BALTIMORE, MARYLAND BRAIN INJURY LAWYER

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Claims & Lawsuits

Much of the human brain remains a mystery to medical science. However, what is known is that a brain injury can have serious and life-altering consequences. Brain injuries can result in permanent physical impairments and behavioral changes.

If you or a loved one was recently involved in a serious accident and suffered a head injury, you may have also suffered a brain injury. Because of the life-altering effects of a brain injury, you should get legal representation from a Baltimore, Maryland brain injury attorney with a great reputation. Obtaining compensation for a brain injury is a difficult process due to the fierce defenses utilized by insurance companies. You can trust the attorneys at Portner & Shure, P.A. to fight on your behalf.

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Types of Brain Injuries

There are several types of brain injuries, including:

• Closed brain injury: This injury usually occurs as a result of a direct impact on a person’s head. A closed brain injury can result from sudden acceleration or deceleration that causes the brain to hit the skull.
• Open brain injury: This injury occurs when an outside object penetrates the skull and causes direct damage to the brain.
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI): This injury usually results from any type of force that penetrates or fractures the skull. This type of injury often disrupts normal brain functions.
• Contusion: This type of injury is another form of TBI and usually results from an impact on an individual’s head. Severe contusions can result in brain bleeding or swelling.
• Anoxic brain injury: This injury is usually the result of the disruption of the blood or oxygen supply to the brain.

Brain injuries are caused either by a disruption of the oxygen or blood supply or as a result of a head injury. Not all head injuries cause brain injuries. Nonetheless, head injuries often result from severe automobile collisions, falls, sports injuries, catastrophic accidents, and industrial accidents.

Effects of A Brain Injury

Some brain injuries have short-term effects, such as headaches and blurred vision. Other brain injuries result in life-long cognitive and behavioral effects.

Permanent or long-lasting consequences of a brain injury can include:

• Speech issues
• Sleeping issues
• Memory loss
• Impaired decision making
• Depression and anxiety
• Coma

The effects of a brain injury depend on the underlying injury. These cognitive effects often have secondary effects on a brain injury victim’s life, like preventing people from resuming their prior lives or jobs.

Treatment Options for Brain Injuries

To maximize the chances of making a full recovery, a brain injury victim should seek medical treatment immediately after suffering the injury. While mild injures can be treated with bed rest, severe injuries often require emergency medical care and surgery. Severe injuries usually require victims to undergo occupational, speech, neuropsychology, and physical therapy. The economic cost of treating a brain injury can be staggering which is why representation by a Baltimore, Maryland brain injury lawyer is highly recommended.

Damages & Litigation in Brain Injury Cases

Accidents that cause brain injuries are often factually complex. As such, an extensive and thorough investigation of the underlying facts is usually required.

Quantifying a brain injury victim’s damages can be difficult. Maryland law allows a brain injury victim to claim economic damages such as bills for medical treatment, the cost of future medical care and rehabilitation, lost wages, and future earnings. A brain injury victim can also seek financial compensation for the pain and suffering caused by a brain injury. To quantify and claim these damages, complicated expert witness testimony can help. Preparing an expert witness for trial is a time-consuming and complicated task, so you should not do it alone.

For a brain injury victim to obtain compensation as part of a civil case, they have to prove their case by a preponderance of the evidence, i.e., 51%. A victim must prove all the elements of their case. Brain injury cases are often factually complex. Insurance companies vigorously defend these cases.

Why Hire Portner & Shure, P.A.?

Brain injury victims should retain aggressive representation by an experienced Baltimore, Maryland brain injury attorney. The attorneys at Portner & Shure, P.A. have spent more than 30 years fighting insurance companies and obtaining financial compensation for their brain injury clients. During this time, we have built a reputation of excellence in the legal community and with members of the Hispanic, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), and Vietnamese communities.

If you or a loved one recently suffered a brain injury, we can work with you to obtain the compensation you deserve. Portner & Shure, P.A. receives no fee unless our client receives a settlement or judgment in court.

To schedule a free consultation regarding your Baltimore brain injury case call (410) 995-1515 or contact us online.