Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney Scranton, PA
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What Is a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
Traumatic brain injuries are a dysfunction caused by an outside force. The CDC lists TBI as “an injury that affects how the brain works”. Traumatic brain injury is a heavy cause of death and disability in the United States today. The most common occurrence of TBI is a result of a significant strike to the head by an object.
People who experience traumatic brain injuries often experience many side effects as a result. These often include blurry vision, confusion, slurred speech, and difficulty when concentrating.
TBI Case Background
Although our medical technology has advanced and developed rapidly over the years, we still are unable to identify all brain injuries with our currently available tools. Commonly, TBI might occur at the cellular level, which cannot be detected by CT scan technology. Brain injuries like these are often classified as “invisible injuries”.
When we work on a traumatic brain injury case, our goal is to shed light on these “invisible injuries”. Our angle is to show that these sorts of injuries are real, and they can exist without being detected in some settings. Many people do not realize how devastating these TBI cases can be, even if an MRI does not show conditions. When we take on a case, we perform a full case review to figure out what the root cause of the issue might be to help isolate the extent of the injury. Through years of experience, we are able to identify what means of additional medical testing should be conducted to reveal the hidden injury.
When we are confident in the results of the additional testing, we hire experts to explain your injury, how it was caused and the injury’s effect on your life.
The trial team of Baratta, Russell and Baratta has won justice for brain injury survivors for more than 20 years. If you or someone you love has suffered a brain injury, please consider our team to fight for you.
1. Closed head injury in which the brain is injured by the soft brain being rocked back and forth inside the hard bony skull. The injury can be caused by the brain making direct contact with the inside of the skull or by rotational forces.
2. A penetrating injury in which the skull is fractured and the brain injury to the brain is direct as in a gunshot wound.
3. A blast injury, most commonly seen in soldiers, in which the cells of the brain are disrupted by the shock waves of the blast.
Such labelling implies that the injury is not serious when many times the injury labelled as mild can have life lasting effects. The GCS is merely a method to allow appropriate triage at an emergency department.
At the emergency department a CT is often taken to rule out a brain bleed or brain swelling. Brain bleeds or swelling may be a surgical emergency requiring removing a portion of the skull called a craniectomy to allow the brain to swell without the crushing force of the skull pushing the brain into the brain stem which would cause death.
Once the surgical emergency is ruled out, the injury is diagnosed based upon symptoms. Many closed head injuries cannot be seen on an MRI film. The damage to a brain occurs at the cellular level which is too small to be seen by most modern diagnostic studies.
Most medical insurance carriers will not pay for more sensitive brain scans such as Diffusor Tensor Imaging (“DTI”) or functional MRI (“fMRI”) as such tests are deemed unnecessary for treatment purposes. But, such tests can be paid for by your lawyer as part of the work-up of your case.
You have every right to seek money damages for personal injuries caused you by another’s negligent conduct. We only take cases in which our investigation shows the defendant acted negligently or to cause your harm. Your decision to seek justice, to hold the careless person accountable, makes the world safer for everyone else. It also places the responsibility for payment of damages on the bad actor, not society, not other people and not your family.
- $4,800,000 for traumatic brain injury caused to 35 year old woman in auto wreck
- $1,775,000 for skull fracture, brain bleed and aggravation of Parkinson’s disease in 60 year old pedestrian struck by bus
- $675,000 for 22 year old man suffering post-concussion symptoms after colliding with tractor tanker
- $500,000 for 50 year old man who suffered post-concussion symptoms after falling from moving party bus
- $240,000 verdict for woman with concussion after $920.00 offer
- $2,450,000 for closed head injury to 55 year old drywall installer when rear ended by trucker
- $1,000,000 for hospital failure to treat subdural hematoma resulting in death
- $565,000 for 58 year old woman who suffered mild traumatic brain injury in car wreck
- $450,000 for a 55 year old woman suffering closed head injury knocked from her bike by a dog
Anthony J. Baratta (“Tony”) has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 15 years since 2006. He has received the highest possible rating amongst his peers by Martindale-Hubbel (AV Preeminate), is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, and a winner of the AVVO Choice Award for client recognition.
Andrew E. DiPiero Jr. has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 16 years since 2005. He has received the highest possible rating amongst his peers by Martindale-Hubbel (AV Preeminate), and he is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
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