Your California brain injury lawyer can press your California case

Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control indicate that annually 50,000 citizens will die in the United States due to TBI, or traumatic brain injury. Moreover, such injuries lead to long-term disabilities for 80,000 persons. Such injuries are normally caused by an external physical force against the brain which leads to a lessened or altered state of consciousness. Such injuries are 1.5 times more likely to occur in men. Vehicular collisions and falls together account for 48 per cent of such injuries, and those falls often are caused by another person's wrongdoing. An experienced California brain injury attorney can pursue just and fair compensation in these instances.

Frequently brain injuries happen during an SUV rollover incident. Such cars are designed in such a manner that they often roll over or tip, and such incidents are made more damaging because SUVs often have "roof crush," meaning the top caves in on passengers as the vehicle rolls over. In such instances, brain injuries are unfortunately frequent. Such injuries can be debilitating if not fatal, and they are caused mostly by the failure of the manufacturer, which was aware of design flaws yet kept selling such defective automobiles. A knowledgable California brain injury lawyer can hold auto companies accountable for such negligence and fight for justice for you and your loved ones.

A brain injury in California and throughout America normally is extremely complicated. Due to that fact, medical response to a brain injury may be very prolonged. The starting treatment can be surgery, and beyond that brain injury sufferers may embark on years of occupational and physical therapy. When you have an experienced California brain injury attorney, you can ascertain to what degree extended therapy is required and then fight for fair and just monetary compensation from those accountable for the brain injury.

Among the most vital things an individual can do to protect against brain injury in California is to wear a helmet at all times while riding on a bike, a motorcycle or even a skateboard or scooter. A mishap involving a bike, scooter, skateboard or motorcycle can cause severe head injuries which even can prove deadly. When a person wears a protective helmet, their odds of avoiding a severe head injury are much better. Also remember that an accident while riding a bicycle, scooter or skateboard also can include a much larger vehicle such as an automobile or truck. A relatively cheap helmet is a tiny price to pay to prevent a serious if not fatal head injury which harms the brain.

Facts on brain injuries indicate that 1.4 million citizens suffer a traumatic brain injury in this nation per year, including many in California. Of those, about 50,000 citizens succumb, about 1.1 million are treated in an emergency room and released, and about 235,000 citizens are hospitalized. Overall, an estimated 5.3 million citizens in America have a long-term or even lifelong need for living assistance due to a traumatic brain injury. Such individuals may need a trained California brain injury lawyer for help.

DISCLAIMER: Jim S. Adler & Associates is not licensed in California. Nonetheless, the law firm does work with outside counsel and local counsel to litigate claims for California as needed.