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This article by Portsmouth, VA bike injury lawyers features some of the most important bicycle laws in Portsmouth and throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Our VA 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.

Brain injury cases are among the most difficult to win because insurance claims adjusters and civil trial jurors cannot see many of the disabling effects of a TBI.

While many people know that brain injuries can be caused by car accidents or falls, fewer people know that you can suffer brain damage from a near-drowning accident. Because being submerged in water for more than a minute or two can cause a lack of oxygen to the brain, which can lead to long-term consequences.

Slamming into a car, truck or the pavement headfirst will do significant damage to a motorcyclist’s brain even if the person wears a helmet.