Category: Brain Injury

It’s very important for people to understand the certain parameters that revolve around head injuries and TBIs, because blunt force head trauma most certainly isn’t the only way an individual can suffer brain damage. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), traumatic brain injuries are a serious public health concern throughout the United States and beyond, and this includes statistical gathering of concussion and mild TBI patients.

Our traumatic brain injury information page will provide you with more information pertaining to TBIs their common causes. Although this page is about how it’s not necessary to endure head trauma, it’s still important to understand the symptoms and causes of traumatic brain injuries on a grand scale, including:

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“I wasn’t knocked out. How could I have a brain injury?”

I get asked that question a lot. Some people still think that it is still necessary to suffer a loss of consciousness (be knocked out) in order to suffer a brain injury. I would say that the number 1 myth about brain injuries is that you can only suffer a brain injury if you have been knocked unconscious.

Concussion = Brain Injury

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…since I have been preparing for a month long jury trial that starts next week on behalf of a client who suffered a minor traumatic brain injury (MTBI). I have found the more I prepare, the luckier I am.

MTBI claims are among the most difficult of personal injury claims to prove. By definition, imaging studies (MRI, CT scan, X-ray) are normal. Often there is no loss of consciousness and sometimes the victim has not even suffered a blow to the head.

The effects of MTBI are subtle. It can be difficult to convince a jury that someone who looks so “normal” has suffered a debilitating injury.

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