{"id":132,"date":"2016-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-in-personal-injury-litigation\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:04","slug":"seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-in-personal-injury-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/seeking-damages-for-brain-injury-in-personal-injury-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking damages for brain injury in personal injury litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time, we spoke briefly about the potentially severe long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury. As we noted, brain injury can cause major changes in a victim\u2019s life, impacting everything from work to family to recreation. Seeking appropriate damages<\/a> for these losses is a critical aspect of personal injury litigation, and an experienced attorney will be able to increase a victim\u2019s chances of maximizing his or her damages award.<\/p>\n

The damages that may be available in brain injury cases fall into several general categories. One of these is compensatory damages, which encompasses things like medical costs, lost wages or income, and other damages that can be readily monetized. Another important category of damages in brain injury cases is non-economic damages. This includes damages that cannot be readily monetized, such as pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of independence, and other such losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As important as economic damages are in brain injury cases\u2014and medical bills can be significant and ongoing\u2014noneconomic damages can be particularly important to help ensure a brain injury victim is adequately compensated. This is especially true in cases where the victim may not have had a very significant income.<\/p>\n

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Last time, we spoke briefly about the potentially severe long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury. As we noted, brain injury can cause major changes in a victim\u2019s life, impacting everything from work to family to recreation. 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