A brain injury is frightening and often debilitating. If you've suffered a brain injury as the result of someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation. However, the full extent of a brain injury is often not known immediately. Symptoms you may not relate to brain injury, like nausea, irritability and depression may be signs of a brain injury.
If you've sustained injuries in a car accident, an accident at work, or on someone else's property, the insurance company will likely try to steer you toward settling your claim quickly. The company may actively discourage you from seeking advice from a brain injury lawyer.
The insurance company may suggest that it's in your best interests to settle the case quickly so that you can get your medical bills paid and "get on with your life." However, if you've sustained a brain injury, you may not even know at that stage the full extent of your injuries or what medical care and/or rehabilitation might be required. It's in the insurance company's best interests to get the case settled before you have that information. If you later find out that your brain injury has caused lasting symptoms or that additional medical treatment is required, you will almost certainly be barred from seeking compensation from the insurance company if you've already entered into an agreement.
A brain injury lawyer will know how insurance companies handle personal injury claims, and will be interested in protecting your rights, not lining the pockets of the insurance company.
Civil lawsuits have received a lot of negative press over the past few years, but the truth is that if you've suffered a brain injury, there will be expenses. In addition to medical care, rehabilitation expenses, lost income, medications, the possible need for household help and transportation, some cases involve property damage as well. For instance, if you sustained a brain injury in an automobile accident, there was probably significant damage to your vehicle as well.
The unfortunate fact is that someone has to pay those expenses, and our civil justice system was created to insure that the party who caused your injuries bears those costs. More likely than not, the person or company who caused your personal injury has been paying insurance premiums for years in case of an event just like this one. The insurance company has been collecting those premiums and making profits, and in return has promised to cover the expenses if something like your injury should occur.
It may be that a brain injury lawyer can negotiate with the insurance company and get a fair settlement for you-a settlement that covers all of your losses and expenses and "makes you whole again". That's what our civil justice system is intended to do. If you have to file a lawsuit, there will only be one reason for that: the insurance company, corporation or individual involved refuses to honor its responsibilities. That's not your fault, and you shouldn't feel guilty about wanting to be compensated fairly for your injuries and losses.
Protect your rights! If you have suffered a severe injury, you may want to seek out the help of a personal injury lawyer.
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