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What is Traumatic Brain Injury?

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a form of acquired brain injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, or when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. A person with a mild TBI may remain conscious or may experience a loss of consciousness for a few seconds or minutes. Other symptoms of mild TBI include headache, confusion, light headedness, dizziness, blurred vision or tired eyes, ringing in the ears, bad taste in the mouth, fatigue or lethargy, a change in sleep patterns, behavioural or mood changes, and trouble with memory, concentration, attention, or thinking. A person with a moderate or severe TBI may show these same symptoms, but may also have a headache that gets worse or does not go away, repeated vomiting or nausea, convulsions or seizures, an inability to awaken from sleep, dilation of one or both pupils of the eyes, slurred speech, weakness or numbness in the extremities, loss of coordination, and increased confusion, restlessness, or agitation.

Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury is a result of a direct blow to the head. The force is large enough to break through the skull and damage the soft brain, or to cause the brain to move within the skull.

• Slips and falls
• Violence
• Sports-related accidents

An acquired brain injury is one that has occurred after birth, and is not hereditary, congenital, or degenerative. Common causes of acquired Brain Injury includes:

• airway obstruction
• near drowning
• injuries in which the chest has been crushed
• electrical shock
• lightening strike
• trauma to the head or neck
• blood loss
• artery impingement
• shock
• heart attack
• stroke
• arteriovenous malformation
• aneurysm

Types of traumatic brain injuries are divided into two categories: open head injury and closed head injury. Open head injuries are injuries in which the skull has been fractured or the membranes surrounding the brain (dura mater) have been breached. Open head injuries are very serious and often require surgery to extract pieces of the fractured skull and implant synthetic pieces. Closed head injuries, on the other hand, do not break the skull and are typically caused by blows to the head. Both open and closed head injuries can cause mild to severe brain damage.

A traumatic brain injury lawyer specializes in lawsuits relating to various types of brain injuries. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can arise in a variety of ways, such as from auto accidents, sporting accidents, defective products, medical malpractice, fights, or from falling down. A traumatic brain injury lawyer will take legal action against the person or company responsible for causing the injury. A brain injury often results in permanent impairment to an individual, which can destroy the finances of a family. A traumatic brain injury lawyer can help a victim obtain just compensation to cover medical bills, pain, suffering, and long-term health care.

Our lawyers are recognized leaders in brain injury law. The firm has obtained many significant precedent setting judgments on behalf of TBI survivors. We prosecute brain injury and other serious or permanent injury cases in California and around the world. We prosecute class action suits for personal injury victims in California. We are well known for our expertise in handling complex litigation for brain and spinal cord injuries. If someone you care about has suffered a serious life changing injury, ask John Anderson's Law to help. That's all we do.