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We handle traumatic brain injuries throughout California out of our 19 offices. We are California Brain Injury Lawyers. We have an office near you to help if you or a loved one had a traumatic brain injury or closed head injury due to any type of accident, including automobile, motorcycle, premises liability, construction, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.

We know as brain injury and damage lawyers how to present to the insurance company, judge and jury how a traumatic brain injury is the cause of long-term disability. We are experts in describing the effects of a significant closed head injury even through our client did not have a loss of consciousness. We are excellent in showing that our clients had an alteration of consciousness which caused the brain injury to occur without losing consciousness or being knocked out. We often use existing technology to show the effect of a mild traumatic brain injury. We have experts who explain cognitive and neural deficits that result in a traumatic head or brain injury. We are experts in showing the relationship between a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and other psychological health disorders such as depression. We often show that a head or brain injury can occur when there is sudden trauma. We show how parts of the brain can be damaged when others are intact and we show how damage to other parts of the brain, which could include the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, and/or brain stem could be intact in spite of damage to other parts of the brain.

As California Brain Damage Lawyers we have shown many times the different grades of concussion, including classifications of the CAN 2 guidelines or three different grades including Grade 1, which is amnesia lasting no longer than 30 minutes with no loss of consciousness; Grade 2, which is a loss of consciousness lasting no longer than 5 minutes and/or amnesia lasting from 30 minutes to 24 hours, and Grade 3, which is a loss of consciousness lasting more than 5 minutes and amnesia occurring for more than 24 hours.

We present all signs of a concussion as follows:

1. Loss of consciousness
2. Tiredness or fatigue
3. Amnesia
4. Loss of memory short or long-term
5. Nausea
6. Ringing in the ears
7. Dizziness
8. Slurred speech
9. Confusion
10. Headache
11. Nausea
12. Amnesia
13. Disturbed sleep patterns
14. Sensitivity to sounds, also known as hyperacusis
15. Irritability
16. Lack of concentration
17. Mood swings
18. Lack of focus
19. Moodiness
20. Sensitivity to light, also known as photophobia
21. Prolonged headaches
22. Prolonged dizziness
23. Eye effect, including dilated pupils
24. Prolonged nausea and vomiting
25. Memory loss which does not improve over time, either short or long term
26. Ear ringing
27. Loss of sense of smell and/or taste
28. Listlessness
29. Irritability
30. Change in sleeping patterns
31. Altered appetite
32. Unsteady walking or standing

Oftentimes, we will assist in obtaining a positive diagnosis by sending our client to one of our expert neurologists who specialize in diagnosing and treating trauma related concussion cases.

We have such specialists throughout California.

We are also experts in presenting the Glasgow Scale, which is frequently used by neurologists to determine a head injury. Its purpose is to score on a scale based on physical reflexes or motor responses, verbal responses, and opening of the patient’s eyes. Brain injuries are classified under the Glasgow formula as: a coma, which is a score of 8 or less; moderate, a score of 9 to 12; or minor, a score of 13 or more. Oftentimes, clients will have a diagnostic medical test known as a computerized tomography or a CT scan. A CT scan is best at looking at bleeding in the brain due to an injury. It is better than an MRI for this purpose. An MRI will measure changes in brain function from concussion. Treatment for brain injuries which are long-term and which cause permanent disabilities, including neurocognitive deficits, speech and/or movement problems, personality changes, includes the care by neurologists, neurosurgeon, psychiatrists, who will treat brain injury, neuro psychologists who are psychologists who specialize in measuring the extent of a brain injury and discuss the effects of brain damage for creating a treatment rehabilitation plan, occupational therapists who run the rehab programs and speech therapists.

If you or a loved one suffered a traumatic brain injury, please contact our Brain Injury Lawyers immediately. Do so today. We have extensive experience in presenting traumatic brain injury victims to insurance companies, judges, and juries. We have a special interest in cases involving traumatic brain injury, spine, spinal cord injury, and other personal injury matters.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NATION'S HIGHWAY FATALITY RATE

The data released by NHTSA contains some interesting information. The following information from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) shows that between 2003 and 2004:

• Motorcycle fatalities increased from 3,714 to 4,008, an 8% rise.
• Alcohol-related fatalities dropped from 17,105 to 16,694, a 2.4% decline.
• Rollover deaths among passenger vehicle occupants increased 1.1% from 10,442 to 10,553.
• Total fatalities in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) increased 5.6%, from 4,483 to 4,735, while fatalities in passenger cars, pickup trucks and vans decreased a total of 834.
• Twenty-seven states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had decreases in the total number of fatalities. The highest percentage of decreases were in the District of Columbia (-36%), Rhode Island (-20%), and Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska (-13%). The highest percentage increases were in Vermont (+42%), New Hampshire (+35%), New Mexico (+19%), and Alabama and Oklahoma (+15%).
• Passenger vehicle occupant fatalities dropped to 31,693 - the lowest since 1992. Declining fatalities in passenger cars are consistent with more crash-worthy vehicles in the fleet and increases in safety belt use.
• Pedestrian deaths declined 2.8% from 4,774 in 2003 to 4,641.
• Fatalities from large truck crashes increased slightly from 5,036 to 5,190.
• In 2004, 55% (down from 56% in 2003) of those killed in passenger vehicles were not wearing safety belts. This reportedly underscores the value of the need for states to adopt primary safety belt laws.

NHTSA earlier estimated that highway crashes cost society $230.6 billion a year, about $820 per person. Safety should be a top priority for both the federal government - including Congress - as well as with the states. Each state has a responsibility to do its part to make our highways safer. However, Congress has to set the standard for the states to follow because of the flow of federal money into the states for highway construction and the like.

If You Have Suffered A Brain Injury, You Need The Advice Of An Experienced Brain Injury Lawyer.

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