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A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have devastating effects on the victim and some of these effects like persistent migraines, memory loss, or slower mental cognition may not be immediately obvious. In other instances, a TBI can leave someone virtually incapacitated and dependant on the care of others to function. In either situation, if you or a loved one suffered a head injury in Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, or Williamsburg please contact our law firm.

We have experience working with TBI victims, as well as doctors, neurologists, psychiatrists and other experts, and have handled cases across VA, NC and beyond. We will come to you including in and around the cities of Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Emporia, Harrisonburg, Radford, Charlottesville, Martinsville, Danville, Franklin, Lynchburg, Winchester, Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, and Fairfax or any other eastern USA location.

Memory loss or behavioral and impulse control issues are both examples of hidden damage. Because of this lack of visibility, insurance companies or liable parties will often claim that there is no brain damage at all. This is why an experienced brain damage injury lawyer who knows how to counter these tactics is essential to win your case.

Our law firm knows how to handle these complex cases. We obtained, in Manassas, VA what was then the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict in the United States in October 2000:  46 Million Dollars, and with interest 60 Million dollars. 

Our brain damage/injury techniques and experience in this specialized area of injury law have served our clients well over the years. If you or a loved one were involved in an accident that resulted in a traumatic brain/closed head injury, our firm can provide the experience and resolve that you will need.

Feel free to give us a call at 1-800-752-0042 or fill out our quick contact form (on the right side of the screen). In addition, please take a moment to review our in-depth library articles on traumatic brain & close head injuries and brain injury case results.

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 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 any icon for more details.

 

Geographical Areas:

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.

Injury Lawyers licensed in VA, WV, NC, SC, KY, FL & Wash., DC.

Blog for Brain Damage/Head Injuries

• Wheeling Hospital On Concussions: When In Doubt, Sit Them Out
• Virginia Woman Suffers Head Injury In Hit-And-Run Accident
• Brain Injured Man Receives $40 million verdict after being Hit by Van
• Restaurant Accident Leads to Traumatic Brain Injury
• Virginia Study: Traumatic Brain Injury Victims Suffer From Low Melatonin
• Traumatic Brain Injury from a Motorcycle Crash
• Student-Athletes At Risk for Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Richmond Cyclist Dies Of Brain Injury After Running Red Light
• Virginia Car Accident Leaves Victim With Brain Injury
• “Just Not the Same”: The Effects of a Serious Head Injury
• Additional Compensation Obtained for Baby that Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury Goes Undiagnosed for a Year
• Children Particularly Prone to Brain Injuries
• Virginia (VA) Truck Driver Gets $2.5M Settlement After Rear-End Accident Worsens Brain Defect
• 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
• NFL brings in outside specialists to consult on player concussions
• The Ramifications of a Closed Head Injury/Brain Damage
• Experienced Injury Lawyers in a Navy/Military Town: Why Navy/Military Families Need Top Navy/Military Town Injury Lawyers

Library for Brain Damage/Head Injuries:

• A Major Cause Of Virginia Head Injuries: Slip And Fall Accidents   
  Description: Slip and fall accidents are common - and suffering a serious head injury during a slip, trip, or fall accident in Virginia is also common. Learn about how slip and fall accidents happen and the difficulties that brain injury victims often face in the wake of their accident.
• Brain Injuries And Virginia Motorcycle Accidents   
  Description: Unfortunately, traumatic brain injuries and motorcycle accidents go hand in hand. Even though motorcycle helmets are the law in Virginia, and although helmets often minimize injury, riders who are involved in serious motorbike accidents often suffer from some form of head injury.
• Brain Injury Prevention 101: Wear A Helmet   
  Description: Head injuries can lead to death or severe disability, especially if they are sustained at high speeds. The simplest, surest way to avoid a brain injury is to wear a helmet while riding a bike, riding a motorcycle, riding an ATV, or playing contact sports like football.
• Virginia Brain Injuries: Learn About Talk And Die Syndrome   
  Description: In some cases, serious brain injuries are not immediately apparent - they can take hours or even days to show themselves. Sometimes a person can suffer a head injury and seem fine until bleeding or swelling suddenly threaten their lives. Read more about "Talk and Die" syndrome.
• The Effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury Can Be Devastating   
  Description: This article examines the terrible effects a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have on an individual. Some of these effects include balance problems, sensitivity to bright lights, irritability, and a lack of self-awareness of their own cognitive problems. Our firm has helped victims of TBI receive compensation to help cover medical bills, lost wages, and rehabilitation. If you've suffered a TBI due to an accident, please contact our firm for a free consultation.
• Traumatic Brain Injury Information Courtesy of CareMeridian   
  Description: This article was courtesy of CareMeridian and has information about the severity of brain injuries and how roughly 1.4 million Americans suffer traumatic brain 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.   
  Description: This page features results of cases our law firm has handled.
• Frequently Asked Questions About Brain Damage, Brain Injury or Closed Head Injuries   
  Description: Our Firm Explains Our Handling of Brain Injury or Closed Head Injury Claims In Court
• Head injury: forgotten trauma   
  Description: As a Norfolk, Virginia (VA) attorney working on personal injury and wrongful death cases, I am most astonished that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is so common in the United States and how little attention seems to be paid to the people suffering from it.
• What is TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)?   
  Description: Especially with thousands of veterans returning home injured form the Iraq War, traumatic brain injuries are increasingly common in the United State. But what exactly is TBI, and how is it caused and treated?
• Traumatic Brain Injury Statistics   
  Description: Two million Americans are affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. With these devastating injuries come life-long mental and physical disabilities as well as financial hardship and ended careers. Read statistics about this all-too-common injury.
• Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Important Details of Truck/Tractor-Trailer Or Other Accidents With Brain Injury/Closed Head Injury   
  Description: Our personal injury lawyers have extensive experience in handling brain injury/closed head injury personal injury/wrongful death cases, having handled and tried to verdict several substantial brain injury cases including a record personal injury case in Northern Virginia that resulted in a $46 million verdict in 2000. Brain injury/closed head injury is a difficult medical diagnosis, sometimes even for a doctor who specializes in brain injury. For this reason, a protocol of various tests is normally appropriate: CT scans of the brain, MRI of the brain, and neuro--psychological tests are done to evaluate whether a closed head injury may actually be a traumatic brain injury with permanent consequences, although a positive MRI or CT scan is not necessary to a diagnosis of brain/closed head injury.
• Virginia/Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury   
  Description: Brain injuries are some of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed types of personal injuries cases that we see from a legal standpoint. Traumatic brain injury lawsuits can also be some of the most challenging personal injury cases to litigate
• Sports Injuries Resulting in Head Trauma Where Responsible Parties Are At Fault   
  Description: Obviously, not all sports injuries are anybody’s fault. We are all aware that there are dangers in children’s athletics which a personal injury lawyer can’t do anything to prevent. However, there are numerous situations where someone has in fact been negligent and done something wrong that results in a child suffering a brain injury on the athletic fields. When I have my three kids play lacrosse in the Hampton Roads Lacrosse League (HRLAX), I am putting my children in the hands of adults who are supposed to be in the position of coaches and temporary guardians to watch out for the children’s safety.
• Our attorneys are experienced in handling brain injury cases. Check out our FREE special reports and videos to learn more.   
  Description: Our attorneys know how to handle complex brain injury bases, including a traumatic brain injury (TBI). We confer with medical and neurological experts and will do everything in our power to pursue the compensation you deserve. Call us right away at 1-800-752-0042 for a FREE, confidential consultation.
• Spinal cord injuries are traumatic and potentially life-altering   
  Description: Paraplegia and quadriplegia can be the sad results of accidents with spinal cord injuries.
• Hurrican Katrina: Seventeen Months and Counting   
  Description: In President Bush's latest State of the Union, he mentioned many problems that are facing the nation. But the one thing he didn't mention was New Orleans.

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Frequent Questions for Brain Damage/Head Injuries:

• What are the side effects of a brain injury?
• What are the long-term effects of a brain injury?
• What is anoxic brain injury?
• What do I have to do to prove I have a brain injury?
• I met with a personal injury lawyer about my head injury and they said I don't have a case. If a lawyer doesn't believe I can, or should, file a claim, does this mean I don't have a case? Should I speak with another attorney?
• I am involved in a lawsuit resulting from a car accident where I suffered a traumatic brain injury. It seems like every week I am sent medical authorization forms from the insurance company and their attorneys so they can obtain medical records from the doctors that are treating me and virtually every other doctor I have ever seen. I feel like my privacy rights are being abused. Is there anything I can do to stop this?
• 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?

Case Results for 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

Videos about Brain Damage/Head Injuries:

• There Really is Nothing "Mild" about the Damage Associated with a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
• Brain Injuries Caused by Carelessness of Others in Tidewater
• Virginia Injury Lawyer Explains Symptoms of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury- Foster Vid

Web Resources for Brain Damage/Head Injuries:

• The Davis Law Group

  Description: The Davis Law Group specializes in traumatic brain injury, car accidents, and other personal injury claims.

• Brain/Sprinal Cord Injury Information site

  Description: This site offers information and education about brain and spinal cord injuries. It also has a blog section, great videos, a weekly Q&A, and much more.

• International Brain Injury Association

  Description: Provides international leadership, advancing opportunities and successes for persons with brain injury.

• Handi-Ramp

  Description: Ramps for All Needs - Wheelchair Ramps - Material Handling Ramp Products

• Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center

  Description: The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) promotes the health and well-being of people living with a spinal cord injury, mobility impairment and paralysis by providing comprehensive information, resources and referral services.

• Caregiver.com

  Description: Today's caregiver magazine

• Brain Injury Society

  Description: General information on acquired (Includes Traumatic)
  Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of Virginia

  Description: Brain Injury Association of Virginia is the primary source of information and personal support for thousands of individuals, families and professionals living in Virginia whose lives have been touched by a life-altering, often devastating, brain injury.

• Brain Injury Association of Maryland

  Description: Home page

• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation

  Description: The Christopher Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.

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