San Diego car accident head injury victims often benefit from legal consultation.

California – September 27, 2021

A 16-year-old driver was badly hurt in a single-vehicle crash in Miramar Ranch North. The boy lost control of the 2006 Toyota Camry he was driving in the 11500 block of Scripps Ranch Boulevard about 6:30 a.m. Paramedics took the driver to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries and a 25-year-old man who had been riding with him suffered minor injuries in the crash. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting in hospitalization. Auto accident attorneys can answer questions regarding options surrounding compensation for injuries, related expenses, and property replacement after an San Diego car accident results in a head injury.

Traumatic brain injury may require long term rehabilitation and expensive medical care that may go beyond a driver’s insurance policy coverages. Families may have to make major life changes including the cessation of employment to care for injured accident victims. San Diego lawyers can help victims navigate their way through insurance claims for costly head injuries resulting from a car accident.

Accident-related TBI.

Car accidents where victims experience a blow to the head, penetration of a foreign object, and/or severe whiplash may result in TBI. Individuals can recover from traumatic brain injuries with specialized care, but they may experience residual deficiencies that lead to the inability to continue with previous employment, or activities of daily living. When brain injuries are not treated in a timely fashion there may be an increased risk of long term brain damage, so it is important for accident victims to seek medical screening shortly after a car accident. A San Diego personal injury attorney may be instrumental in seeking comprehensive damages to address life changes after a traumatic brain injury.

Damages valuation.

California personal injury attorneys can communicate with insurance carriers, and initiate civil action when it is necessary.

A person with a mild TBI, or a concussion may feel better in a few weeks, or months and be relieved of all symptoms. Most often, a person with mild TBI can recover at home following a medical check.
A person with moderate, or severe TBI may have life-long effects from the injury and should seek the ongoing care of a health care professional to support their recovery.

Hire a lawyer.

An accident attorney can guide victims and explain economic and non-economic damage valuation based on financial losses, quality of life issues, and impacts to household expenses, medical expenses, long term care and pain and suffering. California Civil Code 3294 allows a jury to award punitive damages in a personal injury case, but the plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s conduct was found to be reckless, intentional, egregious, and harmful, resulting in the physical injury, or wrongful death of a person. Talk to an experienced attorney at Jeffrey E. Estes Law Firm to determine if your case warrants legal action, or if there is a way for attorneys to work with insurance companies toward a comprehensive offer to cover all damages.

Jeffrey E. Estes & Associates, a Professional Law Corporation

501 West Broadway, Suite 1650

San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: 619-233-8021

Fax: 619-233-3730

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