Our Michigan brain injury lawyers frequently represent individuals who suffer brain injuries due to trauma suffered in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, and other accidents.

According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, motorcycle accidents account for 20% of all traumatic brain injuries.

A traumatic brain injury can cause a serious disability and the effects can be permanent. Recognize the symptoms of a traumatic brain injury:

• Coma
• Persistent headaches or neck pain
• Difficulty remembering, paying attention, or making decisions
• Slowness in thinking, speaking, acting, or reading
• Getting lost or easily confused
• Feeling tired or lacking energy
• Mood changes
• Changes in sleeping patterns
• Light-headedness, dizziness, or loss of balance
• Nausea
• Increased sensitivity to light, sound, or distractions
• Blurred vision
• Loss of sense of smell or taste
• Ringing in the ears

Traumatic brain injury can cause a wide range of functional changes affecting thinking, sensation, language, and emotions.  The Center for Disease Control estimates nearly 5.3 million Americans suffer from a traumatic brain injury.

The Michigan car accident lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire understand that these types of injuries have a tremendous effect on an individual’s ability to lead his or her normal life.  Changes in personality affect marriages, families, and friendships.  Head injury patients are often unable to return to work and suffer a significant impairment of earnings and earning potential.  Further, head injury patients often need expensive attendant care services due to their condition.  Fortunately, Michigan No Fault benefits are available when a person suffers a traumatic brain injury due to a motor vehicle accident.

The injuries resulting from traumatic brain injuries are often permanent, and cases involving brain injuries have substantial value for both jury verdicts and settlements. This is because of the tremendous costs and expenses related to caring for a brain injured child and the loss of a child’s earnings over his or her lifetime.

There are many excellent support groups for brain injury patients in their families throughout the United States that promote treatment, prevention, and education.  Most states have strong local chapters of the national associations, including a Michigan chapter.

Individuals who sustained brain injuries and their families should contact Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. immediately to determine their legal rights.  Our office will start working on your case immediately and begin gathering the evidence to prove and win your case.

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We represent Michigan personal injury clients in Detroit, Southfield, Pontiac, Troy, Warren, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Lansing, East Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills, Rochester, Auburn Hills, Clarkston, Birmingham, Ferndale, Flint, Novi, Pontiac, Troy, Saginaw, Sterling Heights, Waterford, Wayne, Dearborn, Westland, Canton, Monroe, Ann Arbor, Mount Clemens, Livonia, Grayling, Grosse Pointe, St. Clair Shores, Brighton, Adrian, Allen Park, Clinton, Hamtramck, Northville, Garden City,  Southgate, Harrison, Holland, Inkster, Allen Park, Belleville, Jackson, Madison Heights, Mount Pleasant, Oak Park, Okemos, Plymouth, Redford, Roseville, Romulus, Taylor,  Wyandotte, Wyoming, Traverse City, Ypsilanti, Bad Axe,  Northern Michigan, as well as residents of Wayne County, Kent County, Oakland County, Macomb County, Washtenaw County, Genesee County, Huron County, St. Clair County, Monroe County, Ingham County, Saginaw County, Livingston County, Lenawee County and all other Michigan counties.

Many people think that a brain injury could never happen to them or a loved one.  But, did you know that brain injuries occur in nearly 75% of accidents that involve bodily injury?  Brain injuries are an extremely common result of motor vehicle accidents, assaults, sports injuries, slip and fall accidents, and other accidents.

If you or a loved one is ever in a serious car accident or receives some kind of blow to the head, the first thing you should do is seek medical treatment immediately.  Mild brain injuries are often difficult for lay people to detect, but left undiagnosed they can cause severe long-term problems such as headaches, memory loss, and even personality changes.  Such injuries can result in job loss, family strife, and significantly increased medical expenses later in life.

Many times, the negligence of another person causes traumatic brain injury.  When this is the case, the injured person or his or her family will usually have a claim against that person for their brain injury.  Not all lawyers are equally qualified to handle your brain injury case, and you will want to make sure your brain injury lawyer knows the technicalities of the law.  Failing to select the best lawyer could cost you benefits and reduce your chances of obtaining a favorable settlement.

When picking a brain injury lawyer, you will want to ask him or her the following questions to help you determine whether the lawyer has the knowledge and experience necessary to fight for you.

• Have you handled brain injury cases before?
• What percentage of your law practice is devoted to representing injured people?
• Do you know about different types of brain injuries?
• Do you know what long-term health problems face someone with a brain injury?
• Do you regularly represent clients against insurance company lawyers?
• What kinds of settlements and jury verdicts have you obtained in similar brain injury cases?
• Do you have a website with more information about brain injuries and the brain injury cases your law firm has handled?
• What relationships with doctors, nurses, and brain injury associations do you have?

For more information about Michigan brain injury cases, visit our law firm web site at www.BuckfireLaw.com   If you would like to speak with one of our Michigan brain injury attorneys about your case, feel free to call us anytime at (800) 606-1717 or simply submit this contact form and we will get back to you quickly.

Our Michigan brain injury lawyers have added several new articles to our online Head and Brain Injury Library.  The new content covers topics such as:

• Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms
• Child Brain Injury Symptoms
• Child Brain Injury Causes
• Concussion Symptoms
• Traumatic Brain Injury Damages

The experienced Michigan brain injury lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire will also be attending the Brain Injury Association of Michigan’s Annual Conference on September 25 and 26, 2008. 

We will have an exhibitor’s table and encourage brain injury accident victims, their families, medical providers, mental health professionals, counselors, social workers, case managers, policy makers, and other attendees to visit our table to learn more about traumatic brain injury and the legal system.   We will have resources for people with brain injuries and information for all attendees.

Click for more information on the Brain Injury Association of Michigan’s Annual Conference.  

For more information about Michigan brain injury cases, visit our law firm web site at www.BuckfireLaw.com.  If you would like to speak with one of our Michigan brain injury attorneys about your case, feel free to call us anytime at (800) 606-1717 or simply submit this contact form and we will get back to you quickly.