Georgia Brain Injury Settlement

What You Can Expect

Recovering from a brain injury is not only painful and emotional, it is costly. In addition to expenses for medical care immediately following your accident or other traumatic event, you’ll incur expenses for medicine, rehabilitation and therapy, medical equipment, personal assistance, and special transportation. Some of these expenses may be needed for a short time while you recover, others may be permanent. The Law Offices of Anastopoulo & Clore, LLC in Georgia explain lawsuit settlements for brain injuries.

Brain injury accidents often involve an individual or company that has been negligent in some regard and will be held responsible for your injury. In most cases, those individuals or companies have carried insurance to cover them in the event of an unfortunate accident like yours. Your brain injury attorney will guide you in the best approach for seeking a brain injury accident settlement.

Georgia brain injury cases aren’t always easy to resolve because the nature of the victim’s injuries are hidden. Skilled head injury lawyers have developed numerous methods to appropriately document their clients’ injuries including accident simulations, video scenarios, and journals. These tools are useful in lawsuit presentations and negotiations.

As the number of brain injury lawsuits have grown over the years, many of them are now being settled before a lawsuit becomes necessary. Attorneys with experience in handling brain injury cases are increasingly able to present their clients’ cases and reach settlements that are not only fair, but timely. By reaching a settlement that is mutually-beneficial to all parties, brain injury victims are able to reduce their daily stress, access the rehabilitation and medical services they need, and get back to the business of healing.

Depending on the circumstances of their brain injury cases, many Georgians have received settlements or awards ranging from just under a million dollars to several million dollars. According to the December 2008 edition of Georgia Trial Reporter, the average Georgia verdict and settlement for closed head injury to a child was $219,903. The amount of your settlement will depend on the extent of your injuries, how skillfully your attorney presents the details of your injuries, your age, and your capacity to work. Settlement amounts also will take into consideration the cost of your medications and medical equipment and your long-term ability to care for yourself.

To support the settlement amount being requested, your Georgia brain injury attorney may develop a summary of brain injury damages using a chart that outlines the impact of your injury during the remaining segments of your life and associating a cost per day with each of those stages. This approach gives the insurance company or defendant in your case a visible demonstration of how the settlement amount being requested was reached.

Pursuing a brain injury lawsuit requires extensive preparation and the guidance of an experienced head injury attorney. The brain injury attorneys at the Georgia law firm of Anastopoulo & Clore, LLC are available for a complimentary consultation by calling (866) 377-3093, or use our convenient web form.