Los Angeles Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

Any collision or accident has the potential to cause a brain or spinal cord injury. Even in situations where the back or head do not make physical contact with anything, the force of a vehicle-on-vehicle impact, for instance, can cause neck injuries through a condition known as whiplash.

In other types of accidents—such as a bicyclist who hits the pavement after being hit by a car—direct force impact on the skull can cause a concussion, a brain injury where the force of impact causes the brain to make physical contact with the skull's interior wall.

Damage to the central nervous system of the body can be long-lasting, if not permanent. When you break a bone, tear a ligament, or have a cut, the human body slowly heals itself by growing new cells to replace the damaged ones. This process is helped along by medical care, which ensures the bone is set in the right place and that the cut is cleaned and dressed to avoid infection. The brain and spine, however, are far slower to heal, and some parts of each do not heal at all.

The medical costs of brain and spine injuries can exceed those of other types of physical personal injuries. Not only does work on the spine or brain often require medical specialists, but the long-term impacts of these injuries also mean that the victim may need some form of medical care or treatment for the remainder of their life. The cost of this care must often be shouldered by their families, who—in the event that the victim cannot work—has also lost the income they may have been contributing.

No family should have to go through financial hardship when it was the negligence or action of another individual or party that caused the brain / spine injury of their loved one. As a Los Angeles brain injury attorney, we advise you contact us here at Blair & Ramirez LLP for a free consultation.