Brain Injury Attorney in St. Petersburg

TBI is very common in the U.S., with an estimated 2.5 million cases in 2010, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. All these incidents resulted in more than 50,000 deaths, and numerous people forced to live out their life dealing with the effects and costs of brain damage.

While everyone with a brain is susceptible to TBI, the CDC says that the oldest and youngest people in the population are the most susceptible. Those most at risk though, are men over the age of 65. The leading cause of TBI among older men was falls, the same leading cause among all TBI cases. Motor vehicle accidents, struck by incidents, and assaults rounded out the other leading causes of TBI, according to the CDC.

For children, there was another significant cause of TBI. In 2009, the CDC reported 248, 418 incidents among children under the age of 19 that required an emergency room visit for TBI caused by sports. Specifically, bicycling, football, playground activities, basketball, and soccer contributed most to the total, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Even though TBI can have serious and lasting effects, symptoms don’t always manifest immediately after an accident. Some of the physical and psychological symptoms the CDC recommends people who sustain a blow to the head be on the lookout for after an incident include:

• Difficulty thinking clearly and concentrating;
• Feeling slowed down;
• Headaches;
• Blurry vision;
• Nausea or vomiting;
• Dizziness;
• Balance problems;
• Increased irritability and/or sadness;
• Increased anxiety;
• Trouble sleeping; or
• Sleeping too much.

If you develop any of these symptoms immediately after sustaining a blow to the head, or in the days, weeks, and months to follow, you should see a doctor as soon as possible.

If the blow that caused your TBI was caused by another person’s negligence, you could be eligible for compensation. While TBI is not always severe, extreme cases end in costly medical bills, pain and suffering, and a decreased earning potential if the damage is permanent.

ou or a loved one should not have to suffer because the negligence of another, and at the Morgan & Morgan office in St. Petersburg, our attorneys have decades of experience handling brain injury cases. Whether the TBI occurred in a car accident, on a construction site, or somewhere else, our brain injury attorneys will gather evidence and work with neurological experts to get you the compensation you deserve.

There is no up-front cost for hiring our attorneys, and you will only pay a reasonable fee if they win your case. To find out more about how one of our brain injury attorneys may be able to help, contact us for a free, no-obligation case evaluation.