Any time there is a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, including a penetrating trauma, a traumatic brain injury can occur. These injuries often occur from falls, violent assaults, sports accidents, workplace incidents, vehicle accidents, as well as other traumatic incidents.
Each year, more than 2.8 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury, with several hundred thousand of those being hospitalized.
Traumatic brain injuries can significantly impact people, altering their moods, cognition, memory, and personality. Sometimes, people lose motor function.
Depending on the severity of the injury and how quickly effective treatment was rendered, these injuries can result in short or long-term disability.
Sometimes, complete lifestyle changes are necessary.
Will your insurance cover all the medical expenses?
How about lost income?
Children And Sports
According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, an estimated 1.6 – 3.8 million sports and recreation-related concussions occur each year. Out of that, millions of children suffer concussions while playing sports.
Football accounts for more than 60 percent of concussions in children.
This can be a problem, especially if children are allowed to continue to play after they suffer a blow to the head. Anytime a concussion is suspected, the child should be given medical treatment and not allowed to play. If they return to the game and suffer another blow to the head, the resulting brain injury could be severe.
Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury. In football, they account for an estimated 65 to 95 percent of fatalities. Any coach who allows a child to continue to play a sport after a head injury should be held liable for any further injury or death resulting. Remember, effects of concussions are cumulative if an athlete returns to play before they are completely healed.
What Can You Do Now?
No matter how minor or major your traumatic brain injury, the Dante Law Firm can help you secure the compensation you deserve. If someone else’s negligence has caused you harm, we won’t stop until they are held accountable. These injuries can have life-altering consequences. We want to make sure you have money for:
- Medical expenses (current and ongoing)
- Lost income if you are unable to work
- Future income if you cannot perform at the same level
- Pain and suffering damages
- Punitive damages
You can contact us by clicking here or calling 305-949-2526 for a free consultation. Let us work for you so you can focus on healing.
305-949-2526
There are not many injuries that can alter your day to day life the way a traumatic brain injury can. We know it is the last thing you think about when you start your day, but there are a number of ways people can sustain a traumatic brain injury.
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