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Accident Lawyers Require Particular Experience

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Accident Lawyers Require Particular Experience for Auto, Motorcycle, Bicycle, Commercial and Big Rig Truck Lawsuits, Also Attorneys for Cell Phone Accident Liability, And Serious Injury Claims Such as Traumatic Brain Injury and Paralysis.

The job of the accident attorney is often thought to be no more complicated than demonstrating who ran the red light. In fact, accident litigation can be highly complex, indeed every serious injury lawsuit is complex, involving numerous experts solely to demonstrate general and economic damages. Furthermore, very different factors may determine liability in motorcycle and bicycle accident cases, cases in which a party was engaged in cell conversation at the time, cases involving violation of the federal and state regulations governing large commercial and big rig trucks. Solving the “collectability” problem to assure full compensation in serious injury litigation can involve a number of different strategies to establish vicarious liability upon others which the accident lawyer must adapt specifically for auto accident and big rig truck accident cases.

Accident lawyers require a breadth of knowledge to effectively represent those injured in bicycle and motorcycle accident lawsuits, the latter often requiring experience with single track physics and the unique dangers of auto driver inattention to the smaller vehicles, particularly when entering or turning left at intersections, accounting for fully 2/3 of multi-vehicle motorcycle accidents without any negligence on the part of the motorcyclist. Bicycle accident attorneys must similarly be cognizant of the dangers posed to bicyclists as the result, for example, of not being able to “command a lane,” and so their vulnerability to parked auto drivers who may open their doors into the path of a bicyclist or pull out into traffic without recognizing that a bicycle is approaching. Our accident lawyers have provided separate pages for “Motorcycle Accident Lawsuits” and “Bicycle Accident Lawsuits” where the reader can learn more about the unique challenges that accident lawyers face in single track vehicle accident litigation.

Commercial and big rig truck accident lawyers also must have a breadth of specific knowledge to competently evaluate, prepare and prosecute truck accident lawsuits. Big truck accident attorneys need to become fully knowledgeable about the federal and state laws governing a broad host of safety requirements from the permissible weight of loads and how freight must be secured to the hours that big rig truck drivers may operate their vehicles between rest periods, the logs that must be kept, and the responsibilities of shippers. Because the driver will often have inadequate insurance to compensate the more seriously injured, and because most freight companies hire commercial and big rig truck drivers as “independent contractors” in order to attempt to limit their liability for the negligence of the driver, large commercial truck and big rig truck lawyers must establish the shipper’s liability on legal theories such as “negligent entrustment,” and “negligent supervision,” as examples. Our big rig truck accident lawyers explain more fully these concepts on our “Commercial and Big Rig Accident Lawsuits” page, but the shipping companies may be liable, for example, for negligent entrustment, for their negligence in failing to screen out drivers who lack drivers licenses or who were inadequately trained or who have a history of accidents or alcohol abuse. Negligent supervision would include failures to adequately inspect the trucks or freight, the manner by which freight is secured, as well as failing to maintain logs of driver hours, all of which may involve violations of federal or state law.

There are also investigative techniques that accident lawyers should follow including, for example, subpoenaing the cell phone records of the other drivers because all too often the other driver may not be seen to be using his cell phone while driving, and may not volunteer the information to the investigating police. Appropriately educated accident lawyers will be aware of the epidemiological and controlled experimental studies which have demonstrated that a driver while engaged in cell conversation is four times more likely to get into an accident. In a “he said, she said” accident, with no independent witness or where the independent witnesses are split, demonstrating that one party was under the influence of cell conversation may become persuasive evidence of liability. Often of crucial importance where the driver of the other car has insufficient liability coverage to compensate the victim, cell phone records identifying the other party to the call can provide the answer to the “collectability” problem. For example, if the driver was found to have been in conversation with his employer or secretary or a potential client or otherwise engaged in a business call at the time of the accident, the accident lawyer can assert “respondeat superior” liability to name the employer as a defendant in the lawsuit, permitting his client to recover against the employer’s insurance and assets.

