Your Kentucky brain injury lawyer can press your Kentucky case

TBI, or traumatic brain injury, can happen in auto and motorcycle accidents, slip and fall mishaps, construction accidents and accidents involving sporting activities. A brain injury also can occur due to harmful drugs, including prescription drugs. Medications can alter the flow of blood to the brain, causing damage to the brain, such as internal hemorrhaging. When you or a family member has sustained a brain injury, contact a experienced Kentucky brain injury attorney for fast legal assistance.

TBI, or traumatic brain injury, can manifest itself in various ways. First, the injury must be explored through evaluations using an MRI, CT or other imaging equipment. These may impart information on moderate to severe TBI, which can be manifested by sensory loss, paralysis, seizures, weakness, lessened muscle control, memory deficiencies and eating, speaking and sleeping disorders. The severe extreme of a TBI includes coma. Insurance providers may dispute that these problems were due to a TBI, but your Kentucky brain injury attorney can advocate in the legal realm for you and your family members in this situation.

One of the most important things you can do to guard against brain injury in Kentucky is to wear a helmet always while riding on a bicycle, a motorcycle or even a scooter or skateboard. A collision involving a bike, scooter, skateboard or motorcycle can lead to serious head injuries which even can prove fatal. If a person has a protective helmet, their chances of escaping a serious head injury are greatly improved. Also keep in mind that an accident while riding a bicycle, scooter or skateboard also can involve a much larger vehicle such as an auto or truck. A relatively inexpensive helmet is a small price to pay to avoid a serious if not deadly head injury which damages the brain.

After automobile accidents, the next most frequent cause of brain injuries are falls, which are the number one cause of brain injuries in the elderly. Overall, falls account for 26 per cent of all traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, in this country. As many as 75 per cent of such falls happen in the home, but the other 25 per cent occur elsewhere, including work, a place of business or on the street. Also, more than a third of falls occur simply by slipping or tripping while walking. Yet such falls can be serious. A skilled Kentucky brain injury lawyer can help you in gaining financial compensation when a brain injury occurs in a fall that's due to another's negligence.

Many times brain injuries occur in an SUV rollover accident. These vehicles are built in such a way that they often tip or roll over, and such accidents are made worse because SUVs tend to have "roof crush," meaning the roof caves in on occupants when the car rolls over. In such cases, brain injuries are tragically frequent. Such injuries can be serious if not deadly, and they are caused largely by the negligence of the manufacturer, which knew of design defects yet continued marketing such defective automobiles. A skilled Kentucky brain injury lawyer can hold manufacturers responsible for such negligence and pursue justice for you and your family.

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