Traumatic Brain Injuries

Also known as “TBIs,” traumatic brain injuries are exactly what they sound like: serious injuries to the brain. Lately, TBIs have received more attention, especially due to the lawsuits filed by football players.

While sports injuries, including repetitive concussions, are known causes of traumatic brain injuries, automobile accidents are another major cause of TBI’s. The most widely reported brain injuries from car wrecks result from vehicle rollovers or occupant ejection. These often lead to catastrophic brain injuries, including skull fractures and other similar major traumatic injuries.

Surprisingly, a much more common cause (though under-reported) is from a rear end collision. Most of these brain injuries do not involve an obvious trauma like a skull fracture or facial wound. The mere serious whiplash of the head back and forth due to a violent rear-end collision can cause a life altering brain injury (physicians refer to this injury as a “Contra-Coup” injury (where the brain contacts the front of the skull and back of the skull due to the whiplash forces).

A Contra-Coup TBI can injure blood vessels in the brain and cause a slow bleed, which can create pressure that contributes to brain damage and even death. Or the bleeds and tears may be microscopic in nature, but nevertheless have serious consequences on the higher (executive level) functioning of the brain.

These injuries cause the neurons (transmitters) of the brain not to be able to relay the electrical messages of the brain as efficiently or quickly—leading to problems with memory, problem solving, emotion control and impulse control. These injuries can have lasting consequences.

Symptoms of a traumatic brain injury include:
1. Loss of Memory
2. Lack of Sleep
3. Dizziness
4. Balance Problems
5. Headaches
6. Fatigue

If you notice any of these symptoms, or if you just can’t think clearly after a car accident, then seek medical attention immediately. You should also consult a personal-injury attorney as soon as possible.

Miller Weisbrod has dozens of million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients who have suffered all levels of TBI. Our demonstrated trial experience and proven record of results are just some of the many reasons clients continue to turn to us in their time of need.

Among other notable cases, Miller Weisbrod recovered $4,250,000 on behalf of a passenger in a truck who suffered a catastrophic brain injury as a result of being forcibly ejected from a truck in a serious motor vehicle accident as well as $1,500,000 for a client injured in a construction/worksite accident after falling from an unstable work platform

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