Chicago Brain Injury Attorneys
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Claims & Lawsuits
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) always has the potential to cause life-changing and permanent consequences that affect not just the victim but also their families. At Hilliard Law, Chicago’s trusted catastrophic injury law firm, we acknowledge just how many hardships a brain injury can cause you, so we fully dedicate our team and resources to each brain injury case we accept. When you’re already dealing with the aftermath of a brain injury, let us deal with the legal processes needed to pursue compensation from the party that caused your accident and injury. We’ll treat your case like it was our own, and as always, we’ll act with the Texas tenacity that first propelled our law firm into our nationwide reputation.
Speak with our Chicago trial lawyers about your brain injury claim or lawsuit. Dial (312) 535-7883 and ask for a FREE case consultation.
How Do Brain Injuries Happen?
If you suffered a brain injury in an accident, you might be able to file an injury claim against the person or party that caused that accident. To know if you can, it is important to understand the circumstances that led to your accident. Specifically, our Chicago TBI attorneys will need to know how your brain injury happened, so we can see if liability could be assigned to another party.
Different accidents and incidents that commonly cause brain injuries include:
- Car accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Truck accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Slip-and-fall accidents
- Near-drowning accidents
- Sports-related incidents
- Medical malpractice
- Violent crimes
Common Types of Brain Injuries
Brain injuries can take many different forms under medical definitions, such as:
- Concussions
- Contusions or hemorrhages
- Penetrating brain injuries
- Diffuse axonal injuries (DAIs)
- Coup-contrecoup injuries
- Oxygen-deprivation injuries
While brain injuries can take many different forms, it is important that all types can be serious. Even a “mild traumatic brain injury” or mTBI requires emergency medical attention, even though it has “mild” in its classification. If you suspect you or a loved one suffered a brain injury, please seek medical care immediately or call 911.
Where Are Brain Injuries Treated in Chicago?
Medical centers and hospitals in Chicago that are equipped to treat brain injuries include:
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital:
- Address: 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
- Phone: 312-926-2000
- Hours: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (visiting)
- University of Illinois Hospital:
- Address: 4636 S Bishop Street, Chicago, IL 60609
- Phone: 773-523-2615
- Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (most days, Wednesdays may vary); closed Sundays
- Mount Sinai Hospital:
- Address: 1500 S Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608
- Phone: 773-542-2000
- Hours: Open 24 hours (emergency department)
Long-Term Symptoms of TBIs
Most traumatic brain injuries have the potential to cause not just immediately dangerous symptoms but also long-term effects that last well after emergency treatments and hospitalization ends. When working on a TBI claim, our attorneys can work with medical experts to understand the long-term symptoms that might affect our client. In doing so, we get a better idea of how their life will change due to the accident, and what that might do to the type and amount of compensation we seek for them.
Depending on the brain injury you have suffered, you may experience any of these long-term effects:
- Memory issues
- Speech impediments
- Difficulty with reading and writing
- Loss of motor skills
- Balance issues
- Epilepsy or seizures
- Chronic fatigue and pain
- Mood swings
- Depression and anxiety
- Worsened acuity of the five senses
- Hours: Open 24 hours (emergency department)
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