Finally every serious injury case is complex litigation, involving the investigation and development of the evidence of the client’s general damages, which some lawyers refer to as “pain and suffering,” but which in most serious injury cases, in their largest part may be more accurately characterized as “loss of enjoyment of life” damages. Some injuries may be catastrophic, and our accident lawyers have provided specific information with regard to the presentation of “Traumatic Brain Injury Lawsuits” and “Quadriplegia, Paraplegia and Spinal Cord Injury Cases.” The qualified accident lawyer will commonly present damages in a serious injury case first through the testimony of his client, family members and friends with regard to the types of activities that the client enjoyed doing before his accident, juxtaposed against a professionally produced “Day in the Life” film, in which the client is accurately shown courageously meeting the huge challenges presented even to do the simplest things in his post-accident everyday life. In serious injury litigation, the accident lawyer must also have extensive experience presenting past and future economic damages, including medical and loss of earnings claims. Our accident lawyers provide a “Serious Injury Damages” page in which we discuss more fully the preparation and presentation of catastrophic injury cases. In almost every serious injury case the accident lawyer will be required to engage a host of experts, from physicians to “life care managers” to “rehabilitation experts” to forensic economists to establish the present value of the future medical expenses and projected loss of earnings.

So while the general public may have the impression that the accident lawyer’s job is no more complicated than proving who ran the red light, the truth is different. Accident litigation is as varied as the vehicles on the road, almost always complex, and can be particularly complex where the lawyer must learn single track vehicle physics, or assert the net of federal and state laws to trap a freight shipper despite its every effort to insulate itself from truck driver liability, as an example, or to assure that the seriously injured client is fully compensated for the full specter of his general and economic damages.

A Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Perspective: Motorcycle Safety – What We Can do To Make Our Streets Safer for Motorcyclists

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By Ray Henke, a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer, Biker Rights Advocate and founder of Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers

The objective of our motorcycling community should be first and foremost to attempt to increase our safety on our American roads and highways. The solution is first to identify the principle causes of motorcycle accidents, and then to arrive at means to reduce the incidence of motorcycle accidents resulting from those causes. What the largest study of motorcycle accidents demonstrates is that two-thirds of all motorcycle accidents result from the inattention and negligence of auto drivers, two-thirds of that number, or fifty percent of the total resulting when the auto driver pulls out from a side street into an intersection or turns left at an intersection into the motorcyclist’s right of way.

The solutions to auto driver inattention and negligence involve legislation, motorcycle awareness programs and education, meaning specifically, auto driver education on how to drive safely for the protection of motorcyclists. The type of legislation that motorcycle groups have been able to obtain in many states to address specifically this most common type of motorcycle accident include ROWV laws, meaning “right-of-way violation laws,” providing more serious penalties, preferably long drivers license suspensions, where a driver injures a motorcyclist in an accident resulting from the auto driver’s having violated the rider’s right of way.

Many motorcyclists are aware of “Motorcycle Awareness” programs, now given at least some attention by State Governors proclaiming May as Motorcycle Awareness month. But there is much more that must be done year long. Every city and town should place permanent “Please Watch for Motorcyclists” signs at even just a few key intersections given that intersections are the location where these most common of motorcycle accidents occur. There are a growing number of cities that are doing this. But much more should be done given the seriousness of this motorcyclist safety issue. You can read more about what can and should be done at Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers but most importantly we need to provide auto driver education opportunities specifically to inform auto drivers about what they need to do for the protection of their “two-wheeled friends.”

One example is to modify the DMV booklets that auto drivers review in preparation to take the written examinations to obtain and renew their auto drivers licenses. The booklets should contain comprehensive information about motorcyclist safety, the most common ways that auto drivers endanger motorcyclists, and how best to adapt their driving for the protection of motorcyclists, for example, by specifically looking for oncoming motorcycles before entering or turning left at intersections. The booklets should also go into turning around to look into their rear view mirror blind spots, and the disparity of motorcycle breaking distances compared to those for autos of different sizes to reduce rear-end motorcycle accidents.

In addition, we would hope that the states would take the opportunity to similarly educate auto drivers by making motorcycle safety a significant part of the curriculum in all high school and other driver instruction programs, as well as in all voluntary or court ordered driver education programs, such as those offered in most states for drunk drivers or drivers seeking to avoid a traffic ticket point on their driving records, and we would urge specifically for those convicted of any right-of-way violation.

Thank you for considering these motorcycle safety proposals. I hope that when these matters come up in your state that you will consider writing to your state legislators to let them know of your informed opinion.

