Are you struggling with a traumatic brain injury because you were recently involved in an accident in Florida? Call Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers at (904) 396-1100 for a free consultation. Our experienced Florida brain injury lawyers can help you assert your rights and demand the compensation you need and deserve.
A traumatic brain injury can affect your health, finances, and daily life in lasting ways. Legal guidance can help you understand your rights, evaluate what compensation may be available, and take steps toward holding the responsible party accountable for the harm you’ve suffered.
Why Hire Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers if You’ve Suffered a Brain Injury in a Florida Accident
You have one opportunity to demand compensation for your life-changing brain injury, so it’s important to make the most of it. Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers can help.
Here’s why clients in Florida choose us:
- We provide high-quality, personalized legal representation and the kind of resources needed to take on powerful corporations. The results: tens of millions of dollars recovered in settlements and jury awards for deserving clients.
- Our team is backed by over 100 years of combined experience litigating legal claims on behalf of the injured.
- We offer high-level legal representation to victims of catastrophic injuries and families throughout the state of Florida.
- Our firm has a five-star rating based on hundreds of satisfied reviews on Google.
- Members of our legal team are recognized as AV Preeminent litigators by Martindale-Hubbell, The National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, and Super Lawyers.
- One of our attorneys is Board Certified in Construction Law by the Florida Bar.
Invest in your recovery and count on our award-winning Florida trial attorneys to take on your fight for compensation. We’ll do everything in our power and use every resource at our disposal to help you achieve compensation that can change your life forever.
Call today to schedule a free consultation with a Florida personal injury attorney.
What Is a Brain Injury?
A brain injury is defined as trauma to the head that disrupts normal brain function. Any brain injury suffered after birth is an acquired brain injury (ABI), while a brain injury that’s caused by a violent external force is called a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Traumatic brain injuries tend to happen when a person suffers a forceful blow to the head or a penetrating head injury.
Common Brain Injury Symptoms
While it varies, depending on the part of the brain that’s injured and the severity of the blow a person suffers, some of the most common signs of a traumatic brain injury include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Blurred vision
- Hearing loss
- Aphasia
- Numbness or tingling in the extremities
- Coordination and balance issues
- Ringing in the ears
- Clear liquid draining from the ears or nose
- Bleeding on the head
- Difficulty sleeping
- Headaches that worsen over time
- Changes in mood or behavior
- Loss of consciousness
- Difficulty breathing
- Coma
Brain injuries can be diagnosed using visual assessments, evaluations of a victim’s eye movements and physical responses, and tools like MRIs and CT Scans.
Are There Different Types of Brain Injuries?
Yes. In fact, the term “brain injury” is a broad term that’s used to refer to a wide range of more specific injuries to the brain.
Some of the most common types of traumatic brain injuries include:
- Concussion
- Hematoma
- Hemorrhage
- Contusion
- Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
- Coup contrecoup injury
- Skull fracture
- Hypoxic brain injury
- Anoxic brain injury
- Hydrocephalus
Some brain injuries might not be evident right away, so it’s always important to seek prompt medical attention if you hit your head in an accident in Florida. The sooner your brain injury is diagnosed, the less likely it is that you might experience permanent damage or long-term consequences.
What Are the Leading Causes of Traumatic Brain Injuries?
Brain injuries tend to happen when a person sustains a forceful blow, strike, or jolt to the head. Many times, brain injuries are the result of:
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Uber and Lyft accidents
- Bus accidents
- Train accidents
- Boating accidents
- Maritime accidents
- Aviation accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Construction accidents
- Workplace accidents
- Dog bites
- Assault
- Sexual assault
- Medical malpractice
- Nursing home abuse
- Birth injuries
- Defective products
If you’ve suffered a brain injury because of an intentionally harmful act or someone else’s negligence, call Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers.
Our Florida brain injury lawyers can help you understand your legal options, explain how we help victims of catastrophic injuries fight back against powerful corporations, and answer any questions you have about your case.
What Could My Florida Brain Injury Case Be Worth?
