Negligent Car Accidents

You were in a recent car accident and sustained injuries, one injury being a brain injury. This car accident was reported as not your fault. However, you have mounting medical bills due to this accident, and your inability to work has put you in a financial bind.

Another driver who shared the same road with you caused your accident because they were not paying attention to the road. Have you asked yourself this question,

“Why should I pay these bills and lose time off from work when I did not cause this accident? 

“Why should I pay for someone else’s negligence?”

The Negligent Driver Must Pay for Your Injuries

The answer is, “No, you do not have to pay for someone else’s negligence.” If you find yourself in this scenario, please give our accident/injury law firm in Atlanta, Georgia a call as soon as you or your appointed advocate can. This first call is a free, no-obligation consultation.

We are a seasoned accident/injury group of attorneys who advocate for victims like you who sustained injuries due to someone’s negligent actions. We work tirelessly for car accident victims in and around the Atlanta area. We bring a negligent person to justice and get you the highest possible settlement possible to help pay for mounting expenses and lost wages. One injury we see all too often in car accidents is a brain injury.

Definition of a Brain Injury

We have learned through the years that a brain injury can manifest itself days after an accident. Brain injuries are serious and can become more severe as time passes. A traumatic brain injury occurs when you receive the following that are common causes of brain injuries.

  • An impact on the head
  • A bump
  • A jolt
  • Something that penetrates

When you receive a blow to the head, you incur a traumatic brain injury. This blow to your head disrupts your brain’s normal function.

Signs and Symptoms of a Brain Injury

When you have a brain injury, it is much different from any other kind of physical injury because an injury of this sort can cause psychological as well as physical effects.

You may or may not display some or all of the following traumatic brain injury symptoms.

  • Loss of unconsciousness
  • Headaches
  • Inability to think clearly
  • Inability to remember
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting

There are different levels of brain injury. If your Traumatic Brain Injury is severe, you need to have someone take you to the emergency room as soon as possible. You can tell if your brain injury is becoming worse when your headache does not go away.

You may display some enhanced symptoms such as,

  • Your headache does not go away
  • Body weakness
  • Numbness
  • Decreased coordination
  • Nausea and vomiting do not go away.
  • Slurred speech
  • Fatigue and sleepiness to the point that someone cannot wake you up from sleep
  • Change in pupil size
  • Seizures
  • Cannot recognize family, friends, or places of interest

If you sustain a brain injury from your car accident, the damaged tissue can heal itself in most cases.

Over 75 percent of people with brain injuries eventually resume normal activities of daily living. It may take another three months for other people to resume their normal activities. In severe and permanent traumatic brain injuries, you must learn to live with this injury and make significant lifestyle changes.

A mild traumatic brain injury can affect the cells in your brain temporarily. A more severe brain injury can show tissue bruising, torn tissues, internal bleeding in the brain, and other physical damage. Some of these injuries can cause long-term complications and even death.

There are many parts of our internal and external bodies that regenerate and heal on their own accord. However, the brain is different. Once the cells in certain parts of the brain die, they are gone forever. However, the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory has shown in laboratory settings that these brain cells tend to regenerate.

Those who suffer a traumatic brain injury in a car accident and suffer permanent unrepairable damage may face mood swings, depression, impaired speech, memory loss, and much more. It may take six months to one year or more for those with an excellent prognosis to recover fully and completely heal after a TBI. Recovery depends largely on the extent of the injury.

After healing takes place, you may be plagued for the rest of your life with possible headaches, abnormal sleep patterns, depression, seizures, mood swings, fatigue, or depression. Most traumatic brain injuries result from concussions.

Seeking Justice for Brain Injuries Caused by a Negligent Driver

Knowing all that The Stoddard Firm now know about the high incidences of brain injuries due to negligent drivers hitting other drivers, all of the signs and symptoms of a traumatic brain injury, the lengthy healing process, the pain, and suffering, why should not the negligent driver pay for the damage they caused? You did not plan for this accident to happen. This accident turned your world upside down, causing a catastrophic event.

A large settlement that is fair and appropriate must be awarded to an injured driver by the negligent driver, and their insurance company is a small price to pay for their wrong actions. You need to receive this settlement because of someone’s mistake. This settlement is nothing compared to what you must endure as the victim of negligence by someone else.

If you find yourself injured with a traumatic brain injury, please call our seasoned, experienced, and skilled attorneys as soon as possible so we can hear what you or your family has to say. We will let you know if you have a good case for compensation. If you cannot come to us, we will come to you at your earliest convenience. We fight for victims’ rights. We will stay by your side from the start to the completion and into the future for your compensation claim.