Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney for a Traumatic Brain Injury Case

Victims of traumatic brain injury (TBI) often incur extensive and long-lasting losses. Fortunately, if a brain injury occurred in an accident caused by another party, victims have the legal right to seek compensation for those losses by filing a personal injury claim in civil court. The process of pursuing a lawsuit can be extremely complicated and involves many different rules and procedures by which you must abide. Additionally, the party you are suing will likely try to use any means possible to avoid liability. For these reasons, it is always imperative to have a qualified Maryland brain injury attorney handling your case and guiding you through the process.

Not every attorney understands the physiology of a brain injury or the unique legal issues that may arise in a brain injury case, so you want to ensure that the personal injury attorney you choose has particular experience with this type of case. The following are only some examples of reasons you should carefully select an experienced attorney.

Proving negligence can require extensive resources

In order to prevail in a personal injury case, you must adequately prove that the adverse party acted negligently to cause your traumatic brain injury. You cannot simply go into a courtroom and assign blame–instead, you must gather and present evidence in accordance with very specific legal rules. Gathering the evidence necessary to prove your claim can be challenging in many cases and may require a thorough investigation into the cause of your accident. Investigation may involve questioning witnesses, obtaining police reports and other documentation, consulting with accident reconstruction experts and medical professionals, and more. You want to ensure your lawyer has a proven track record and adequate resources to gather the evidence in your case.

Contributory negligence claims

In many brain injury cases, the other party may try to claim that you were at least partially at fault for the accident in order to avoid liability. Unfortunately for many personal injury victims, Maryland law prohibits an individual from recovering for their losses if they were even the slightest bit at fault. For this reason, contributory negligence claims are very common. An attorney who has experience taking personal injury cases to court in Maryland should know how to defend against this type of claim and prove that you do, in fact, deserve to financially recover for your brain injury.

Calculating damages may be complicated

Another common legal issue in brain injury cases is proving that you deserve the amount of damages that you seek. Damages can be pursued for the following and more:

Medical bills and estimated future medical costs;
Lost income and benefits, as well as estimated future lost income and diminished earning power;
Physical pain and suffering;
Emotional trauma;
Loss of enjoyment of life; and
Permanent disability.

As you can imagine, it can be complicated to figure out a value to place on many of the future and intangible losses. These calculations may require assistance from medical professionals, economic experts, and other resources. You always want to ensure that your attorney understands how to calculate your brain injury damages so that you can seek the full amount that you deserve for all of your relevant losses.

Call to speak with an experienced Maryland personal attorney today

At The Casper Firm in Maryland, we understand how to handle all of the legal issues that may arise in brain injury cases and are committed to obtaining the maximum recovery possible for you. Call us at 410-989-5097 for a free consultation today.