San Diego Brain Injury Attorney
The brain is just as delicate as it is vital. Your brain controls your every thought, action, breath, and heartbeat. It controls your mood, behavior, and reasoning. When the brain is injured, victims may suffer from symptoms of varying severity, from minor headaches to temporary and sometimes permanent losses of cognitive functions. Facing these challenges can become even more trying and frustrating if your injury occurred due to someone else’s negligence.
If you suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) at the hands of another party’s careless or reckless behavior in San Diego, you deserve to have a fierce legal advocate in your corner. At Jassim Law, experienced San Diego brain injury lawyer Pajman Jassim understands the physical, emotional, and financial toll a TBI can take on victims. We strive to make California’s complex claims process as stress-free as possible so you can focus 100% of your energy on healing and recovery. Attorney Jassim is dedicated to fighting aggressively to help you pursue compensation for the total scope of your injuries and other damages.
What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) transpires when a sudden physical impact causes damage to the brain. Another word for TBI is concussion. When the head experiences a sudden jolt, the brain can bounce off the skull wall, resulting in serious injuries. This type of brain injury is classified as a closed TBI and is the most common type of brain injury. Less common but often more dangerous, open TBIs occur when a foreign object pierces the skull and injures the brain.
Several types of accidents, such as slip-and-falls, motor vehicle accidents, and sports injuries, can result in TBIs for victims. However, no two accident victims experience brain trauma in the same way, and a TBI’s intensity can depend on several factors. The impact’s force, the injury’s location, and the victim’s overall health can all affect the level of brain trauma. If you or your loved one are suffering a brain injury, call our experienced brain injury lawyers in San Diego for legal guidance. Our attorneys will fight for the justice and compensation you truly deserve.
Types and Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injuries
After suffering a brain injury, it is vital to see a medical professional as soon as possible. Many brain injuries are not outwardly visible and require immediate treatment from a medical professional. At Jassim Law, our San Diego brain injury attorneys are proud to help our clients get the best possible medical care regardless of whether or what type of insurance you may have.
Brain injuries have different levels of intensity depending on the unique symptoms the victim experiences. Brain injury victims may be diagnosed with a mild, moderate, or severe TBI. Each level of TBI may present the following symptoms:
Mild TBI
There is nothing “mild” about a brain injury. However, if a victim loses consciousness briefly due to their injury, they may have suffered a mild TBI, commonly called a concussion. Other typical symptoms include dizziness, difficulty concentrating, and changes in sleep patterns. Despite being classified as a minor TBI, these symptoms can significantly impact the victim’s quality of life. Some individuals improve in a matter of weeks or months, others suffer a permanent injury.
Moderate TBI
If you lost consciousness for several hours after your injury, you may have suffered a moderate TBI. Symptoms from a moderate TBI may span multiple months and commonly include headaches, vision loss, and mood swings. Victims of moderate TBIs typically experience other physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms that significantly impact their daily lives.
Severe TBI
Victims who fall into a coma or experience an extended period of unconsciousness likely suffer from a severe TBI. Often, severe TBIs impact victims for years, and symptoms may persist throughout their entire lives. Victims may experience temporary or permanent cognitive disabilities, paralysis, and personality changes. Additionally, coma patients often require lengthy hospital stays that can place a substantial financial burden on victims and their families.
How Do You Prove Traumatic Brain Injury?
Any concussion, even a mild one, is a brain injury. Your lawyer must be experienced in handling Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases, and fully understand the science and medicine behind diagnosing, proving, and recovering from a TBI.
For example, most TBI injuries are not observable on a CT scan, or MRI. There is much more medical evidence that is available and required to prove your injury.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are about 2.5 million people who suffer from traumatic brain injuries each year. These types of injuries can occur due to a severe accident like a car crash, but can also happen from a simple slip and fall in a grocery store. Regardless of how you or a loved one sustained a traumatic brain injury, it is imperative you are able to seek justice for any residual losses by filing a personal injury claim. When you file a personal injury claim for a traumatic brain injury, it ensures that the negligent party liable for your losses is held responsible and allows you to recover the fair compensation you are owed. However, in order to file a successful personal injury claim, you must be able to present evidence that proves your traumatic brain injury.
To prove a traumatic brain injury in your San Diego personal injury case, one of our trusted lawyers must collect the following evidence:
Prove You Suffered an Injury
It is always important to see a medical professional following a personal injury accident. However, this is especially true when suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Medical records and bills will be a huge proponent in proving that you suffered an injury, and visiting a medical professional will begin the paper trail that will be essential to building your case.
