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Brain Injury | Boulder Brain Injury | Traumatic Brain Injury | TBI | Brain Injury Lawyer

The number one cause of head injury and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Boulder, Colorado, is motor vehicle accidents, including car wrecks, truck crashes, and motorcycle wipe outs.  With a population exceeding 100,160, Boulder residents drive thousands of miles every day over state highways. When there are lots of people on the highways at the same time driving to work or to Boulder’s nearby colleges including University of Colorado at Boulder, Franklin Field, or Naropa University, there is a high likelihood of the types of automobile accidents that cause head injury and TBI.

In Boulder County and the surrounding counties of Larimer, Weld, Broomfield, Jefferson, Gilpin and Grand, the most common driver mistakes involve speeding, distracted driving, changing lanes, and driving drunk or high.  If you or a loved one sustains a brain injury in an accident on the Boulder highways, or as a result of a construction accident, slip and fall, medical malpractice, blast or explosion, or other serious accident, you will need an experienced Boulder brain injury lawyer to help you recover the compensation you deserve.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The human brain is far more complex than any computer ever will be.  It is the center of thought, learning, speech, creativity, spirituality, emotions, behavior, joy, sorrow, movement, and it controls all five senses. For these reasons, any injury to the brain is especially serious.

Boulder Brain Injury Attorneys are experienced at handling all types of brain injury cases and brain trauma cases. Contact one of the experienced Boulder personal injury lawyers on this site for help diagnosing your brain injury claim and in seeking monetary compensation for your injuries.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is usually broken down into three classifications:

  1. Severe
  2. Moderate
  3. Mild

Moderate to severe brain injury can cause coma, persistent vegetative state, and death.  Even mild brain injuries may cause short or long term impairment, disability, and inability to function or work. Other consequences of mild, moderate, and severe TBI are depression, increased risk of suicide, divorce, violence, chronic unemployment, economic strain, and drug or alcohol abuse.

Traumatic Brain Injury Attorneys — Understanding, Compassionate & Knowledgeable

An experienced Boulder brain injury attorney has the working knowledge to get the right doctors to evaluate and treat your traumatic brain injuries. TBI can be the result of a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, slip & falls, construction accidents, work accidents, trip & falls, lack of oxygen during surgeries, drowning events, complications at birth, shaken baby syndrome, whiplash, or exposure to blasts, explosions, or toxic or hazardous chemicals like lead, mercury, or manganese. Unfortunately, brain tissue is so tender that almost any serious event can damage it and cause life-long effects. Boulder brain injury lawyers are experienced and sensitive to your situation, and can help guide you and your family to achieve the best possible legal outcome following a traumatic brain injury.

Main Classifications of Brain Injury: Open Head Injury & Closed Head Injury

An open head injury happens when an object fractures or passes through the hard bones of the skull and enters the brain tissue. A closed head injury can result when the head hits an object; is violently shaken (shaken baby syndrome), or when there is no impact to the head at all but the brain moves rapidly forward and backward inside the skull (whiplash, coup-contrecoup injury). In a closed head injury, no object must penetrate the skull or cause a skull fracture to damage the brain tissue. Open head injuries are generally obvious and much easier to diagnose than closed head injuries, particularly mild ones. Please see our page about diagnosing brain injuries for more information.

Chronic Pain and Brain Atrophy

People who do not have a direct injury to the brain in the beginning, but instead, have been diagnosed with chronic pain or chronic pain syndrome for at least six (6) months, which could be caused by an illness, a serious car accident, or some other serious accident, may develop brain atrophy. Brain atrophy is a shrinking of the brain's gray matter of up to eleven (11) percent. Atrophy can be shown on an MRA (Magnetic Resonance Angiography) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Atrophy from chronic pain is a new area of brain science, and a Boulder personal injury lawyer will have information for clients who have experienced chronic pain for more than six (6) months. In years past, the science did not assist a Boulder personal injury attorney in proving that a work-related back injury could lead to brain changes; today, however, the science is there to support such a claim, but without a knowledgeable Boulder brain injury attorney, it would be nearly impossible to prove this yourself.

