Brain Injuries after Auto Accidents: Victims’ Rights to Pursue Legal Action

Brain injuries after an auto accident should never be taken lightly. Some of the complications that could arise from a traumatic brain injury include the following:

• Altered consciousness (coma, minimally conscious state, vegetative state, brain death)
• Behavioral changes (verbal/physical outbursts, increase in risky behavior, lack of self-control, lack of awareness)
• Increased risk of developing different degenerative brain diseases (Dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s)
• Significant emotional changes (irritability, mood swings, anxiety, depression, insomnia, anger, lack of empathy)
• Cognitive problems (concentration, attention, learning, memory, judgement, reasoning)
• Issues with executive functions (organizing, decision-making, problem-solving, planning, multitasking)
• Nerve damage (facial paralysis, loss of sensation, loss of sense of taste/smell, loss of vision, double vision, dizziness, hearing loss, ringing in ears, difficulty swallowing)
• Permanent physical issues (seizures, headaches, vertigo, infections, blood vessel damage, hydrocephalus)
• Sensory issues (dizziness/loss of balance, ringing in the ears, tingly/itchy sensation on the skin, issues smelling, prominent/constant bad smell or bitter taste, loss of hand-eye coordination, problems recognized objects, blind spots, double vision)
• Issues with language/communication (understanding speech/writing, issues speaking/writing, inability to organize ideas/thoughts, inability to follow conversations, inability to take turns speaking during conversation, inability to understand changes in pitch/emphasis/tone during conversation, inability to form words, inability to understand nonverbal signals)

Without a doubt, these complications are significant. Your life could completely change from one moment to the next.

If you suffered a brain injury in a car accident, could you pursue a claim? Could you pursue a claim if a member of your family suffered a traumatic brain injury during a car accident? Without a doubt, you could pursue a car accident claim for the brain injury that you or a member of your family suffered during an auto accident. Your right to pursue a claim is based on whether the accident was caused by the negligent actions of a party. In other words, if the car accident was caused by negligence of another driver, for example, you could likely pursue a claim.

Your right to sue for a brain injury resulting from a car accident is based on negligence, as mentioned above. Negligence consists of four different elements – duty of care, breach of duty, cause, and harm. All drivers owe a duty of care to others on the road. They must exercise care while behind the wheel and drive cautiously. As soon as drivers exercise any sort of recklessness (swerving, tailgating, speeding, etc.), they are breaching their duty of care towards other parties on the road. When drivers breach their duty of care and contribute to accidents that harm innocent parties, they could be liable for all harm suffered.

Just like drivers can be liable for auto accidents because they owe a duty of care to all parties on the road, other parties and entities could be liable (or at least partially liable for auto accidents). Some of these parties and entities include auto manufacturers, mechanics, and even city agencies, for example. What’s important is that these parties/entities owe a duty of care that they could breach, resulting in auto accidents.

So, can you sue if you suffered a brain injury in a car accident that was a direct result of a breached duty of care of a party or entity? The answer is simple – yes, you can sue. If you would like to learn more about your right to sue if you suffered a car accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with our firm at your earliest convenience.

You suffered a brain injury in a car accident. Your car accident was a direct result of the negligent actions of a party or entity, so you decide you pursue a claim. Could you recover compensation? Are you eligible to recover compensation for the traumatic brain injury that you suffered in a car accident? Depending on the specific details surrounding your claim, you could be eligible to recover compensation for the harm that you suffered. How much compensation could you receive? What type of compensation could you be eligible to recover? Because the type and amount of compensation that you could be eligible to recover strictly depends on the details surrounding your claim, some questions regarding compensation for your claim should be reserved for your attorney.

Depending on the details of your claim, you could be eligible to recover compensation for at least some of the following:

• Medical expenses
• Lost earnings
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of consortium
• Funeral and burial costs
• Property damages
• Punitive damages

To ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the compensation that you might be eligible to receive if you file a claim and reach a successful outcome, you should seek legal assistance immediately. Our brain injury lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and help you understand the potential value of your claim. Our car accident attorneys are ready to aggressively fight for your right to recover the highest amount of compensation available for your claim. Do not hesitate to contact our law firm today.

