Some Basic of Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation

Traumatic brain injury is most often an acute event similar to other injuries. That is where the similarity between traumatic brain injury and other injuries ends. One moment the person is normal and the next moment life has abruptly changed.

In most other aspects, a traumatic brain injury is very different. Since a person’s brain defines who he or she is, the consequences of a brain injury can affect all aspects of the injured person’s life, including his or her personality. A brain injury is different from a broken limb or punctured lung. An injury in these areas limit the use of a specific part of one’s body, but an individual’s personality and mental abilities remain unchanged. Most often, these body structures heal and regain their previous function.

Brain injuries do not heal like other injuries. Recovery is a functional recovery, based on mechanisms that remain uncertain. No two brain injuries are alike and the consequence of two similar injuries may be very different. Symptoms may appear right away or may not be present for days or weeks after the injury. One of the consequences of brain injury is that the person often does not realize that a brain injury has occurred.

Fifty thousand people die from traumatic brain injury each year and 85,000 people suffer long term disabilities.  In the U.S. alone, more than 5.3 million people live with disabilities caused by traumatic brain injury.

Patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries may want to seek legal advice. Mueller Hillin specializes in traumatic brain injury litigation in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston and Austin.