Over one million people each year suffer some form of brain injury. From a short period of lost consciousness through to lengthy periods of unconsciousness, a brain injury can range from minor to severe.
Specialist Head and Brain Injury Claim Solicitors
At Rogers & Norton, we have a specialist Personal Injury department with vast experience and expertise to help progress your injury claim. Brain injury can affect many lives. It often impacts not just the injured person but also their family who are left to care for them, potentially for the rest of their life.
It’s hoped that, over time, many brain injury sufferers will progress back to health. However, only a small percentage of those that suffer a severe brain injury are able to return to work and many require full time care for the rest of their lives. If a claim for injury isn’t pursued, the care generally has to be provided by family members and loved ones who supplement whatever assistance is provided by the NHS.
The following are some common causes of brain injury:
- Road traffic accident
- Motor cycle accident
- Sporting accident
- Industrial accident
- Accident at work
- Assault
A brain injury can have devastating effects on the individual and their loved ones, causing a range of complications:
- Unconsciousness
- Lapsing into a coma
- Effects on the speech and use of language
- Short-term memory loss
- Long-term memory loss
- Loss of use of limbs
- Paralysis
- Loss of sensation
- Epilepsy
- Reduction in communication skills
- Loss of vision
A victim may suffer memory loss following the incident. This is often categorised as Post Traumatic Amnesia. When assessing a personal injury claim, neurologists believe that the degree of Post Traumatic Amnesia can give a good indication as to the severity of the injury.
In a brain injury claim, it’s important that your representatives thoroughly investigate the claim and ensure it is advanced under the one of the following standpoints:
- Pain suffering and loss of amenity
- Past medication costs
- Future medication costs
- Rehabilitation
- Future rehabilitation
- Treatment costs
- Future treatment costs
- Loss of income
- Future loss of income
- Disadvantage on the labour market
- Past care
- Future commercial care
- Future care by family and loved ones.