Traumatic brain injuries are probably the most significant bodily injury a person can suffer. The brain is involved in almost all daily living tasks, and any impairment can show up in surprising ways. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, many people will struggle with talking, eating, walking, and other tasks that used to be second nature. Victims can end up housebound for months or stuck in a wheelchair, unable to support themselves by returning to work due to the loss of earning capacity.

Call CLS Law, PLLC, if you were hurt in any type of accident that caused a brain injury. Our legal team is dedicated to your well-being, and that means advocating for your rights following an accident. Our Gilbert brain injury attorney can provide a free consultation to discuss what steps to take next. Our injury lawyers will help you seek medical attention and manage the legal process, ensuring that you get the medical expenses covered and hold negligent parties accountable.

Types of Brain Injuries

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury caused by external trauma, like a blow to your neck. A person’s brain can suffer injury when it slides around inside the skull, potentially leading to brain damage and other complications.

Anoxic-Hypoxic Injury

Any disruption in the flow of blood or oxygen can lead to the death of brain cells. A person can suffer permanent impairments and emotional distress due to the catastrophic effects on their daily life.

Open Injury

An open injury is a type of traumatic brain injury. The skull is cracked, and brain tissue can suffer direct injury. Getting shot in the head is an example, and this kind of injury often requires immediate medical attention.

Closed Injury

When the skull remains in one piece, a person has suffered a closed brain injury. In many ways, these are as serious as open injuries but harder to diagnose. Such injuries can result in lost wages due to the need for extended recovery time.

Our experienced personal injury team at CLS Law can help anyone suffering from a serious brain injury. Often, a concerned family member contacts us on behalf of a loved one who is in the hospital after a difficult accident caused by someone else’s negligence.

Can You Receive Compensation?

We can seek financial compensation for anyone hurt in the following accidents:

  • Car crashes: A motorist could slam their head on something or suffer whiplash, which causes traumatic brain injuries as the brain “jiggles” and leads to brain damage. We can often sue a negligent driver for hitting your car, and our brain injury attorneys are skilled in handling such injury cases.
  • Pedestrian accidents: Pedestrians are often thrown backward after a collision, which means they can crack their heads on the ground, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. We can sue any dangerous driver for hitting you, with the support of Gilbert personal injury attorneys who understand the complexities of these cases.
  • Defective products: Any dangerous product could lead to a catastrophic injury such as a brain injury. For example, an unstable bookshelf could land on a child, trapping them and damaging their skull. Our law firm has successfully sued product manufacturers for design or manufacturing defects, ensuring that the at fault party is held accountable.

Let us analyze whether you can bring a personal injury claim. Our brain injury lawyers will help you navigate your legal options during the recovery process.

How Disruptive Are TBIs?

Brain injuries vary from mild concussions to life-threatening open-brain injuries. Many people with closed injuries aren’t sure if anything happened. They see no visible external wounds, but they can suffer from common symptoms:

  • Loss of balance
  • Impaired coordination
  • Blurred or double vision
  • Ringing in their ears (tinnitus)
  • Numbness in extremities
  • Disrupted sleep schedules (sleeping too much or too little)
  • Mood swings, including depression
  • Intense headaches
  • Memory lapses and forgetfulness
  • Difficulty speaking
  • Trouble walking or standing up

These are all signs you have suffered a TBI. Severe injuries might lead to lost of consciousness and even hospitalization. Some victims end up in the ICU for days to have their vitals monitored.

Brain injuries often result in long-lasting impairments. Someone suffering a moderate brain injury could still be disabled years later. In fact, studies show that 30% of people suffering a moderate or severe TBI became worse 5 years later. About half remain unemployed five or more years after the accident.

What is a Fair Settlement for a Gilbert Brain Injury?

CLS wins cases for our clients by analyzing the facts to understand how the accident has disrupted your life. Many accidents will:

  • Force you to take months off from work to recover. Doctors usually prescribe rest, which means people cannot work and earn money as they recover.
  • Require extended therapy and rehabilitation. Many victims require physical therapy, speech therapy, mental health counseling and behavioral therapy. This care is expensive.
  • Require at-home assistance and home remodeling. You might be consigned to a wheelchair and need to install a ramp or reconfigure the layout of your house.
  • Impair your personal relationship due to mood swings or the ability to leave the house. Many people struggle with their marriages due to a lack of intimacy.
  • Cause long-term complications. Our clients often are still dealing with a brain injury years after an accident. The costs can be enormous.
  • Personal injury law recognizes you can seek financial compensation for all these losses, as well as any property damage or destruction.

Your compensation is reduced by your share of fault. For example, you might have suffered devastating brain injuries as a pedestrian, but you were jaywalking at the time. If so, then you are partially at fault for the accident which injured you. Arizona Revised Statutes § 12-2505 still allows you to seek compensation, but any award is reduced by your percentage of fault.

CLS Wins—Period

Our legal team has won cases other firms turned away. We credit our knowledge of personal injury law and attention to detail.

If you are struggling after a traumatic brain injury, you need a brain injury lawyer who can:

  • Assist with documenting your injuries and financial expenses;
  • Collect evidence to show fault for your accident;
  • Complete insurance forms and coordinate with the insurance company and insurance adjusters;
  • Review recent settlements and jury verdicts to use in calculating your personal injury case;
  • File a lawsuit before the expiration of the statute of limitations;
  • Add more defendants if they share blame for the accident that caused your brain injury;
  • Negotiate with the other party to try and settle your case.

In our relatively short existence, CLS Law has obtained many favorable settlements and verdicts for our clients. Insurance companies realize we come ready to win, so they don’t pull any underhanded tricks. We know how to win these cases, and we will gladly get to work on your behalf if you call us today.

Speak with a Brain Injury Lawyer in Gilbert Today!

CLS Law is happy to serve the Gilbert, Arizona community and provide them with state-of-the-art legal representation following an accident. No case is too small. Contact our firm or call (855) 257-9467 to find out if you can bring an insurance claim for compensation due to a brain injury. We offer free consultations to members of the public.