Brain Injuries

Atlanta, Georgia Brain Injury Lawyer

brain-damageBrain injuries aren’t always obvious at first. Any time you are involved an accident, a car wreck, a jarring fall, or any kind of sports injury, you must be evaluated by a medical professional as soon as possible.

Two scenarios cause injuries to the brain:

  • When blood doesn’t contain sufficient oxygen to the brain, or
  • When there is enough oxygen in the blood, but not enough blood to carry it to the brain.

These conditions can develop as the result of brain tissue being twisted or torn, blunt force trauma, or bleeding internally. Because most traumatic brain injuries are caused by someone other than the injury victim, people who sustain head traumas and brain damage are often eligible to receive monetary damages.

What are your symptoms?

Head injuries may affect your reasoning ability, memory, sensory perception (how you hear, see, feel, taste, and smell), and even your personality. They may also cause anxiety, depression, and other behavioral changes.

Do you have a case?

Did medical malpractice, violence, or any type of accident cause this condition? You may have a case if you or someone you love has sustained these injuries:

Trauma
The brain is jarred in some way or sustains a damaging blow

Skull fractures
Bones around the brain are broken.

Anoxic or Hypoxia
The brain is injured due to total or partial oxygen deprivation. This can be caused by drugs, bleeding, severe anemia, choking, anaphylaxis, suffocation, or drowning.

Concussion
Often the result of a motor vehicle accident, this injury occurs when the body is jarred, causing the brain to strike the skull which leaves an internal bruise. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache, and memory problems.

Hematoma
This is a blood clot or a buildup of blood either inside (subdural) the brain or outside (epidural), inside the skull

Did you or a loved one experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in an accident or through medical malpractice?

Brain injuries are complex both in their causes and in their results. An attorney experienced in handling brain injury personal injury cases can provide knowledgeable legal representation and pursue compensation for your damages. We have successfully handled numerous brain injury cases that occurred in a broad variety of circumstances.

Some cases we handled with brain injury

  • Our client suffered permanent short-term memory loss after nurses failed to monitor his status during routine hip surgery.
  • Our client was unable to find an attorney for two years regarding her son's brain injury case. Her son had an adverse reaction to a prescription drug withdrawal, resulting in the inability to speak and brain damage.
  • A hospital instructed a patient's daughter to provide morphine without proper instructions, resulting in an overdose and permanent brain damage.
  • Our client experienced brain damage when nurses failed to wake her up to assess her mental status and hemoglobin levels after routine surgery.


Each case resulted in seven-figure settlements for our clients. For more information regarding our brain injury legal services, contact bevclark @ kirschnervenker.net for a no-charge consultation.