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From medical errors during the birth process to bicycle crashes without a helmet, playground accidents, car crashes, or serious sports injuries, children are vulnerable to serious brain injuries that permanently alter your baby lives.
What Causes Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children?
The first thing that most people think of as the cause of a child's severe brain injury is a blow to the head. However, children can suffer a serious brain injury because of tumors, infection, poisoning, breathing toxic fumes, or birth injuries such as lack of oxygen or blood flow to the brain which can occur as a result of negligence in the delivery.
Traumatic Brain Injuries to Children Permanently Injure the Brain before It's Fully Developed
Brain injuries in young children are especially catastrophic, because their brains are still in the process of developing. The human brain does not fully develop in a child until around 14 years old. While most brain growth happens by the age of 2, the brain will take five distinct steps in completely developing, and even as late as age 13, the child's frontal lobes will still be growing.
Accordingly, the younger the child, the higher the likelihood that the traumatic brain injury will result in severe harm and the need for permanent, lifetime care. Pediatric brain injuries often translate into severely impaired cognitive function. Those who are lucky enough to survive a traumatic brain injury may still suffer from devastating consequences as they must live with limited memory, concentration, physical, and behavioral skills.
What Happens to a Child With a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Sadly, many infants do not survive the brain injuries that they suffer during birth. For children who do survive a severe brain injury, costly special medical care may be required around the clock for the rest of their life.
What remedies are there for parents whose child has suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Legal actions can be taken by the parents of a child who suffers from a traumatic brain injury, but an experienced personal injury attorney will be needed to evaluate their case. Our attorneys at Diez-Arguelles & Tejedor are experienced in reviewing prenatal, delivery, and newborn medical records and are prepared to tell you if your little ones injuries could have been prevented and whether you may be entitled to a money award or cash settlement.
At Diez-Arguelles & Tejedor we have successfully prevailed in recovering money to brain damaged children and their families so that their future and life time medical needs are met. There is a legal deadline for filing these lawsuits, so if you think your child may have been injured as a result of negligence call our office toll free at 1-888-888-3773 for a FREE case evaluation.
With proper documentation and expert support, parents can sue those responsible for their child's brain injury and potentially obtain monetary damages that can serve to cover the long term costs of medical treatment and care that their child will need. Additional monetary damages may be available for their own personal losses, as well.
If your child has suffered a traumatic brain injury or died as a result of the wrongful act of another there is a legal deadline for filing these lawsuits, so call NOW toll free 1-888-888-3773. The consultation and call are FREE.