At Welcome Law Firm, our traumatic brain injury lawyers in Meriden can help you pursue compensation when another person or business causes a serious head injury. Our firm has represented injured people in Connecticut since 2007, and our attorneys bring more than 40 years of combined experience to personal injury claims.
A traumatic brain injury can affect your ability to think clearly, earn an income, communicate, drive, or manage responsibilities at home. We work directly with our clients to understand those changes, investigate who caused the accident, and build a claim based on the losses you have experienced.
Contact us to discuss your options with a Meriden personal injury lawyer.
What Should You Do After a Suspected TBI?
Your first concern after a head injury should be getting appropriate medical attention. Some concussion symptoms appear immediately, while others may take hours or days to become noticeable.
When your condition allows, several steps can also help preserve information that may later be relevant to a personal injury claim:
- Seek medical evaluation and explain how the injury happened.
- Follow your providers’ treatment recommendations.
- Report the accident when a police report or incident report is appropriate.
- Save photographs and videos from the scene.
- Keep medical bills and treatment records.
- Preserve documents showing missed work or lost income.
- Keep contact information for witnesses.
- Avoid signing insurance releases before understanding what they cover.
You do not need to collect every piece of evidence yourself. Once we represent you, we can identify which records should be requested and handle communications related to the claim.
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How Our Meriden TBI Lawyers Help Clients
Our clients work with the attorneys handling their cases. We are a boutique firm, not a high-volume operation where you are passed from one person to another without knowing who is responsible for your claim.
When we represent you, we may:
- Investigate the accident.
- Determine who may be liable.
- Obtain accident and medical records.
- Document your economic losses.
- Review available insurance coverage.
- Communicate with insurance companies.
- Evaluate settlement proposals.
- File a lawsuit when appropriate.
- Prepare the case for trial when a reasonable resolution cannot be reached.
Welcome Law Firm has recovered millions for injured clients, and our trilingual team includes speakers of English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
How Brain Injury Symptoms Can Affect Your Claim
A TBI may cause physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. These effects can vary considerably from one person to another.
Symptoms may include:
- Headaches.
- Dizziness or balance problems.
- Memory difficulties.
- Problems concentrating.
- Vision changes.
- Sensitivity to light or noise.
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Sleep disturbances.
- Irritability.
- Changes in mood or behavior.
- Slurred speech or reduced coordination.
The CDC also identifies worsening headaches, repeated vomiting, seizures, increasing confusion, weakness, slurred speech, and difficulty waking as warning signs requiring immediate emergency evaluation.
Showing How a Brain Injury Changed Your Daily Life
Medical records establish an important part of a TBI claim, but they may not show every consequence of the injury. Problems with memory, concentration, fatigue, or emotional regulation often become most apparent during ordinary daily activities.
Our traumatic brain injury attorneys in Meriden may use several forms of evidence to document those changes, including:
Employment Records
Pay statements, attendance records, work restrictions, and employer documentation can show how the injury affected your ability to earn income or perform your previous job.
Treatment Records
Records from physicians, neurologists, rehabilitation providers, therapists, and other treating professionals can establish your symptoms and recovery over time.
Accounts From People Who Know You
Family members, friends, and coworkers may notice changes in your memory, behavior, communication, energy level, or independence that were not present before the accident.
Bringing these different forms of evidence together can provide a clearer picture of how the injury has affected you outside the examination room.
Who Can Be Liable for a Brain Injury in Meriden?
Liability depends on what caused the accident. A negligent driver may be responsible for a traffic collision, while a property owner or business may be liable for certain injuries caused by unsafe premises.
More than one party can sometimes bear responsibility for the same event. We investigate the circumstances rather than assuming the first insurance company identified is the only possible source of compensation.
Our investigation may include:
- Reviewing police and incident reports.
- Interviewing witnesses.
- Obtaining photographs and video.
- Reviewing property or maintenance records.
- Examining available vehicle evidence.
- Identifying applicable insurance policies.
- Determining whether additional people or businesses may share responsibility.
What If You Suffered a Brain Injury at Work?
A head injury sustained while working may be covered by Connecticut workers’ compensation benefits. Whether you also have a personal injury claim depends on who caused the accident.
Connecticut allows an injured employee to pursue a legally responsible third party in qualifying circumstances even when workers’ compensation benefits are payable.
For example, a separate claim could potentially arise if a negligent driver or another company caused your work-related injury. We can review how the accident occurred and determine which legal claims may apply.
Compensation in a Meriden Brain Injury Case
Compensation is based on the losses supported by the evidence rather than on the diagnosis alone. Two people with the same diagnosis may have very different claims if one recovers quickly and the other develops lasting limitations.
Depending on your circumstances, damages may include:
- Emergency medical expenses.
- Hospital care.
- Physician and specialist treatment.
- Rehabilitation and therapy.
- Future medical expenses.
- Lost wages.
- Reduced earning capacity.
- Pain and suffering.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Assistance with daily activities.
- Other documented accident-related losses.
Serious TBIs May Create Future Needs
Moderate and severe brain injuries can produce lasting cognitive, physical, emotional, and behavioral problems. Some people require extended rehabilitation or assistance with activities they previously handled independently.
When medical evidence supports future care or reduced earning ability, we consider those anticipated losses when evaluating what compensation should be pursued.
What Happens If You Share Some Fault for the Accident?
An insurance company may argue that your own conduct contributed to the accident. That allegation does not necessarily prevent you from recovering compensation.
Connecticut follows a modified comparative negligence system. Depending on the allocation of fault, a person who shares responsibility may still recover damages, although the amount can be reduced according to that person’s percentage of negligence.
We examine the underlying evidence before accepting an insurer’s version of how fault should be divided.
Speak With a Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney in Meriden
Welcome Law Firm provides personalized representation to people injured through negligence in Meriden and throughout Connecticut. We can investigate the accident, deal with the insurance companies, and pursue a recovery that accounts for the effects of the TBI on your health, work, and daily life.
Contact us for a free consultation with a Meriden TBI attorney. There is no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for you.
