A frightening car collision or a dangerous fall can leave you with a Traumatic Brain Injury and a long recovery ahead. The medical bills and rehab costs are often overwhelming. Thankfully, anyone who caused the accident, like a reckless driver or a negligent property owner, can be held financially liable.
CCD Law stands by Coeur d’Alene head and brain injury victims and demands support for their recoveries. Contact a Coeur d’Alene Personal Injury Lawyer for a free case consultation. Find out what your Traumatic Brain Injury case is worth and how to force insurers to accept full responsibility.
When It’s Time to Contact a Brain Injury Lawyer
If you have a minor head injury or a slight concussion, you may be okay handling your case yourself. But if your brain injury is serious and someone’s negligence is to blame, you should talk over your options with a lawyer.
A more serious Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) comes with a higher medical price tag, and that makes insurance companies work harder to shed blame.
They try to blame you for your accident, or claim your brain injury isn’t that serious. Your CCD Law representative is a safeguard against this treatment.
Your lawyer will provide these benefits and protections and more:
- Conducts a full investigation into an accident.
- Collects powerful evidence to back up your case.
- Works with doctors to determine how long your recovery will take and the costs that can be expected.
- Files your claim for you and negotiates your settlement, while you are allowed to focus on healing.
- Demands the maximum in support for as long as necessary, and can often win you much more than you could secure by representing yourself.
Don’t sign off on a “lowball” offer that leaves you with hospital bills to pay a year from now. Contact CCD Law to set up a no-obligation, free case consultation today.
Support Available for Brain Injury Victims
Brain injury patients may require support and intensive treatment for weeks, months, or years. They can require surgeries months after a car accident or a fall down a flight of unsafe stairs.
They might require expensive therapy sessions to remap their brain function. In catastrophic cases, victims with brain damage can need home care or nursing care for life.
An experienced attorney helps victims get the compensation they need to rebound now and after complications in the years ahead.
A settlement check must cover these expenses and hardships, and more:
- Hospital bills
- Physical therapy, cognitive therapy, and occupational therapy costs
- Lost income or loss of future earning potential
- The pain you suffer through
- The emotional trauma caused by a terrible accident and a difficult recovery
- Loss of quality of life
- Loss of consortium (loss of intimacy with a spouse or partner)
- Wrongful death support for families who lose a loved one to a fatal head injury
The Most Common Head and Traumatic Brain Injuries
The brain is the most important organ in the body, controlling the body and regulating the functions of other organs. Anything that affects the brain’s function can change someone’s life forever and put them at risk of a fatal outcome.
An auto collision on I-90 or a pedestrian accident along Sherman Avenue can expose the skull and the brain it protects to jeopardy. A fall down a flight of stairs at a City of Coeur d’Alene parking garage can cause a powerful blow to the head.
Victims can also suffer a head injury at work, when around powerful machinery. These and other accidents can leave a driver, a business, or even a city department liable for the victim’s recovery.
A lawyer helps victims determine who should be held responsible, especially when serious injuries like these are involved:
Traumatic Brain Injury: The University of Washington defines a TBI as “…a blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain.”
A concussion is considered a mild form of TBI. But a more serious case can lead to amnesia, seizures, and other problems. Recovery and care costs skyrocket when a brain injury takes away the patient’s ability to function independently.
Diffuse Axonal Nerve Injuries (DAI): This is a very serious type of TBI damage. It occurs when the long nerve fibers (axons) in the brain are severed by a rapid movement of the skull.
Skull Fracture and Penetrating Injuries: Smashed cars or malfunctioning machinery can send an object into the skull. A fracture may occur. A piece of the skull may be forced into the brain. Johns Hopkins reports that penetrating injuries can leave victims with epilepsy, with symptoms appearing years later.
Brain Bleeding: A penetrating injury or a TBI can cause brain bleeding. The bleeding can go undetected and create additional dangers. The Cleveland Clinic reports that the pressure that builds up under the skull can cut off oxygen to the brain, leading to a stroke. Surgery to stop the bleeding is often necessary, with supplemental oxygen via a ventilator sometimes used.
When these and other serious complications are involved, getting the right settlement amount becomes critical. It must be adequate compensation to help patients pay for their care now and in the future. Patients must also secure support to cover themselves and their families while they can’t work and earn a paycheck.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have to file a claim over a brain injury?
In Idaho, victims have up to two years to file a claim. It’s always best for victims to act as soon as possible while fresh evidence is still available and witnesses can be more easily tracked down.
What if I can’t afford to pay a brain injury lawyer?
You don’t need to worry about paying a lawyer while you’ve got medical bills piling up and lost work hours. CCD Law works on a contingency basis. It means you don’t pay us anything unless we win your case for you. If we lose, you don’t owe anything. If the case is successful, you still don’t have to find the money to pay us. We are paid out of the settlement check that an insurer must write for you.
What if my loved one eventually dies from a brain injury?
Idaho empowers families to file a wrongful death claim after a fatal accident. This claim would demand money to reimburse funeral costs and help pay off remaining medical debt. The income the victim may have provided to the family should also be covered, especially for the years ahead when families won’t have those paychecks to fall back on. A Coeur d’Alene Wrongful Death Lawyer would make sure the emotional loss of care, love, and guidance is factored into any settlement.
Contact a TBI Accident Lawyer in Coeur d’Alene
CCD Law represents accident victims in Coeur d’Alene and across Northern Idaho. We stand up for brain injury victims and make sure they have what they need to heal and rebuild their lives.
Contact us and arrange a free, no-obligation consultation. We can help you find the best and fastest path to getting the absolute maximum in support.