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• Crashes Caused by Trucks
• Medical Malpractice/ Doctor Mistakes
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• Wrongful Death
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• Mass Transit (Airline, Train, Bus)
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Brain Damage/Head Injuries

• Drunk Driving Devastates Victims, Causes Brain Damage
• Even Slow Speed Car Accidents Can Cause Serious Injury
• Concussions: Know the Signs and Symptoms of These Common Brain Injuries

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Firm News

• Malfunctioning Lift Gate Blamed for Severe Injury to Leg
  Posted on 6/27/2009
• Chesapeake Virginia (VA) Parents Sue Day Camp, Chesapeake Golf Club Over Son’s Brain Damage
  Posted on 6/11/2008
• Infant Settlement of $8.35 Million in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA)
  Posted on 7/10/2007
• Brain damage from lead poisoning in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA)
  Posted on 6/1/2007
• New Study Shows That Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Cause Mental Health Problems Down The Road
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Brain Damage/Head Injuries

• Here are some of our results for traumatic brain injury and closed head injury cases. After you review them, give our firm a call at 1-800-752-0042 for a free case analysis.
• Frequently Asked Questions About Brain Damage, Brain Injury or Closed Head Injuries
• Head injury: forgotten trauma

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Traumatic Brain Injury Statistics

Traumatic brain injuries change the lives of individuals and families around the country every single day, causing long-term and permanent health issues, memory problems, and both mental and physical limitations. But how widespread is the injury? And how are the victims of TBI affected? How much does TBI rehabilitation cost? Here are some often surprising statistics about traumatic brain injury (TBI):

· The Neurological Clinic Journal reported that two million people are affected by a traumatic brain injury each year. About 300,000 of these injuries require hospitalization, with 100,000 incurring lasting disabilities and 60,000 dying from the injury.

· A head injury can cost a victim up to $4 million during a lifetime of care. A shocking $48.3 billion is spent as a direct and indirect result of traumatic brain injuries.

· Head injuries affect men more often than women, at a rate of two to one. Head injuries are more likely to occur in the young and old, with rates highest from ages 15 to 24 and after age 60.

· Rehabilitation for brain injury victims can cost $1,000 per day.

· Thirty-four percent of deaths from injury are caused by traumatic brain injury.

· The majority of TBI injuries are caused by car accidents (28%) and almost half of traumatic brain injuries that need medical attention are caused by car crashes (49%). Sports cause another 20 percent while assaults cause another ten percent.

· Five to ten percent of head injuries are the result of a skiing accident.

· Brain injuries caused by firearms has risen by 13 percent.

· The majority of those suffering from TBI will struggle with anxiety and depression. They are also at risk for losing a number of friendships.

· The cost of NOT surviving a brain injury is also very high. Those dying of traumatic brain injures leave an average of $454,000 in medical bills.

· Between 15 percent and 80 percent of those incurring brain injuries never return to the work force.

· Helmet laws can reduce the number of brain injuries for motorcyclists by as much as 40 percent. In cars and trucks, airbags can reduce brain injury fatalities by as much as 14 percent.

· Brain injury victims can have recoveries that last as long as ten years.


About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm is based in Virginia (VA), near the NE North Carolina (NC) border and handles car,truck,railroad, and medical negligence cases and more. Our lawyers proudly edit the Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk Injuryboard, and Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard as a pro bono public information service. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY.

How should you locate the best, top injury lawyer for your case?

Our Injury Lawyers Have Been Selected For Many Achievements Outlined Below:

Several  Injury Attorneys With Our Firm have been included among the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 Edition (Lewis-Injury Law, Shapiro-Railroad Injury Law) and been Named As Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law  (Lewis, Shapiro - 2009 Ed.)(Less than 5% of Outstanding Lawyers are Chosen); also selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Lewis, Shapiro - 2009); named among the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia by ATLA (Shapiro - 2009), and our law firm was the first Injury Law Firm in Virginia Invited to Join Primerus, a select group of Highly Ethical, Respected Law Firms .

In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained, what was then, the largest record verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person (46 Million Dollar Verdict, with Interest, 60 Million Dollars, Settled confidentially during appeal).  Click on icons for more details.

 

 

 

 

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Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.

As to Virginia (VA), this includes: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond (entire area), Petersburg, Roanoke/Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, all areas of the Eastern Shore, including Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, and Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague, and Wallops Island, Ashland, Big Stone Gap and any other city/ounty.

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Brain Damage/Head Injuries

• Gas Station Worker Pinned In building-train derailment, brain injury

Awarded: $46,000,000, with Interest 60 Million

• Brain Injury To Railroad Engineer Caused By Exploding Valve on Engine (verdict)

Awarded: $365,000.00

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• I was never knocked unconscious, or at least can't be sure I was ever knocked out.  I don't even know if my head struck anything.  Could I suffer from a brain injury/closed head injury?
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