This article is provided by Ray Henke, a California lawyer, founder of Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers, and co-moderator of Bruce & Ray’s Biker Forum, also a member of B.O.L.T. Bikers of Lesser Tolerance, and contributor to Biker, Born to Ride and Thunder Road magazines.

Serious Injury Motorcycle Accident Cases Are Complex Litigation

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:57:49 +0000

Motorcycle accidents, unfortunately, often result in serious and catastrophic injuries. Some of the reasons are obvious, such as that motorcycles don’t have the surrounding metal cage, the safety designed interior padding, seat belts and air bags that protect auto drivers. Some of the reasons are less obvious, such as the “inattentional blindness” that impairs many auto drivers’ ability to “see” the oncoming motorcycle often leading auto drivers either to pull out into intersections from side streets or turn left directly into the motorcyclists’ path.

Motorcyclists may suffer quadriplegia, paraplegia, other spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury, TBI, debilitating internal injuries, catastrophic orthopedic injuries and limb amputations. Our serious injury motorcycle accident lawyers will discuss two of those categories of cases, involving TBI and spinal cord injuries. However, every serious injury motorcycle accident case is “complex litigation,” much more complicated than “who ran the red light,” and so it is very important that the seriously injured client obtain the representation of qualified lawyers, highly experienced in the preparation and presentation of complex litigation, motorcycle accident attorneys capable of competently presenting to the settlement judge and jury the full measure of the motorcyclist’s general and special damages.

We’ll contrast the ordinary and serious injury motorcycle accident case without in any way discounting the importance of the ordinary case, because every motorcycle accident case is important for the client and should likewise be important for the attorney. However, it would be inaccurate to say that the preparation or presentation of “general damages,” “past and future medical expense” or “past and future loss of earnings” is similar.

For many “motorcycle accident lawyers” the term “general damages” means “pain a suffering”; but for the true serious injury motorcycle accident attorney, the most persuasive general damage evidence is what we call “loss of enjoyment of life damages.” This is commonly the way our seriously injured clients see it. And it can be presented poignantly by juxtaposing the evidence of what the client enjoyed most in his life before the accident, through the testimony of friends, family, home videos and photographs, against a professionally produced “Day in the Life” film, demonstrating the courage of the serious or catastrophically injured client as he confronts and overcomes the challenges of his post accident daily life.

In the ordinary motorcycle accident case the lawyers might have to present some evidence of past medical expense, but presenting future medical expenses for the seriously injured motorcyclist is hugely more complex. For a more general discussion of motorcycle accident litigation you may consider “How Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Present Liability Evidence”. The presentation of the motorcyclist’s future medical expenses commonly requires a number of treating doctors as well as medical experts engaged by the serious injury motorcycle attorneys, and then perhaps most importantly, a life care planner and forensic economist. In the briefest summary, the life care planner, under the direction of the lawyer will consult with the treating doctors and other medical experts first to derive the client’s post accident “life expectancy,” and then identify all of the medical expenses, such as additional surgeries, rehabilitation expenses, anticipated convalescent home costs, replacement prostheses, wheel chairs, all the way down to the cost of the medical supplies and sundries that the injured motorcyclist will likely require over the remainder of his anticipated life expectancy. The serious injury motorcycle accident lawyers will then present the life care planner’s report to the forensic economist who will increase the individual medical costs over by the anticipated date they will be required by use of medical cost inflation government statistics, and then with use general inflation statistics to reduce that number to “present value.” There is no other proper way to present future medical expense, and if not properly prepared, the Court will likely not permit the evidence to be presented.

Similarly, in the ordinary motorcycle accident case, presenting past earnings losses may be as simple as counting the number of days the rider lost from work and multiply it by his daily wage. In the serious injury motorcycle accident case, presenting future lost earning can be extraordinarily complex. In the simplest serious injury case involving the daily wage earner, the qualified and experienced motorcycle accident lawyer will require a number of medical experts, and then perhaps most importantly, a “vocational rehabilitation expert” and an economist to establish the client’s “net loss” as defines the measure of future earnings loss damages. The vocational rehab expert speaks with the client, his medical doctors, the medical experts. He will review the clients school record and other information with regard to his clients earning capacity before and after the accident. He will then provide the report to the serious injury motorcycle accident lawyer outlining the occupations for which the client is now disqualified, and for which he may remain qualified. The information from the medical experts will also provide the serious injury lawyer with the critical information with regard to the client’s “work life expectancy” before and after the accident. The serious injury motorcycle accident attorney will then provide all the information to the forensic economist, who will employ wage rate increase statistics for the client’s occupation before the accident, and those for which he may be still qualified following the accident, for the different work life expectancies, and then, after arriving at the differential will apply general inflation statistics to reduce the amount to present value.

