing, and speech. There can also be an impairment to the perceptual and motor abilities. So it can hamper physical functions and psychosocial behavior.

Brain Injury Statistics

  • There are an estimated 270,00 people each year that get a brain injury.
  • 80,000 brain injury victims that survive the injury will have significant disabilities. So they are often permanent.
  • There are an estimated 70,000 traumatic brain injury deaths each year in the U.S.

Also, recovering from a brain injury is dependent on several factors. And there can be a different rate of recovery for each victim. After testing and examinations the specialist or health care team may estimate recovery time.

This will get based on some factors:

  • The medical history and overall health of the victim
  • Was it the accident that was the cause of the injury?
  • The immediate effects of the brain injury and the symptoms get experienced.
  • If there have been neurological problems before the injury, they can affect the condition.
  • The location the brain injury occurred.

The description of traumatic brain injuries is below. This is according to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 300.7(c) (12):

  • A traumatic brain injury is one that gets caused by physical force. So this could be a total or partial function of disability. Also, the psychosocial impairment can affect the patient. Furthermore, the symptoms can impact a child’s educational performance and ability.

The brain injury attorney of Ehline Law is very experienced. So we are able to provide a stress-free claim for the victim. Our attorneys have the skill needed to settle the brain injury case. So this will allow brain injury victims to recover while their case gets pursued. Last, this will be a claim to get back the maximum amount of compensation. And this is what the victim and their family deserve. Call the brain injury attorneys at Ehline Law at (213) 596-9642.