As explained above, you could sue and recover compensation if you suffered a brain injury or any type of harm in a car accident. However, you could lose your right to sue under certain circumstances. All claims, including car accident claims, are subject to a statute of limitations. A statute of limitations determines the total length of time that claimants have to file their claims. If they fail to file their claims with the appropriate length of time, affected parties could lose their right to sue as well as their right to receive any form of compensation.

How long do you have to pursue your claim? The answer to this question will vary depending on the specific details surrounding your claim. Typically, auto accident claims are subject to a two-year statute of limitations. This means that claimants only have two years to file their claims. However, as briefly mentioned above, there are cases in which government agencies are liable for accidents, meaning that stricter deadlines apply. In auto accident claims against government agencies, claimants are typically subject to a short six-month statute of limitations.

It is also important to note that certain exceptions could apply based on the details surrounding your claim. These exceptions could result in deadlines being tolled or paused. To ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the statute of limitations that applies to your claim, do not hesitate to contact our firm today.

You were involved in an auto accident; now, what? After a car accident, it could be difficult to stay calm and think rationally. Because of this, many people fail to take the appropriate actions immediately after being harmed in an accident; this ultimately harms the possibility of being able to pursue a claim. There is no doubt that filing a claim is not the first thing victims and their families think about after being harmed in an auto accident.

Everyone involved in a car accident should follow certain steps, steps that could facilitate filing a claim at a later time (if victims and their families decide to pursue a claim). Consider the following recommended action:

• Take photos of the scene of the accident
• Take photos of all injuries sustained
• Take photos of all property damage
• Seek medical attention
• Speak to witnesses and collect their contact information
• Gather insurance information of all parties involved in the accident
• File an accident report with the authorities
• Identify surveillance cameras that might have captured your accident
• Seek legal assistance immediately

If at any point you feel clueless about what to do next, it is essential that you simply seek legal assistance. Our lawyers are ready to provide you with the guidance that you need to pursue your claim and reach a successful outcome.

Did you or a member of your family suffer a traumatic brain injury after being involved in a car accident? Without a doubt, suffering a traumatic brain injury could be life-altering. A brain injury could severely reduce the quality of life of victims and their entire families. Although filing a claim and recovering compensation cannot undo any of the harm that has been suffered, it could help victims and their families to move forward from such a distressing time.

If your car accident was caused by the negligent actions of a party or entity, you should explore the possibility of filing a claim – after all, the brain injury would not have occurred in the absence of negligence. To learn more about your right to file a claim after suffering a brain injury during a car accident, do not hesitate to contact our law firm today. You can trust the experts at Downtown L.A. Law Group to effectively handle your claim.

At Downtown L.A. Law Group, our lawyers have many years of experience handling all sorts of claims – including car accident claims. Not all car accident claims are the same, however, and we acknowledge that. When you allow our experts to handle your claim, you could be certain that your claim will be in good hands – and there will always be someone representing your best interests. We are dedicated to making the legal process as straightforward as possible.

At our firm, we offer free legal services to ensure that all affected parties have access to the legal representation that they need to pursue their claims and fight for their right to be compensated. Specifically, we offer free consultations and free second opinions. During our free consultations and free second opinions, our lawyers will be available to answer all questions and address all concerns. Our experts will provide you with all the information necessary to pursue your claim. If you would like to benefit from our free legal services, do not hesitate to contact our firm today.

Our law firm offers a Zero-Fee guarantee that ensures that our clients never have to worry about paying any upfront legal fees for any of our legal services. Our firm is also strictly based on a contingency structure; therefore, our clients will never be required to pay anything until after reaching a successful claim outcome.

To discuss the possibility of filing a car accident claim for the brain injury that you or a member of your family suffered, do not hesitate to contact us today.

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