Chicago traumatic brain injury lawyers

Most head and brain injuries result from car accidents. Traumatic brain injury can occur when the head has been impacted, usually by striking an object such as a windshield. Sometimes, the brain undergoes a sudden acceleration and deceleration movement without any direct external trauma to the head. Many brain injuries are the result of bruising, tearing, bleeding, or twisting of brain tissue. Damage to the brain may occur at the time of the accident or it may develop over time as the tissues swell and bleed within the head.

In the United States alone, more than one million people suffer from head injuries each year, including many such injuries in Chicago and across the state of Illinois. Head impact injuries, especially traumatic brain injuries, can leave the victim debilitated. While sudden, blunt trauma to the skull is the most common cause of traumatic brain injury, prolonged lack of oxygen, or anoxic brain injury, can also have life threatening consequences. With traumatic brain injury, the victim's brain may swell, tear and bruise, while anoxic brain injury causes the brain cells to die from lack of oxygen. Although traumatic brain injury is more common than anoxic brain injury, both injuries are very serious and have similar consequences.

We advance all costs in our traumatic brain injury cases and seek no attorney fees unless we are able to obtain a recovery on your behalf.

To ensure that we receive the maximum financial compensation for our traumatic brain injury clients, and to properly prepare for our cases, our attorneys work closely with specialists and injury experts who are knowledgeable about severe traumatic brain injuries. The lawyers of Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates may also consult with life care planners and with economists to provide an accurate and thorough cost data analysis about the possible impact of a client's injuries on their particular future. Other times, our attorneys may also consult with psychiatrists or psychologists to determine the likely emotional impact and the associated expenses that a traumatic brain injury may have on a client's life.