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Every day our law firm works on New Mexico
brain injury cases. These cases generally
result from serious New Mexico auto accidents.
Across the United States, over 5.5 million
people deal with the aftermath of traumatic
brain injury. Because of these numbers,
many experts consider Traumatic Brain
Injury as a "silent epidemic."
What is a TBI? Any injury to the human
head can be serious. However, Traumatic
Brain Injury ("TBI") happens
when there is permanent, life-altering
harm or death. TBI occurs in a variety
of circumstances, including:
- car accidents
- bicycle accidents
- slip-and-fall accidents
- motorcycle accidents (particularly
where there is no helmet)
- truck accidents
- rough shaking of an infant (shaken
baby syndrome)
- negligent vaginal deliveries
- fights, assaults, muggings
- school activities (sporting event
injuries, gym or track accidents)
Any sudden hard blow to the head can
result in a TBI. Many TBIs are fatal.
Other TBI victims can be unconscious,
or comatose, for many weeks, months, or
even years. TBI victims may live indefinitely
on mechanical life support, and many others
face life with permanent mental or physical
disabilities. It is common for families
to deal with adapting to a TBI victim
whose personality is distinctly different
as a result of the injury, in addition
to the victim's other physical changes.
TBIs can be open or closed. "Open
TBIs" involve a skull fracture: here,
there is actual opening in the skull.
"Closed TBIs" are not head fractures.
They are caused by tumors, breathing toxic
chemicals, and are seen all too often
in babies born from vaginal deliveries.
Closed TBIs are considered even more dangerous
because of their subtlety: fatal blood
clots can silently form in a closed TBI,
for example.
If you or a loved one has suffered a
brain injury, the law may provide for
legal remedies to help your family deal
with the financial impact. Recovery can
include medical expenses, long-term medical
care and rehabilitation costs, lost wages,
pain and suffering, and other related
expenses.
Please feel free to contact Keller &
Keller for a free, initial legal consultation.
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