TBI or Traumatic Brain Injury is a term commonly used when an individual receives a head injury.  But, in reality, what injury to the brain would not be considered traumatic.  The scary truth about brain injuries is that many are not detected right away and some go years before the cause and effect are put together.

Brain injuries don’t present like typical injuries.  If a leg is broken or a tendon is torn it is very easy to prove.  But what if the brain is damaged in a car accident?  How do we know what affect it has on the individual?

Some common impairments from a TBI are memory loss, depression and personality changes.  These conditions may be hard to identify.  For example, if someone was always in a good mood and frequently had a smile on their face, it may be hard for a doctor to notice a person who suddenly seemed indifferent.

Depression is a very common disability today.  How is a doctor, who has no prior knowledge of the patient, able to determine the severity of the brain damage that the accident caused.  Even harder to identify is memory loss.  Though there are tests that physicians and neuropsychologists can run, it is difficult to determine what level of memory the victim had prior to the injury.

These cases are very difficult to prove and they require a special skill set and level of experience.  The amount of time, medical knowledge and tenacity it takes to try a brain injury case is immense.   A TBI case can take months and cost thousands of dollars to hire the most knowledgeable experts and medical professionals to describe the injuries to a jury.   It is extremely important that you hire a personal injury attorney who is qualified to take your case to a jury trial.  Failure to do so could cause you irreparable damage.

If you or someone you love has suffered a brain injury make sure you do the research to find an attorney who can handle your case.  Whether they have an obvious impairment like paraplegia or quadriplegia or a harder to diagnose TBI, the firm you hire needs to be experienced, financially ready and must care about you as much as you do.