Please understand that these earnings calculations apply only to the simplest case of the hourly wage earner. The serious injury lawyer’s task in presenting future loss earnings can be much more complicated as where the client is self employed or employed in an occupation with realistic advancement opportunity. For a more complete discussion of the presentation of damages in serious injury cases, you are invited to consider “How Serious Injury Lawyers President Damages in Catastrophic Injury Cases”. In that article we go into much more depth in explaining how serious injury attorneys present general damages and special damages, including in particular, future medical expenses and future loss of earnings.

Brain damage and spinal cord injuries, including quadriplegia and paraplegia are commonly sustained in motorcycle accidents, and can be the most catasrtrophic. Perhaps more important than anything else, the qualified serious injury motorcycle accident lawyer must be capable of fully recognizing the devastating changes in his client’s life that have resulted. Again, the “general damages” suffered by the brain damaged or paralyzed client are not limited or principally “pain and suffering.” For clients who suffer traumatic brain injury, TBI, or who are paralyzed in motorcycle accidents the greatest devastation can be characterized most poignantly as “loss of enjoyment of life” damages, demonstrated, as discussed above, by the juxtaposition of all the activities that brought the most joy to the clients life before the motorcycle accident with the professionally produced Day in the Life film illustrating the courage with which the paralyzed client meets his daily post accident challenges.

Traumatic brain injury, paralysis and other serious injury motorcycle accident cases require the lawyers’ compassionate insight into what his client considers his greatest loss, along with his wisdom gained by training and extensive experience to maximize the client’s prospect for settlement or jury verdict obtained at trial.

Raymond L. Henke, Principle trial attorney with the California Accident Attorneys & Medical Malpractice Lawyers Group

California Triplegia Lawyer, Southern California Triplegia Attorney

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Triplegia is a condition which causes a person to be unable to feel or control an entire side of his or her body as well as another of the person’s arms or legs. This paralysis of three extremities is often caused by an accident such as an auto or motorcycle accident or violent acts such as gunshot wounds.

Other terms of paralysis include paraplegia, the paralysis of a person’s lower body and legs; quadriplegia, the paralysis of a person’s body from the neck down; and monoplegia, the paralysis of just one arm or leg. Injuries that completely sever the spinal cord and those that damage some of the nervous tissue in the spinal cord are common causes of triplegia and other levels of paralysis such as paraplegia and quadriplegia.

Other terms used by doctors to describe conditions involving paralysis, include spastic diplegia in which the degree of disability can vary between the arms and legs with the legs often being more affected than the arms; spastic hemiplegia, where one side is affected of a person’s body but the arm or leg is more severely affected; and spastic quadriplegia, where both legs and both arms are affected.

Triplegia is a devastating condition, as is paraplegia and quadriplegia. Most victims of the condition require medical attention for the rest of their lives. If you or a loved one suffers from any type of paralysis, it is important to retain an attorney who is familiar with such conditions and who can maximize the recovery for a person’s future.

There is hope that some day, medical research, such as that currently being pursued with stem cell replacement, will also provide a form of treatment, if not a cure. Any attorney who has represented persons suffering from some level of paralysis hopes such advances in medical research come quickly.

If you believe there is the possibility that your triplegia, or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of California Truck Accidents, Southern California Triplegia Attorney for an analysis of your case. If your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present and future income, and money for your pain and suffering

Sebastian Gibson is a practicing personal injury attorney represents clients throughout Southern California Lawyer from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California representing California Auto Accident Lawyers, California Personal Injury Lawyers

California Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer, Southern California Spinal Cord Injury

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The spinal cord is the lifeline of the body that controls movement and sensation in the upper and lower segments of a person’s form. It contains nerve cells, muscle tissue and nerve fibers that connect to the brain.

