Gilbert Concussion Lawyers

Do I Have a Claim?

 When you bring a civil claim on the basis of being seriously hurt and suffering a concussion, you must be able to show that your injuries are due to someone else being negligent or careless.

You have to have someone to bring your claim against. If you crashed your own car into a pole when there was no one around to blame, you would not be able to bring a claim. If you were crashed into while waiting at a red light because of a drunk driver, then that drunk driver would be the person against whom you bring your claim.

We seek to find a liable party in your case so that we know where your compensatory damages are going to be coming from. By identifying a liable party, we are then determining that you are entitled to damages.

If you are able to identify a liable party who caused the accident, then you are going to be looking to the liable party’s insurance company for financial relief in the form of compensation.

Essentially, if you suspect that your accident in which you sustained a concussion or head injury was caused by someone else, you likely have a claim.

In order to be completely confident in whether or not you are entitled to bring a claim, you should reach out to our Gilbert concussion lawyers right away to have them look over the details of your case and give you a definitive answer during your free consultation.

What Do Compensatory Damages Cover?

 When we seek damages for your claim, we are aiming to get full and fair compensation. You may be wondering what makes a compensation award full and fair. Here is a breakdown of how compensation works:

If you suffered a concussion and are looking for justice in the form of compensation, you will be receiving two categories of compensatory damages: non-economic and economic damages.

Non-economic damages are your pain and suffering damages. It covers all the ways your life was impacted. Examples of that would be mental anguish, anxiety, depression, trouble focusing, headaches, vision problems, and decrease in quality of life. We know putting a value on these ways you have been injured can be subjective but we push to get you the results that you deserve. We don’t let the insurance company short you.

Economic damages are a bit easier to calculate because they lie in the physical and tangible ways you have lost money based on this injury. Our Gilbert concussion lawyers will calculate all of your damages past and future, including your lost wages, medical bills, travel costs to receive treatment, property damage (such as a totaled vehicle), etc. and push the insurance company to come up with the compensation award that matches this value.

Don’t Wreck Your Claim

 Before you speak to anyone in the insurance company who represents the liable party, you need to reach out to our Gilbert concussion lawyers to get invaluable, free injury advice. We strongly urge you not to take a call from the liable party’s insurance company so that you don’t end up losing out on justice.

They will ask you to give them a recorded statement. You should never agree to do this without having first spoken to an attorney.

They can back you into a corner with their questions and make you say things that will devalue your claim. We hate seeing people lose out on justice because they didn’t come to us first. Call us right away.

Common Symptoms of a Concussion

Here are the most common symptoms of concussion caused by car, truck, and motorcycle accidents:

In order to confirm concussions, guide treatment (and often to obtain policy limits from insurance companies for our clients), we also utilize VNG testing. VNG testing for concussions is now recognized as a way to confirm whether a patient has suffered a concussion or not.

For instance, the American Journal of Sports Medicine reported: “Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening allows clinicians to be 90 percent accurate in identifying patients with a concussion.”

We had a recent client and case where our client was tested with VNG testing by a board-certified neurologist. This test confirmed a mild concussion. Even though our client only had $7,000 of total medical bills, which normally might have produced an insurance offer of $20,000 max, a major insurance company known for being very stingy and hardnosed, contacted our law firm and offered voluntarily to pay the entire policy limit of $100,000! That’s why we make sure VNG testing is available to our clients who suffer headaches or dizziness from concussions following motor vehicle collisions.

In Need of Relief Right Away?

We’ll get you more money in your pocket, even after our legal fees are accounted for, than you would by dealing with the insurance company directly yourself. Here’s how:

We get you the top medical care and refer you to doctors who are experienced in medical-legal cases. Your family doctor and the vast majority of doctors are not familiar with medical-legal terminology and procedures.

We make sure that all of your injuries are properly documented and treated so that you get better faster, and we get the maximum compensation for you! This often involves high-tech medical treatment which is often not even known to most primary care doctors.

We’ll get you MORE money for pain and suffering!

The statistics show that people who hire an attorney get 3.5 times more money!

How You Can Benefit from Getting Advice from Our Gilbert Concussion Lawyers

Ever since the NFL concussion lawsuit, there is more public awareness about concussions. It’s common for collisions to produce mild concussions, but this is generally ignored by many emergency room physicians and by a majority of treating physicians. If you are suffering from severe persistent headaches which don’t respond well to over-the-counter medication, we will make sure that you, as our client, get evaluated by specialists who order the latest brain scans.

The Latest Brain Scans Known to Specialists Include: DTI, SWI and NeuroQuant for Concussions and Brain Injury

These latest brain scans include DTI (Diffuse Tensor Imaging), SWI (Susceptibility Weighted Imaging), and the very latest, FDA approved NeuroQuant (aka Quantitative Volumetric Analysis) The NeuroQuant is a statistically driven exam which actually measures the decrease in volume of the injured part of the brain. The NeuroQuant is much more accurate than any radiologist’s eyes. The NeuroQuant is completely objective— it can’t be faked. The NeuroQuant is many times more effective at persuading insurance adjustors about the seriousness of our clients’ concussions and traumatic brain injuries than a doctor’s notes or a neuropsychologist’s evaluation.

For example, we had a client who was a schoolteacher and had memory problems after a car crash. We made sure that she had a brain scan shortly after her accident, which showed a traumatic brain injury. The insurance adjustor a year later doubted that she was still having memory problems so our client’s doctor ordered a follow-up NeuroQuant. That follow-up brain scan showed that the injured part of her brain had lost 10% of its volume in one year’s time, which was very serious. The insurance company promptly doubled their offer and settled the case.

Scott Richardson’s Expertise Directly Benefits Our Clients

Scott, along with medical experts, has done presentations to physicians about these latest brain scans. Surprisingly, the vast majority of non-specialist physicians are completely unaware of most of these high-tech scans, especially the NeuroQuant and BrainScope. Not surprisingly, many personal injury attorneys are not familiar with them, either.

Reach out to us immediately because we can find out in 24-72 hours if you have a concussion or brain injury after you have been involved in a car, truck, or motorcycle accident.

Call Our Gilbert Concussion Lawyers Right Away

 If you have been seriously hurt in an auto accident and have suffered a concussion, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us right away. Our Gilbert concussion lawyers are here to help guide you every step of the way so you can get justice as fast as possible. Reach out right away if you are looking for strong and dependable representation. You deserve someone fighting tirelessly for your rights by your side.

Call today to get started.