New York Head & Brain Injury Claims

New York Brain Injury Lawyer

New York Head Injury Attorney

After a brain injury occurs, a variety of other damage may occur including:

• Hematoma (epidural, subdural and/or intracerebral);
• Brain swelling/edema;
• Increased intracranial pressure;
• Cerebral vasospasm;
• Intracranial infection; Epilepsy.

The long term affects of a traumatic brain injury may include cognitive deficits, reduction in physical and psychological skills. The physical deficits can include difficulty walking, diminished balance and coordination,loss of fine motor skills and strength. Cognitive deficits include difficulty in language and communication, information processing, memory and perceptual skills. Psychological status is also often altered and people suffering from traumatic brain injury often exhibit changes personality and lifestyle.

All of these injuries may be compensable with experienced legal help.

There varying degrees of head injuries often resulting from medical malpractice. Over 1.4 million Americans sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) every year as a result of a blow or jolt to the head; of those, 50,000 victims die each year and 80,000 have long-term disabilities associated with a head injury. Statistically, Injuries to the brain are some of the most likely to result in permanent disability or death among all injuries. The leading causes of these brain injuries include motor vehicle accidents, assaults, and falls, all of which are very common brain injuries in New York City, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and the surrounding areas. According to the CDC, every year there are more than 80,000 Americans who survive a hospitalization for traumatic brain injury but these victims are discharged with TBI-related disabilities and 5.3 million Americans are living today with a TBI-related disability.

While many symptoms of brain injuries are more apparent, such as headaches, slowness in thinking, acting, or speaking, blurred vision, or mood changes, more losses are not as immediately evident, including memory loss and inability to work due to disability.

With the direct and indirect costs of head and brain injuries in the US totaling $56.3 billion in 1995 alone, a victim can quickly accumulate the necessary but costly expenses of medical bills, caregivers, lost wages, and pain and suffering that are a direct result of the head or brain injury. If you or a loved one is the victim of a TBI or other brain injury, contact a local leading brain injury attorney in New York City and the surrounding areas, Leandros A. Vrionedes.