Brain Injury
Personal Injury Attorneys near Memphis
Brain injuries are often the result of car accidents and falls. The long-term outcome of brain injury is unpredictable. Even a so-called mild brain injury can cause permanent disability. Symptoms of the long-term consequences may not become noticeable for weeks, or even months, after the injury occurs. Your Memphis area personal injury attorneys must understand the nature of brain injuries and the possible consequences to ensure that you get the compensation you truly need.
Consequences of Brain Injury
Brain injuries can be fatal. They can result in a persistent vegetative state. Survivors who regain consciousness can be physically disabled in many ways including paralysis. More often, brain injury is what is referred to as an invisible disability.
Brain injury survivors can suffer mental, emotional, and even physical impairment that is very severe, yet not obvious to observers. In fact, those living with brain injuries do not always know themselves that the symptoms they are experiencing are caused by their brain injuries. Family, friends, and coworkers may not realize what is going on either. It is even more confusing when the symptoms are intermittent, which they typically are. Brain injuries can cause:
- Mood swings
- Irritability
- Unexplained anger
- Violent outbursts
- Blackouts
- Memory loss
- Difficulty concentrating
- Impaired decision making
- Poor judgment
- Unexplained laughing or crying spells
- Slowed response time
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Sleep disorders
- Inappropriate behavior
- Lost sense of self
Brain Injury and Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common result of brain injury, and it increases the risk of incurring additional injuries. Some brain injury victims experience seizures immediately after injury, but many do not start having seizures until at least three months after the injury and some do not have their first seizure for several years. Epilepsy can make everyday activities, such as driving, very dangerous. Adding to that danger is the fact that people with epilepsy may not even know they are having seizures, because they have no memory of it. Typically, the seizures are only discovered when someone else observes them.
If you have lost a loved one has suffered a brain injury in Memphis or anywhere in Tennessee, please call our personal injury attorneys in the Memphis area at 1-877-LOSS RECOVER (1-877-567-7732) or submit an online questionnaire. Your initial consultation with our Memphis area personal injury attorneys is free of charge and if we agree to handle your case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a personal injury lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.