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• Car & Motorcycle Accidents
• Crashes Caused by Trucks
• Medical Malpractice/ Doctor Mistakes
• Railroad Injury/ FELA
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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
  Posted on 5/7/2007

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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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What is TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)?

As more and more wounded veterans return from Iraq, more and more families are hearing a strange new term: TBI. It stands for traumatic Brain Injury, and it is one of the most common injuries for soldiers of the Iraq War. In fact, TraumaticBrainInjury.com reports that 1.5 million people in the United States alone suffer from the injury and that 85,000 people with TBI suffer a diverse variety of long-term disabilities.

Traumatic Brain Injury can be caused by a number of incidents, but the three most common are car crashes, weapon injuries, and slips and falls. In Iraq, TBI can come from enemy fire, homemade land mines, and other hazards of war. Even if an object does not enter the brain, soldiers can receive TBI simply by being near a large explosion.

Symptoms of TBI can vary from mild to severe. A person may or may not lose consciousness during the event. TBI may lead to dizziness, confusion, vertigo, headaches, fatigue, lightheadedness, blurred vision, ringing ears, and insomnia. On a larger scale, TBI can lead to memory loss, changes in behavior, mood issues, persistent vomiting and nausea, seizures, confusion, attention issues, and inability to concentrate.

Although doctors are learning more about TBI treatment every day, we are still in the initial stages of understanding the condition. Those suffering a traumatic brain injury should seek medical attention immediately, so that any bleeding and brain swelling can be controlled. After that point, patients may receive a number of different therapies, ranging from speech therapy to occupational therapy to physical therapy.

The prognosis for TBI also varies from case to case. Those some might recover fully from their head injury, others may have long-term issues or even permanent disabilities. Often, patients may have issues with sensory perception and processing, cognition, aggression, mental health, expression and understanding. In the most serious cases and severe cases, patients may be vegetative permanently - unconscious, unaware, and unable to communicate.

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.

As to West Virginia (WV) personal injury claims: Bluefield, Beckley, Bridgeport, Charles Town, Charleston, Fairmont, Huntington, Lewisburg, Madison, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, Parkersburg, Ripley, Sutton, Weirton, Wheeling, and any other town or county.

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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?
• I was never diagnosed with a closed head injury or a brain injury at first-what does that do to my potential case?

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