Helping Injured Connecticut Clients With Head And Brain Injury Claims

We've worked with enough traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims to understand that there really are no minor head injuries, at least to the extent that the symptoms a person can suffer can be far more serious than the severity of the accident would suggest.

The fact remains that different people react in different ways to head trauma. A traumatic brain injury may not be immediately evident. The symptoms can be more subtle and emerge weeks or months after the accident occurred. Some of the common symptoms include:

• Headaches
• Sleeping problems
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
• Memory loss and/or confusion
• Vision problems
• Nausea or vomiting

These symptoms can indicate a much larger issue. A concussion, brain bleed, contrecoup injury or another type of brain injury can not only cause lifelong symptoms and issues for the victim but also, if left untreated, may result in death. Our firm handles accident injury cases, as well as wrongful death cases, in the unfortunate case where an accident has been fatal.

• A blow to the head in a car accident or motorcycle accident might be overlooked in the emergency room and even barely noticed by the victim - after all, if you've just broken an ankle or shattered a wrist, a bump on the head might seem like the least of your problems.
• These conditions can represent serious elements of your broader damages claim, and we know how to work with medical experts who can explain how a blunt force impact can cause problems that are slow to develop and that might last for a long time. Even a low-speed rear-end collision that results in whiplash and stress to the cervical vertebrae can cause severe occipital headaches.
• Our lawyers also advise the survivors of serious accidents with massive head trauma. In these cases, the challenge is not simply to demonstrate to an insurance company that you really have been hurt but to present an accurate and fully documented demand for the compensation you'll need for lost wages, extended physical and occupational therapy, future surgery or in-home assistance.

The attorneys of Berman & Russo represent brain injury clients with symptoms ranging from mild concussions or occasional headaches all the way up to permanent loss of cognitive function. For a free consultation about your options in the aftermath of a head or brain injury, contact us online or call us at 860-644-1548.