Head Injury & TBI Physical Results

Concussion Contusion Hematoma Disability
Post-Concussive Syndrome Diffuse Axonal Injury Coma - Vegetative State Death

 

Why Should You Retain a Boulder Brain Injury Lawyer?

Boulder brain injury claims are complex and demanding, no matter whether the injury is mild or severe. The medical issues are complicated and require personal injury attorneys to have extensive knowledge, specifically in traumatic brain injury litigation. An experienced Boulder personal injury lawyer who has handled brain injury victims' cases in the past knows how to discover whether or not you may have a brain injury from your accident. He/she will ask if you are experiencing headaches, loss of memory, dizziness, confusion, and other symptoms indicative of brain injury or brain damage. Please see our brain injury symptoms page for a complete list of symptoms.

A Boulder Brain Injury Lawyer Can Help You Now

A Boulder brain trauma attorney's responsibility is to assist in finding competent personnel to diagnose and treat your traumatic brain injury. Thorough investigation and documentation of your life before your traumatic brain injury are critical to convince an insurance adjuster, judge, or jury that your traumatic brain injury and the effect it has had on your life are real. A Boulder brain injury lawyer can overcome many defenses and arguments to TBI raised by a defense team, which will try to deny you adequate compensation for your brain injury.

What Can I Try to Recover as Damages in Court for Traumatic Brain Injury?

Talk to a Boulder brain injury lawyer about getting the compensation you deserve for your traumatic brain injury (TBI) or other brain damage caused by a head injury, car accident, work related accident, dangerous drug, or medical malpractice.

When someone else is at fault for your brain injury from an accident or medical malpractice caused by negligence or breach of a standard of care, a Boulder brain injury lawyer is ready to help you recover past and future medical treatment and rehabilitation costs, lost wages and lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, mental anguish damages, and, where appropriate, punitive damages. A Boulder brain injury lawyer may also assist a brain injury victim's family recover for the effect their loved one's brain injury has had on them. Ask a Boulder brain injury lawyer if you qualify to receive compensation for mental anguish caused by witnessing the accident as a bystander or if you have suffered your own loss of the victim's companionship, consortium, services, love, and affection.

Boulder Brain Injury Lawyers File in Boulder County

It is important to hire a qualified Boulder brain injury lawyer who knows personal injury negligence and medical malpractice laws. Filing your lawsuit in the proper venue, such as the Boulder County District Court is important because it is these courts that carry that award high compensation. An example of District Court in Boulder County is:

Boulder County District Court
1777 Sixth Street
Boulder, CO 80306
(303) 441-3750 

View a complete list of courts that serve Boulder and Boulder County.
 

Joint Commission Accredited Home Health Care Providers

Victims of traumatic brain injury often require care at home. These Boulder area home health care providers have been accredited by The Joint Commission: 

Family Home Health LLC
1790 30th Street, Suite 304
Boulder, CO 80301
(720) 274-5974		 Boulder Community Hospital
1100 Balsam Avenue
Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 440-2240

See additional accredited home health care providers on the Open Head Injury page.

Brain Injury Lawyers and Brain Trauma Attorneys Serve Boulder and Surrounding Cities

Serving clients throughout Central Colorado, including Applewood, Arvada, Aurora, Berkley, Black Forest, Boulder, Brighton, Broomfield, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Columbine, Commerce City, Denver, Derby, Englewood, Fort Collins, Greeley, Highlands Ranch, Ken Caryl, Lafayette, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland, Northglenn, Parker, Sherrelwood, Superior, Thornton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge, areas in the vicinity of Denver International Airport, UP-Denver, and other communities in Boulder County.

If you have suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Greater Boulder area, Boulder County, or a surrounding area, you could be entitled to compensation, whether the cause was negligence or breach of a standard of care. Act now and hire a qualified Boulder brain injury lawyer to represent you!