Do You Need A Head & Brain Injury Lawyer in Ohio?

Head and brain injuries can have lasting effects that range from serious to devastating. Leeseberg Tuttle attorneys regularly work together with top expert witnesses in traumatic head and brain injuries to ensure that your case has the best chance of success with a jury.

If you or a loved one has suffered trauma to the brain, the long-term consequences can be devastating. Each brain injury lawyer at our firm knows that head injuries may initially seemed insignificant, but they can become much worse over time. This can result in significant personality changes, mobility issues and even death.

People who have suffered head and brain injuries may have short- or long-term memory loss as well as effects on sensory functions that can lead to the inability to care for themselves. Another negative effect of brain injuries is the potential change in a victim’s personality, including mood swings and lack of emotional control, which can lead to potential long-term substance abuse issues.

While the extent of a brain injury may seem subjective, you should trust a seasoned personal injury attorney to determine the impact on someone’s life. A panel of jurors may not recognize that the significant personality changes or memory loss are directly due to the head injury. To ensure that your case has the best chance of success with a jury, we regularly work with the top expert witnesses available. Along with professional expert witnesses, we also use friends, family members and co-workers to help convey to jurors the personality changes the head trauma survivor has endured and how their life has changed because of the injury.

Answers To Common Questions About Traumatic Brain Injuries

If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic brain injury due to another person’s negligence, you likely have numerous questions about the injury itself and your legal options. Below, we’ve included answers to some of the more common TBI questions we receive for your review. Then, feel free to contact a brain injury lawyer at our firm for answers to your own questions.

What are common causes of brain injury that result in litigation?

There is a wide variety of accident scenarios that result in traumatic brain injury, and many could be litigated if they were caused by the negligence of another party. Some of the most common TBI lawsuits our attorneys see are related to brain injuries stemming from:

• Falls (slip-and-fall accidents and trip-and-fall accidents)
• Motor vehicle accidents (cars, trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicyclists, etc.)
• Assaults (these can result in criminal charges as well as a civil lawsuit)
• Falling or flying objects
• Certain types of sports injuries (contact sports in which coaches failed to take reasonable measures to protect players against brain injury)

What determines how much my case is worth?

Every personal injury lawsuit is different, and the potential amount of damages (compensation) available depends on the details of the accident and its consequences. If you were to sue someone for causing your TBI, the total damages would include costs such as:

• Medical bills and rehabilitation (past, present and future)
• Costs of long-term care
• Lost wages due to time away from work
• Reduced earning capacity due to permanent disability
• Costs of household modifications to accommodate living with a TBI
• Pain and suffering

Estimates for these figures will depend on the severity of the brain injury. But even a moderate TBI case will likely warrant a settlement or jury award of six figures (hundreds of thousands of dollars). Severe TBI settlements can be more than a million dollars.

How do I prove a TBI and show how severe it is?

Medical science has come a long way in understanding and diagnosing traumatic brain injuries using tests like CT scans and MRI scans. But because the extent of brain injuries won’t be fully visible on these tests, it is often necessary to seek the opinion of medical professionals who are brain injury experts. This is critical not only for therapeutic and treatment purposes, but also for purposes of pursuing compensation.

Do I need a brain injury lawyer to help? Can I just file an insurance claim?

Insurance companies are interested in their own bottom line, and they maximize profits by settling claims for as little money possible. Your insurance company may make a speedy settlement offer, but it will likely be far less than you need to cover expenses and far less than your case is worth. When you work with our firm, we won’t hesitate to fight with insurance companies and any other liable parties to maximize your compensation.

Contact Us For Skilled Support

At Leeseberg Tuttle, we take pride in fighting for our clients to get the compensation that they deserve when dealing with head and brain trauma accidents. Contact us today at 855-445-6266 and speak to one of our law firm’s partners about your case.