The level of disability caused by an injury to the spinal cord varies depending upon the severity of the injury and the level of the spinal cord at which the injury occurs. A severely injured spinal cord causing paralysis to any part or parts of the body can cause a client to require millions of dollars in future lifetime needs.

Clients with severe spinal cord injuries such as the actor Christopher Reeve, may see their clients also suffer pneumonia, blood clots, bed sores, urinary infections, nutritional depletion, venous thrombosis, pulmonary complications, renal failure, kidney failure, autonomic dysreflexia, severe pain and other associated problems. Such clients will need physical therapy, psychological therapy, and very expensive medical care the rest of their lives.

The vast majority of injuries to the spinal cord come as a result of automobile, motorcycle and truck accidents, none of which can be foreseen, but many of which can be avoided. Others come as a result of avoidable workplace injuries, falls, or sporting injuries, or as a result of intentional violent acts.

One good way for an attorney to understand and explain the amount and types of care required by a client suffering from a severe spinal cord injury is to spend 24 hours with the client. By experiencing (and filming) a day in the life of such a person, the lawyer, and a jury, can be able to understand, at least in part, the care such a patient requires and the effect it has on the person’s family and those who care for him or her.

If you believe there is the possibility that your spinal cord injury, or the injury of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of California Wrongful Death Attorneys, Southern California Spinal Cord Injury for an analysis of your case. If your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present and future income, and money for your pain and suffering.

Author Bio
Sebastian Gibson is a practicing personal injury attorney represents clients throughout Southern California Lawyer from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California
representing California Business Litigation, California Civil Litigation

California Quadriplegia Lawyer, Southern California Quadriplegia Attorney

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As with paraplegia, quadriplegia can be the result of a number of causes, but is most commonly the result of a traumatic
injury to the spinal cord, such as that caused by an auto or motorcycle accident.In fact, motor vehicle accidents are the cause of
fifty-five percent of quadriplegic injuries. Sports injuries are the second most common cause (about twenty-five percent) and falls account for another
fifteen percent.Violence such as gunshot wounds are another common cause of quadriplegia.

A person suffering quadriplegia has paralysis not just in the upper or lower extremities (his or her legs or arms) but rather
suffers paralysis from the neck down. Also referred to as tetraplegia, quadriplegia patients have a loss of sensation and control of their upper and lower
body as a result of damage to the spinal cord at the cervical or thoracic regions.

Besides the paralysis of the body, quadriplegia can also affect other bodily functions, and can also cause a person to have difficulty
breathing without assistance. It also often leads to a shorter life expectancy.

While there are treatment methods available to treat the symptoms of quadriplegia, sadly, less than one percent of quadriplegic
patients recover from their paralysis. Surgery indeed may even be necessary just to stabilize the patient’s condition or to assist with breathing and other
rehabilitation programs can also be utilized for support, and stabilization.

Quadriplegia is a devastating condition, as is paraplegia.Most victims of the condition require medical attention for the rest of their lives. If you or a loved one suffers from any
type of paralysis, it is important to retain an attorney who is familiar with such conditions and who can maximize the recovery for a person’s future.
There is hope that some day, medical research, such as that currently being pursued with stem cell replacement, will also provide a
form of treatment, if not a cure. Any attorney who has represented persons suffering from some level of paralysis hopes such advances in
medical research come quickly.

If you believe there is the possibility that your quadriplegia, or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person
or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of California Personal Injury Lawyers,
California Wrongful Death Attorneys for an analysis of your case.If
your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present
and future income, and money for your pain and suffering.

Author Bio
Sebastian Gibson is a practicing personal injury attorney who represents clients throughout Southern California Lawyer from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California
representing California Personal Injury Lawyers,
California Wrongful Death Attorneys.

