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Wrongful Death Cases and Brain Injury

You and your family may be victims to a wrongful death due to a truck, motorcycle, car or pedestrian accident. Many of these accidents result in serious brain injury where death is inevitable. You have probably found yourselves in an emotional and financially difficult situation and need legal assistance. Cases involving wrongful death require an experienced Wrongful death lawyer to help guide you through all the trials and tribulations of the law where wrongful death is concerned. Your Wrongful death lawyer will:

• Closely investigate the cause of the death of your loved one.

• Can negotiate with the insurance companies.

• If negotiations are not reasonable with the insurance companies, then the Wrongful death lawyer can bring your case to trial and present before a jury what the magnitude of your losses are.

• Bring your claim to court within a timely and efficient manner.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often occurs with accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles and pedestrians. The very delicate brain tissue can easy be bruised, skull bone fractured and blood vessels broken. With severe brain trauma, the accident victim may be pronounced dead on the site. Others will be sent to the emergency room by way of the paramedics for immediate attention. There are a number of hemorrhage forms that warrant immediate diagnosing that include:

• General brain hemorrhages – These are known as cerebral or intracranial bleeding that occurs from damaged blood vessels leaking blood into brain tissue. This type of hemorrhage can develop immediately upon impact or can develop hours to days later.

• Infarction – This is the medical term for stroke and occurs when an artery becomes compressed by swelling of surround tissue that has been bruised from the accident. An infarction prevents blood flow to areas of the brain down the way. This prevents oxygen and nutrients from getting to neurons which can cause neuronal cell death within 2 to 4 minutes. Neurons require oxygen at all times. Most traumatic brain injuries damage the posterior cerebral artery that provides blood/oxygen to the occipital lobe (vision cortex) and temporal lobes (language cortex). Needless to say, the behavior deficits will involve vision and language dysfunction.

• Hematomas – A hematoma is a pocket or localized collection of blood usually in liquid form within a tissue in this case the brain. There are 3 general types of hematomas known as subdural, epidural and subarachnoid. A subdural hematoma is a blood pocket that is outside the brain just beneath the outer connective tissue covering of the brain known as the dura mater. If it is excessive, the blood pocket may have to be removed surgically to relieve pressure on the brain. A subdural hematoma often involves a large vein. An epidural hematoma is a blood pocket on the surface of the dura mater and usually involves an artery that is leaking. You need immediate surgery to remove an epidural hematoma as the increase in brain pressure may cause death quickly. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding found in another connective tissue covering the brain below the dura and refers to a small amount of bleeding that spreads thinly over the surface of the brain proper and generally is not as serious as a subdura or epidura pocket.

Although hemorrhages can occur immediately they don't always. Bleeding complications can occur months after the initial injury. There are other areas of the brain known as the ventricles which are reservoirs of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) that can build up pressure. CSF is constantly made by the brain and reabsorbed into the bloodstream. Traumatic brain injury can disrupt this process. If too much CSF builds up, pressure builds up generating what is called hydrocephalus (water on the brain). This pressure increase causes the brain to function abnormally. Consider the fact that the brain is inclosed by the cranium which is bone so there is no extra room for fluids to accumulate inside. The soft tissue of the brain will become distorted and squashed under increases in pressure whether by CSF fluid or bleeding.


If you have a loved one who has died after a motorcycle, car or truck accident, you may be entitled to bring legal action for wrongful death against individual(s) that are responsible. The personal injury lawyers at Chester Law Group of Ohio are Wrongful death lawyers who can help you with a wrongful death settlement. Your Wrongful death lawyer can guide you through the necessary steps to get the compensation you deserve. Call the wrongful death attorneys at the Chester Law Group today to get the help you want from people that you can trust at (800) 218-4243 or visit their website at www.ChesterLaw.com.

--Susan Ardizzoni Ph.D.

In his new consumer handbook, The Insider's Guide to Handling Ohio Accident Claims, author and Ohio personal injury lawyer David M. Chester gives consumers a rare look at the injury claim process in Ohio. From his position as an experienced "insider,” Attorney Chester explains in simple, easy to understand language, what consumers must know to protect themselves while walking in the mine field of dealing with insurance companies.

Contact us today for a FREE, NO OBLIGATION consultation about your personal injury legal needs.

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