Brain Damage Changed Your Life. We Will Help You Move Forward.
Brain damage can occur in car wrecks, bus accidents, truck crashes, recreation accidents, during childbirth or even from seemingly moderate head impacts from a blow or a fall.
The San Francisco law firm of Baum & Blake offers a wealth of experience representing clients who have suffered a brain injury in an accident. Attorneys David Baum and Martin Blake comprehend the lifelong impact a head injury will have. We obtain results through meticulous investigation, thorough case analysis and persistent negotiation and trial skills.
Symptoms of a Brain Injury
While symptoms will vary depending on the severity of the brain damage, common symptoms of a brain injury include:
- Loss of concentration
- Memory loss
- Speech or hearing impediments
- Personality changes, mood swings or irritability
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Dizziness
Recognizing that ANY form of Brain Trauma Affects Your Life
With a traumatic brain injury (TBI), such as a serious closed head injury or a skull fracture, the injured person may suffer temporary or permanent loss of intellectual capacity, short-term or long-term memory loss, and changes in their ability to speak, read, hear or perform complex reasoning. They may also undergo significant changes in personality and temperament, such as becoming withdrawn or hostile.
Even a mild concussion can have significant effects. A person may become irritable or forgetful, have difficulty concentrating or have short-term memory loss. The damaging effects can be subtle, hardly noticeable to anyone but those closest to the injured person.
Post-Concussion Syndrome: Individuals who have suffered a mild head injury may have symptoms of post-concussion syndrome for months or years to come. They may experience headaches, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, depression, poor memory and concentration, sleep disorders, blurred vision, nausea and ringing in the ears.
If you or a loved one has sustained a brain injury:
We work with top medical, neurological and psychiatric specialists, both in the U.S. and abroad, to prove the nature, extent and consequences of a brain injury. We often recommend sophisticated medical and psychological testing to support our cases and to assist our clients' prospects for rehabilitation.
We have handled many head injury cases, achieving many excellent results for clients with all levels of brain injury and impairment. We invite you to review some select cases below and in our newsletter, the Baum & Blake Report.
Please contact the office of Baum & Blake for a free initial consultation with a David Baum or Martin Blake, respected personal injury attorneys.
Case Example:
Client: 39-year-old mother and lawyer
Accident: Struck on the head by arm of parking gate
Injury: Minor head injury causing permanent cranial nerve damage and cognitive disability
Challenge: What initially appeared to be a minor head injury became a severely disabling condition
Creative Response: A world medical literature search revealed two similar cases that were sufficient to establish a medical connection between the blow and disability
Outcome: Settlement before trial for $4.75 million
Lawyer: Martin Blake
Case Example:
Client: 28-year-old woman
Accident: Bus accident.
Injury: Though she was assumed to have a whiplash injury, two years after her accident, the client was discovered to have a rare, congenital brain condition triggered by the accident that required brain surgery.
Challenge: The bus company denied responsibility and disputed the injury.
Creative Response: Our medical experts proved at trial that the accident was responsible for igniting her dormant condition.
Outcome: Unanimous trial verdict for plaintiff
Lawyer: David Baum
