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Brain injuries are debilitating and traumatizing. While victims can suffer permanent damage on an emotional and physical level, their families can also experience devastating impacts and serious financial consequences.
Whenever acts of negligence cause brain injuries, victims may have multiple options for justice and financial recovery. At Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers, helping the injured recover is one of our main goals. Our 5-star Covington brain injury lawyers are skilled at securing full, fair compensation, even in the most complex brain cases involving the toughest opponents.
Strategic, dedicated, and compassionate, we know how to get justice when it matters most. Whether you need answers about your rights or it’s time to move forward with a TBI case, our Covington brain injury attorneys are here for you, ready to help you now.
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a form of brain damage caused by some outside force or object impacting the head. This can be some kind of direct impact from an object hitting the head or penetrating the skull. It can also be any force that violently shakes the head, thrashing the brain into the inner walls of the skull.
Depending on where and how the brain is damaged, TBIs can be mild, moderate, or severe in nature, causing:
Each year in the U.S., about 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 18 has a falling accident. These accidents cause nearly 1 in 3 fatal traumatic brain injuries, experts have found (source: CDC). In fact, TBIs from falls have increased by about 22% since 2006.
While the falls that cause brain injuries can include drops from elevated areas, like ladders or scaffolding, they also refer to slip and falls, which have the potential to seriously injure those with limited mobility (like the elderly).
Property owners, managers, and landlords can be liable when falls and brain injuries occur at dangerous properties. They may not be the only at-fault parties, however.
About half of all TBIs and a quarter of all TBI deaths are caused by motor vehicle accidents, recent data shows (source: NCBI). This includes car crashes, 18-wheeler wrecks, bus accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle crashes, and other traffic collisions.
In fact, auto crashes are the second-leading cause of TBI-related hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., following falls. Those with the highest risk of suffering a TBI in motor vehicle accidents are individuals between the ages of 15 and 24.
Negligent motorists are often liable for TBIs resulting from traffic collisions. Other parties, like motor carriers, road construction crews, and carmakers, may also share liability, depending on how a crash occurred.
Faulty products—from unsafe consumer appliances and faulty medical devices to dangerous vehicle parts and defective industrial equipment—can cause accidents and traumatic brain injuries in many ways.
In fact, accidents involving defective products can cause blasts, blows to the head, falls, and other TBI-inducing events. In many cases, design failures and inherent safety flaws are the underlying problems with faulty products.
Manufacturers can be liable for the brain injuries caused by their defective products. In some cases, distributors and retailers may also shoulder some fault in these cases.
Traumatic brain injuries caused by workplace accidents are fairly common. Generally, the workers with the highest risk of suffering an on-the-job TBI include those who work in the transportation, construction, manufacturing, fishing, and oil and gas industries.
While work-related TBIs often result from equipment accidents, motor vehicle wrecks, and falls, workplace violence and assaults are also common causes of brain injuries at work.
When these TBIs, filing a workers’ compensation claim may only be one option for compensation. If third parties, like suppliers or contractors, were also to blame for a brain injury, injured workers may also have the option of pursuing claims against these third parties.
When you or a loved one has brain injuries, the sooner you get answers, the better. Find out more about your rights and legal options by contacting a Covington brain injury lawyer at Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers.
Backed by decades of experience and a reputation for diligence and success, we have what it takes to provide extraordinary counsel and the highest quality representation when it’s time to seek financial recovery and justice. From identifying all available legal remedies to fiercely advocating your rights and protecting your interests, we are the team you can count on at every step.
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