| A traumatic brain injury or TBI can result from an | | | | medical and legal issues involved. |
| accident. Some of the accidents which can cause | | | | A brain injury lawyer can also refer the patient to |
| brain injuries include ceiling collapses, falling objects | | | | proper medical specialists which includes some of the |
| striking a person's head, construction accidents, and | | | | best neurologists in New York City. These neurologists |
| auto accidents. | | | | will perform medical tests in order to pinpoint a |
| Most of the victims and their family members are | | | | conclusive diagnosis. |
| often kept in dark about the nature of their medical | | | | When we are contacted by a client who has been a |
| conditions. The field of TBI is quite complex. In most of | | | | victim of brain injury, we always get in touch with his |
| the cases it is observed that health care providers do | | | | treating doctor to formulate a medical-legal team who |
| not have the time or resources to properly address | | | | will work together in order to help this individual. Mostly |
| recovery issues involved. | | | | our clients who are victim of brain injury undergo a |
| The effects resulting from a serious brain injury are | | | | PET-SCAN which shows color images of the brain. |
| diverse in nature. In most of the cases it is observed | | | | This report is further interpreted by an experienced |
| that victims are unable to care for themselves and are | | | | medical doctor. |
| unable to talk and process information. It is also | | | | There are dozens of cases where the MRI will show |
| possible that the victim may be confined to a | | | | as normal but the client continues to experience |
| wheelchair. | | | | symptoms including loss of memory, headaches, |
| The persons with TBI require specialized legal | | | | seizures, feeling of being in a daze or fog, and other |
| representation, if a compensation lawsuit is going to be | | | | similar complexities related to TBI. Therefore, even if |
| pursued. Injury lawsuit involving brain injury is complex | | | | MRI scan of the victim is showing normal, it doesn't |
| and requires TBI lawyer who are experienced in the | | | | imply that client has not suffered a brain injury. |