Connecticut Brain Injury Claims
A Traumatic Brain Injury can be life-changing, but they usually happen under ordinary circumstances. They occur during Connecticut car accidents, falls, contact sports, or unanticipated violence. If a negligent person caused your TBI, you need our Connecticut Brain Injury Lawyer on your side.
Managing Partner Nate Baber and our Connecticut Legal team believe everyone deserves quality legal representation. We protect your rights, investigate your accident, and evaluate your claim independently. We shield you from insurance adjusters while we work to recover compensation on your behalf.
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
A traumatic brain injury occurs due to a blow to the head or an incident that violently jolts the body. Healthcare professionals categorize TBIs based on their damage severity.
- Mild TBI (mTBI): This includes concussion. While symptoms may be subtle, they can still cause long-term problems.
- Moderate or Severe TBI: These manifest the same categories of symptoms but with increased intensity. Depending on the severity, they may cause critical functional loss or leave patients in a vegetative state.
Common Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury
National Data & Statistical Center cites these common causes for TBI:
- Vehicular Accidents (49%): Including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other motorized vehicles
- Falls (29%): Occurring in residential, workplace, and public settings
- Violence (11%): Including assaults and gun wounds
- Other (11%): May include contact sports, abusive trauma, defective products
Types of Head Trauma
Brain injuries occur due to three types of head trauma:
- Closed Head Wound: Non-penetrating injury where the brain twists, shakes, or slams against the interior skull
- Open Head Wound: Penetrating wound that fractures the skull and exposes the brain.
- Crushing Injury: A powerful impact that crushes a section of the skull, may damage the brain and sometimes the brain stem.
Types of Brain Injuries
A TBI may involve one or more of these conditions:
- Lesions: Such as a Hematoma (a blood clot on the brain’s surface) or a Contusion (bruised and swollen tissue)
- Diffuse Injuries: Microscopic injuries, such as diffuse axonal injuries, that prevent nerve cells from communicating
- Skull Fractures: Vary in severity and location:
- Linear: a crack requiring conservative treatment
- Depressed Skull Fracture: Bone fragments pierce the brain, causing serious damage
- Basilar Skull Fracture: Injury at the base of the skull, may affect nerves, arteries, or cause cerebrospinal fluid leakage
TBI Symptoms
Traumatic brain injury symptoms fall into four broad categories. Symptoms might not appear immediately after the incident. If you suspect a brain injury, seek immediate medical attention.
| Symptom Categories | Common Symptoms |
| Physical | Loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, nausea/vomiting, blurry vision, or balance issues |
| Cognitive | Difficulty thinking, confusion, or memory loss |
| Emotional | Irritability, depression, or a change in personality |
| Behavioral | Impulsivity or a change in sleeping patterns |
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TBI and Vulnerable Populations
Both young children and older adults are more vulnerable to sustaining brain injuries due to physical frailties.
- Children: TBIs occur due to head bumps, body jolts, or physical abuse, as in Shaken Baby Syndrome. A young child may not be able to explain what they’re feeling. Parents and caretakers must look for signs like breathing problems, difficulty staying awake, no appetite, or an inability to stop crying.
- Older Adults: Injuries occur most frequently due to falls. They often face less optimistic outcomes due to slower recovery times and complications. Prescription blood-thinning medications increase the risk of brain bleeding.
Rehabilitation and Lifelong Impact
Patients with moderate to severe TBIs often require rehabilitation to manage physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral issues. Rehabilitation often begins immediately and continues as an outpatient.
Data from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research describes brain injury as a lifelong condition:
- Over 57% of TBI severe TBI and mTBI patients are moderately or seriously disabled.
- Disabilities lead to challenges with employment, driving, memory, and managing family and personal relationships.
- Many patients require chronic disease management, a lifelong process that helps achieve better outcomes.
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Compensation for a Traumatic Brain Injury
When resolving an injury claim through settlement or trial, we seek economic and non-economic damages for our clients. In specific, rare instances, we may also seek punitive damages:
- Economic Damages: These cover calculable current and future financial losses: medical costs, lost wages, and rehabilitation expenses.
- Non-Economic Damages: This category addresses the intangible impact of the injury on your life, including pain, suffering, emotional distress, disruption of family relationships, disfigurement, and disabilities.
- Punitive Damages: In Connecticut, a jury may award these damages if a defendant’s actions are found to be reckless, intentional, or malicious.
Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney
If someone seriously injured you or your loved one, contact Baber Law. When you schedule a consultation, we can discuss your case and determine if we can help you. Our firm handles injury cases on a contingency basis. You owe nothing until we resolve your claim.
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