Finding The Right Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Lawyer
Have you or a loved one suffered from a traumatic brain injury due to another’s negligence? Car accidents, truck accidents, premises injuries, and poor medical care can all result in damage to the brain, and lifetime consequences. If you want justice and compensation for the injuries you’ve suffered, you’ll need help from Atlanta brain injury attorneys who can help you understand these cases.
The attorneys at Garland, Samuel & Loeb bring years of expertise and understanding to people and families affected by the devastating impact of serious injuries to the brain and spinal cord caused by negligence.
Get started with a free consultation by using our contact form and share the details of your or your loved one's injuries. We’ll contact you to let you know if we can help you and schedule your first meeting with one of our personal injury lawyers.
Would you like to know more about how brain damage-related cases work in Georgia? As a disclaimer, the information below is not legal advice (we can only provide that when we understand your personal situation), but it should give you an idea of what brain injury victims can expect from state law.
What to Do First After a Serious Brain Injury
After a brain injury, you should take some early steps as soon as possible. First, you should have yourself comprehensively examined for any injuries. You must document your injuries as fully as possible because you may need to prove that the injuries occurred when you claimed they did. It is common for opposing lawyers to attempt to argue that your injuries resulted from a different incident.
After you have been evaluated by a medical professional, it’s a good time to consider your legal representation. It’s good to speak to a lawyer early in the process to be fully informed of all deadlines you may have to meet to file your claim.
You won't have to worry about additional steps once you have hired an Atlanta traumatic brain injury lawyer. Your lawyer will ensure you’re fully informed of everything you need to do from that point forward.
How Our TBI Attorneys Fight for You
Robin Loeb and Hunter Hillin have special experience with the legal and medical implications of brain and spinal cord injuries. They work with nationally known medical experts in fields such as neurology, neuroradiology, neuropsychology, physical medicine, and life care planning to present high quality medical analysis and expert testimony on behalf of their clients.
Experts are important in these cases, as they can help explain your injuries to the jury and provide data and context for claims. Brain injury cases can be difficult for juries to understand. They may not understand that concussions, closed-head injuries, and other injuries can affect every part of your life.
Different Types of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
There are several types of brain injuries. Head injuries commonly occur as a result of motor vehicle traffic crashes, particularly with large commercial trucks and 18-wheelers, as well as from work or construction site accidents, explosions, falls, or defective products. For example, a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury in children and adults can be the result of medical malpractice, the failure to properly diagnose or treat an injury or a medication error in treating an injury.
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that at least 5.3 million Americans, approximately 2% of the U.S. population, currently have a long-term or lifelong need for help to perform activities of daily living as a result of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The trauma of hitting your head or sustaining an injury to the brain can have serious consequences, including bleeding and swelling of the brain. It can cause permanent disability or even death. Nervous system injuries may also involve injury to another part of the central nervous system, the spinal cord.
You and your family are entitled to compensation for your pain and suffering, medical bills and hospital care, current and future lost earning capacity, and future care and rehabilitation costs.
FAQs About Traumatic Brain Injuries in Georgia
If you have more questions about TBIs and related personal injury claims, the only way to get the best advice is to share your details directly with a lawyer. The following answers to some of the most common questions we get about TBI may help while you’re waiting to hear from our attorneys.
How do you prove a traumatic brain injury?
Proving a traumatic brain injury is often the job of experts. As your legal team, it will be our responsibility to locate these experts and prepare them to testify in court. They may be asked to present visual aids that clarify your catastrophic injury, such as:
Proof of medical treatment, or medical images of your injury such as CT scans, MRI scans, or x-rays
Brain mapping, diagrams, or computer-generated simulations
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor brain swelling
Mental function, physical function, cognitive ability, information processing skills, speech control, and motor skills test results
“Before and after” witnesses who can testify about how the injury has affected your life
What is the statute of limitations on injury claims in Georgia?
Generally, the statute of limitations for TBI claims in Georgia is two years. In most cases, you will have to file your injury claim before the second anniversary of your injury, or you will forever lose the right to make a claim. Contact our lawyers for more answers about exceptions.
Contact Our Team of Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers
We strive to be Atlanta’s top TBI firm and focus on a strong attorney-client relationship to help you overcome the challenges that are so often a part of these injury cases. We will do our best to help you recover your quality of life after an injury,
Get started now using our brain injury contact form. Just leave your contact information and some details about your injuries. Our law firm will let you know if we can help you. If there is a possibility we can help, we’ll help you schedule your free consultation with one of our experienced Atlanta personal injury attorneys.
