TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury

When an accident in Florida causes brain injury, an attorney who understands the challenges ahead can make all the difference. The team at Wolf & Pravato guides injured Floridians in their traumatic brain injury lawsuit cases. 

Traumatic brain injury cases — whether they involve adults or children — are among the most devastating injuries that can occur. At the Florida brain injury attorney team of Wolf & Pravato, P.A., we are leaders in helping people obtain the resources they need to recover as fully as possible from the incapacitating effects of this injury, even when that means filing a brain injury lawsuit. In the wake of life-altering effects from a brain injury, a lawyer at our Fort Lauderdale or Miami offices can help. 

We’ve Seen the Risk Factors for Traumatic Brain Injury Cases 

Sadly, because many of the symptoms of "mild" to "moderate" traumatic brain injury cases are subtle, and because the injury commonly avoids detection on our most sophisticated hospital imaging equipment, it is common for victims to go undiagnosed. This is especially true in the emergency room.

Because of the invisible nature of the injury, victims of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) only rarely receive prompt treatment for their physical and cognitive impairment. Not uncommonly, victims' early medical charts are devoid of any mention of "head injury" or "cognitive impairment.” It is only later, if at all, that a health care professional diagnoses the victim's injury and finally initiates treatment. 

As you focus on your recovery or on that of a loved one, a Florida brain injury attorney at our Fort Lauderdale-area practice can pore over pertinent medical charts related to your brain injury lawsuit to help pinpoint the cause of your injury, as well as whether health care professionals acted in a timely manner. 

What can cause a brain injury? 

A brain injury is caused by a direct force to the head or by a rapid acceleration and deceleration, which can break the skull and directly injure the brain. 

A brain injury lawyer at our South Florida law offices will tell you that unfortunately, this type of injury can occur from a number of common mishaps, including: 

• motor vehicle accidents;
• product defects;
• falls;
• sports; and
• physical violence and other instances where the head is struck with an object.  

A Florida Brain Injury Lawyer Can Help Make Sense of Your Condition 

As with most misunderstood injuries, many health care practitioners may label the TBI victim a malingerer (faking it), or worse. Because victims of traumatic brain injury appear outwardly just as they did before the injury, it should come as no surprise that many victims describe their post-injury experience as including progressive social isolation together with alienation from even immediate family. 

TBI victims are unable to process information at pre-injury rates of speed. Nor is the range of subject matter about which an individual can think the same for a victim of traumatic brain injury. 

Other abilities affected include: 

• judgment;
• communication;
• behavior (manifesting in frustration, violent temper);
• smell; and
• memory. 

Conscious or unconscious awareness of the situation becomes the private "hell" of the victim, who is alone and unable to diagnose or resolve the injury. Describing this unfortunate circumstance, a doctor noted that: Left to fend for themselves, the victims of traumatic brain injury, already confused by their inability to be the people they were prior to the injury, now face the daunting task of demonstrating that an injury they do not understand and cannot comprehend is producing the confusion they cannot communicate. 

When you’ve been severely hurt because of an accident you did not cause, a Florida brain injury attorney at Wolf & Pravato can speak on your behalf, to represent you during this confusing time. 

After a Florida Brain Injury, an Attorney at Wolf & Pravato Can Help

If you need more information on traumatic brain injury cases, we recommend checking out the following articles:

• Three Levels of Brain Injuries;
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation;
• Economic Losses;
• Choosing a Lawyer; and
• Traumatic Brain Injury Resources. 

If you or a loved one is suffering from a traumatic brain injury, please contact a South Florida traumatic brain injury attorney at Wolf & Pravato, P.A. for a free, no-obligation, confidential consultation. Justice is not automatic, and we are prepared to fight for you.