What Is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? | Kentucky Brain Injury Lawyer
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious cause of injury and death in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), TBI is the cause of 30% of deaths in the United States (source: CDC). For those who experience brain trauma yet survive, the symptoms may last only a short term or may last a lifetime.
WebMD breaks the symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury into 4 categories:
- Cognitive
- Perceptual
- Physical
- Behavioral/emotional
The symptoms across each type include: increased difficulty in normal cognitive brain function, memory loss, impaired decision-making, changes in vision, changes in smell or taste, balance issues, headaches, fatigue, irritability and increased aggressiveness.
What Causes TBI?
Football has recently shed a lot of light on brain injuries, but sports accidents are but one cause of TBI. Brain injuries can happen to any of us and happen in the course of normal everyday activities.
Common causes of TBI include:
- trucking accidents
- car accidents
- sports-related injuries
- acute head trauma
- falls
- physical assault
The most common causes of non-fatal TBI are falls, auto accidents and assault (CDC data from 2006-2010), and fatalities most commonly result from auto accidents and assault.
Risk Factors By Age Range
Different age ranges are susceptible to different risks for brain injuries.
According to the CDC, the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal TBI is falling accidents. Yet for those under 65, auto accidents are the leading cause of both injury and death.
Children aged 0-4 face different risk factors. Assault is the leading cause of brain injury deaths, and falls are the most common non-fatal brain injury causes.
Do I Have A Legal Case?
The experienced brain injury attorneys at Dallas & Turner, PLLC deal with TBI injury cases related to trucking accidents, car accidents, and slip-and-fall accidents where the facility owners are at fault.
Semi trucks are the most dangerous vehicles on the road, and trucking accidents can be the most severe accidents for normal motorists. In these cases, the truck driver is commonly at fault, and you or your loved one may have a case for compensation against the trucking company.
In car accidents where the other driver was at fault, victims are able to receive compensation from the other driver’s insurance company.
Slip-and-fall accidents fall under premise-liability cases. If you were injured in a slip-and-fall accident on the premise of a facility owned or operated by a company, there may be a case for damages against that company.
Contact an Experienced TBI Attorney Today
f you think you may have a brain injury case, contact the experienced TBI attorneys at Dallas & Turner today for a FREE Consultation. Brain injuries are very serious, and the first order of business is to ensure you or your loved one is receiving the proper medical care and treatment.
We will help you and your family understand the process behind a brain injury case and will work tirelessly to ensure you receive the medical and financial compensation that you deserve.
Don’t hesitate to call us today at 859-630-0666 or use our FREE online case submission form to tell us about your case. We strive to respond as soon as possible, and we guarantee that an experienced brain injury attorney will respond within 24 hours.