California Paralysis Lawyer, Southern California Paralysis Attorney

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:27:24 +0000

An Auto or Motorcycle Accident can cause paralysis, which is the result that occurs when the brain or spinal cord is disconnected with the body. The resultant loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups makes it impossible to control the muscles that move that part of the body. This type of accident occurs far too often in California and in other states.
There are different levels of paralysis according to their severity. A paraplegic can no longer move his legs either partially or completely. The quadriplegic has lost the ability to move his legs and arms either partially or completely.
Common causes of paralysis, not just in California, include trauma, such as a motor vehicle accident, as well as stroke, spinal cord injury, and birth defects. Paralysis can even be caused by botulism. Spinal cord injuries in California and throughout the U.S. have affected millions of people. They can be caused not only by vehicle accidents, but also by falls, playing sports and by violence.
Paralysis can occur not only in connection with horrific auto or motorcycle accidents, bicycle or truck accidents, bus, pedestrian and airplane accidents, but even in unexpected situations such as a slip and fall that can have unforseen consequences.
When damage occurs at some point to the chain of nerve cells that run from the brain to muscle groups in the body through the spinal canal, paralysis can result. It is the loss of ability to control muscle movements that signifies paralysis.
Paralysis can be permanent in nature, or temporary, partial or complete, generalized, or localized. A person can have the side of their face paralyzed due to damage or inflamation of a facial nerve. Persons who have suffered strokes can exhibit weakness simply on one side of their body or throughout.
Paralysis is a life changing condition that places tremendous financial, emotional and physical demands on the person suffering with this condition and on those around them. The financial and emotional strain on those who suffer paralysis can itself be life threatening.
The ability to recover depends in part on the amount of damage that has been caused to the nervous system. There is hope that some day, medical research, such as that currently being pursued with stem cell replacement, will also provide a form of treatment, if not a cure. Any attorney who has represented persons suffering from paralysis hopes such advances in medical research come quickly.
If you believe there is the possibility that your paralysis, or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of California Auto Accident Lawyer, Southern California Paralysis Attorney

Sebastian Gibson a practicing personal injury attorney representing clients throughout Southern California Lawyer from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California Truck Accidents, California Personal Injury Lawyers

California Head Injury Lawyer, Southern California Brain Injury Attorney

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:31 +0000

Like snowflakes, or so they say, every brain is different. Brain injuries have just as many variations. Brain injuries can be severe or mild, permanent or temporary, immediate or arise some time after a trauma. Persons with brain injuries may not realize that they have them or may shrug off the damage that can be caused by a concussion, a blow from a trauma or accident, or even from the heat.

Head and brain injuries have multiple causes, and varying lengths of time are needed to recover from them. Since it may take a brain damaged person to recognize another, we at the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson like to think of ourselves as moderately brain damaged as well.

Head injuries, if not diagnosed, can lead to severe complications and may result in death. Common symptoms of head and brain injuries include both the inability to sleep as well as increased tiredness and longer periods of sleep, blurred vision, nausea, memory loss, lightheadedness, dizziness, ringing in the ears, lethargy, mood changes, loss of concentration, vomiting and vertigo. Other symptoms, in severe cases can include convulsions, seizures loss of coordination and slurred speech.

Brain injuries are also commonly referred to as Traumatic Brain Injuries, recognizing the fact that many brain injuries are the result of a trauma or an accident in which the head or brain receives an impact, such as during an auto accident. The brain, however, does not need to actually be struck in order to suffer damage. A severe whipping action of the head such as occurs as one vehicle strikes another, can cause the brain in the head to be injured and swell, causing brain damage.

As many as half of the persons who suffer severe head injuries may require surgery to repair ruptured blood vessels or bruised brain tissue. Unrepaired, they can affect not only memory and confusion but also sensory problems such as a person’s taste and smell and his or her ability to communicate and remain in good mental health. It is unfortunate that many times behavior problems such as aggression or other personality changes resulting from brain damage go untreated or mistreated.

If you believe there is the possibility that you have suffered brain damage, and that it is due to the actions of another person or entity, contact California Head Injury Lawyer, Southern California Brain Injury Attorney for an analysis of your case. If your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present and future income, and money for your pain and suffering.

California Triplegia Lawyer, Southern California Triplegia Attorney Sebastian Gibson

admin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:53:05 +0000

If you believe there is the possibility that your triplegia, or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson for an analysis of your case. If your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present and future income, and money for your pain and suffering.

Whether your accident has occurred in San Diego, Orange County, Long Beach, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire areas of Palm Springs, Riverside, Temecula, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, the Central Coast areas of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo or anywhere in Southern California, the offices of R. Sebastian Gibson can help you.

Sebastian Gibson is a practicing personal injury attorney who represents clients throughout Southern California from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California. The law firm’s web site is www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and he can be reached by calling (800) 589-3202.