Over the course of a lifetime, the cost of treating a brain injury can average between $85,000 and $3 million. This is just for medical bills and doesn’t account for other consequences of suffering a brain injury, like a loss of income, permanent work impairments, chronic physical pain, or out-of-pocket costs.
When you factor in all of the costs and consequences of a brain injury, the potential value of a related personal injury claim can be quite high.
When it comes to assessing what your brain injury case might be worth, it’ll be important to consider:
- Your age and life expectancy
- Changes in your ability to work
- Short-term or long-term disability
- Costs related to long-term medical treatment, such as transportation or housing
- The specific type of brain injury you’ve suffered
- How the brain injury has affected the quality of your day-to-day life
- Shared responsibility for your brain injury
The more severe the brain injury, the greater the potential value of a personal injury case. When you understand what your damages are worth, you’ll put yourself in a position to engage in meaningful settlement negotiations with the defense and leverage a top-tier financial award.
What Damages Can Be Awarded to Victims of TBIs in Florida?
Victims of brain injuries in Florida have the opportunity to request compensatory damages through insurance and/or a personal injury lawsuit.
Compensatory damages include economic damages to alleviate the financial burdens and consequences of a brain injury, and non-economic damages to acknowledge the difficulties and trauma you endure as the victim of a TBI.
Our brain injury lawyers in Florida can help you fight to get money for economic damages like:
- Current and future medical bills
- Rehabilitation
- Therapy
- Temporary lost wages and job benefits
- Disability
- Diminished earning capacity
- Property damage
- Nursing assistance
- Out-of-pocket expenses
You may also be able to recover non-economic damages, including:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of consortium
- Reduced quality of life
- Physical scarring
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Embarrassment
Florida law also permits the plaintiff in a brain injury lawsuit to recover punitive damages when a jury determines that the defendant intended to cause harm or was grossly negligent.
What Happens if I’m Partly To Blame for the Accident That Caused My Brain Injury?
It can adversely affect your ability to recover compensation for medical treatment, loss of income, and suffering. Under Florida’s modified comparative negligence rule, a plaintiff’s damages can be reduced if they bear responsibility for an accident in which they’re injured.
Damages are reduced proportionately to fault up to 50 percent. For example, if you’re assigned 40 percent of the blame for a car accident in which you sustained a TBI, your damages in third-party legal claims would be reduced by 40 percent.
Once you bear more of the blame than all other parties combined (51% or more of the fault), you lose the right to sue others for damages.
How Much Does It Cost To Hire a Brain Injury Attorney in Florida?
At Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers, we represent our clients on a contingency fee basis. This means there’s no risk to hire our personal injury law firm after you’ve suffered a brain injury. We only get paid if we win compensation for your brain injury case.
When we win, our attorney fees don’t come out of your pocket. Instead, we recover a percentage of the settlement or jury award we obtain on your behalf. If we don’t win compensation for your brain injury case, we don’t get paid. End of story.
What Is the Statute of Limitations on Florida Brain Injury Lawsuits?
Most brain injury lawsuits in Florida are subject to a two-year statute of limitations. There can be exceptions – such as cases involving birth injuries, injuries to children, workers’ compensation, or government tort claims. However, those are limited.
If you miss the filing deadline for your brain injury case, you forfeit the right to demand damages from an at-fault party or insurance company.
Schedule a Free Consultation With an Experienced Florida Brain Injury Lawyer
If you’ve suffered a brain injury in an accident in Florida, call Baggett Law Personal Injury Lawyers. You should not have to deal with the devastating consequences of a TBI on your own. Someone else was negligent, and they need to be held accountable.
We’re top-rated Florida trial attorneys backed by a century of combined experience fighting complex, high-value personal injury disputes. Taking on insurance companies and powerful corporations, we’ve won tens of millions for our clients.
Contact one of our Florida law offices to discover how we can make a difference in your life after you’ve suffered an avoidable brain injury, too. There is no charge for an initial case review with one of our top-rated Florida brain injury lawyers.