Prove the Severity of Your Injury
The severity of your injury is one of the many factors that determine how much you may be eligible to recover in damages. The medical studies, literature and authorities are always improving and evolving as this area of medicine is evolving. Your lawyer must be keeping up with and understanding the evolution of TBI medicine.
Believe it or not, one of the most important things a personal injury lawyer must know is medicine! We need to know and understand how to prove your injury, and why it is significant to you and your family. Often the case will be won or lost on the details of the injuries and medicine. While doctors and experts are used to prove (or disprove) injuries, your lawyer must be able to go toe to toe with defense paid (hired-gun) experts to show why they are unfairly minimizing your injuries and case overall.
Prove the Long-Term Impact of Your TBI
Your lawyer can collect evidence in the form of medical records, scans, bills and doctor’s notes showing you may need long-term care or future surgeries to help you recover from your traumatic brain injury. This will be an important step when seeking the maximum possible amount in compensation you may be eligible to recover.
Proving Your TBI Injury With Witnesses
One of the most overlooked ways to prove how you have been affected is using lay witnesses (i.e., friends, family, co-workers) to show how you have changed since suffering from a TBI. Most TBI symptoms are subjective, meaning they do not show up on a CT scan or other diagnostic imaging. Instead, the people closest to you can tell that you are, for example, more irritable, forgetful, sad, isolated, taking frequent breaks, not sleeping, or sleeping more.
For instance, perhaps you are on a tennis team or golf frequently, but since your injury you no longer participate in these activities, or your co-workers can testify that you are more forgetful, making uncharacteristic errors, or generally a shell of yourself.
In other words, proving an injury is not solely the records and doctors, it is the real life consequences of how your injury affects you – and those around you.
Prove the TBI Was Caused by the Personal Injury Accident
Our team of San Diego brain injury lawyers will collect all key evidence to prove that the TBI you or a loved one has suffered is a direct result of the personal injury accident or incident. This evidence may include video evidence from the scene, witness statements, expert witness testimonies, or medical bills. We will launch a full investigation into the details of your unique case to ensure we are able to prove that your traumatic brain injury is a direct result of the negligent actions of the liable party that caused the accident or incident.
Insurance companies will often try to discredit your claim. For that reason, it is crucial you work with our team of San Diego brain injury lawyers who will be able to collect the necessary evidence to prove your traumatic brain injury and build a strong personal injury case.
Possible Damages Available Through a San Diego Brain Injury Claim
Brain injuries can have substantial and lasting impacts on a victim’s life, and the lives of their loved ones. If you have suffered a TBI due to someone else’s negligence, having a skilled brain injury attorney on your side is essential. You will need a San Diego brain injury lawyer that understands the science and medicine behind a TBI. At Jassim Law, we understand the importance of recovering the maximum compensation available for your injuries and other losses. Attorney Pajman Jassim has a proven track record of securing 7-8 figure settlements for our clients. A few of the damages our experienced team may be able to help you recover include the following:
- Non-Economic harms (Pain and suffering)
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Physical Impairment
- Mental suffering
- Pain
- Anxiety/Grief
- Inconvenience
- Loss of companionship
- Damages for the injury to a spouse or registered domestic partner (Loss of Consortium)
- Economic harms
- Medical expenses (past and for the future)
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation expenses
- Cost of prescription medication
- Lost wages or income (past and for the future)
- Wrongful death damages
- Punitive damages
While investigating your claim, a brain injury attorney in San Diego will work with you to understand the many unique ways your injury impacts your life and the life of your loved ones. We are committed to considering your current and future needs as we pursue the compensation you need to heal and recover, just read our reviews from our recent clients.
For Legal Representation Contact Our Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers at Jassim Law
At Jassim Law, we have over two decades of experience successfully representing traumatic brain injury victims in San Diego and the neighboring areas. Our San Diego brain injury lawyers understand the science, medicine, and treatment for TBIs. We understand the ins and outs of California’s personal injury laws and are ready to apply our extensive knowledge and skills to your unique case. San Diego brain injury lawyer Pajman Jassim is committed to devoting 100% of his personalized attention to your case as he pursues the justice you deserve. We are dedicated to helping you secure the maximum compensation available for your injuries and other emotional and financial losses.
To learn more about how our San Diego personal injury lawyers will help, call us at (858) 524-6140 or complete our contact form today.
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LEGALLY REVIEWED BY:
Pajman and Parisima Jassim
September 15, 2024
