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Brain injuries develop from traumatic along with non-traumatic causes. An Expert lawyer, for the period of his practice, can represent clients who suffered brain injury by either of the two causes. A lot of clients when they see their attorney for the first time have a lot of doubts about brain injury lawsuit and here are some answers to those questions:

1. What is the most usual cause of traumatic brain injury?

Motor vehicle accidents are the reason for most of this type of cases, followed closely by head injuries due to falls and sports related injury. In cases of car accidents, it is common to sustain a direct trauma to the brain, when the head strikes such as a steering wheel. Even though the impact may not cause a fracture to the skill the force of incident can cause bruising of the brain, referred to as a contusion or internal bleeding (hemorrhage). Professional lawyers who handle car accident cases in their every day practice have seen the devastating effects of injury on their clients, sustained in vehicular accidents, particularly if the collision was with a large vehicle such as bus or truck; the client was thrown through a windshield, or struck to the ground from his motorcycle. In such cases having protective equipment such as helmets, air bags, wearing seat belts may not only prevent the person from being seriously injured, but may also save his life.

2. What is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral Palsy is a serious injury usually caused during labor and delivery due to some sort of trauma to the brain. Unfortunately, many cerebral palsy cases are caused by medical malpractice, which likely came about during the birthing process through the negligent acts or omissions of the obstetrician or members of the hospital staff. Below are some ways the infant may sustain a brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy due to physician's negligence:

a. Failure to execute a timely and indicated c-section b. Failure to timely relieve umbilical cord pressure c. Forceful usage of vacuum or forceps to take the baby out d. Overprescribing of Pitocin, drug which is used to induce labor

A Professional lawyer has experience in recognizing signs and symptoms of fetal distress and by reviewing the medical records documenting infant's birth can evaluate if the physician didn't take some necessary step to ensure a safe birth of a child.

3. What are some non-traumatic ways a brain injury can be experienced?

In the field of personal injury two most usual causes a Professional lawyer litigates are carbon monoxide poisoning and lead poisoning. Both are examples of how a non-traumatic brain injury can happen and both, unfortunately, involve injuries to young children. The common defendant in this type of brain injury lawsuit will be a landlord, who neglected to properly maintain, inspect and timely repair the premises where the child lived with his family. Many of these cases occur in poorer neighborhoods or in neighborhoods with large immigrant population, where landlords, in order to maximize their profits, fail to keep the property up to the acceptable standards, causing it to fall into disrepair. It can occur when a young child eats the peeling paint off the wall or the faulty heater emits carbon monoxide, poisoning the apartment's inhabitants.

A Specialist lawyer can help the family understand their rights of recovery against the building owner, as well as sue for medical and hospital expenses necessitated by the injury to their child.