The trauma of a brain injury can be very difficult to handle. Between the medical bills, loss of income, loss of function, and emotional damage, the effects can be far reaching, and it can feel like nothing could make the situation better. Having a Toronto brain injury lawyer on your side can definitely help, though. An experienced lawyer will be able to assess your case, tell you what rights you have and what is owed you, and then work hard to get the best result for you. It is important to contact us quickly as a brain injury can lead to needing long term disability law as well.
Take the Hassle out of Insurance Claims
The number one reason to hire a brain injury lawyer is because of how simple and quick they make the claims process for you. Trying to get money from your insurance company can feel excruciating at times. It can be a very slow and painful process where you are constantly battling the insurance company over compensation and what your rights are as the injured party. The insurance companies may try to take advantage of you and bully you, but it is a lot harder for them to do that when you have a legal advocate on your side.
An experienced brain jury lawyer knows what the law requires of insurance companies and knows how to build a case using the available evidence to ensure that you get your payout. If you try to deal with the insurance company on your own, you can spend a long time going back and forth over whether they need to pay you and how much they should pay you. You may even have trouble establishing who is at fault.
The lawyer can take care of all that for you and can even assess your situation and your documents to determine if you have a case and if you are due any reparations. The lawyer will be able to give you a fair assessment of your odds of winning the case or procuring a settlement. Your lawyer will help you at every step of the process, ensuring you know what is required of you and making things as simple and hassle free as possible for you.
How to Know if you have Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury
In order to establish traumatic brain injury, one or more of the following must be proven:
- Confusion or disorientation
- Amnesia related to the time of injury
- A Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13 or higher
- Neuropsychological or neurological symptoms
A lawyer may consult with your doctor to procure evidence of these and other symptoms to strengthen your case and ensure that you are receiving adequate compensation for your injuries.
When to Hire a Brain Injury Lawyer
You might be unsure if your situation requires a lawyer or not. You should have some understanding of whether it is necessary to file a claim and defend your case. In order to have a case that a traumatic brain injury lawyer would represent, you would need to have suffered a trauma due to someone else’s negligence, whether that is an individual or a company.
The lawyer will have to prove a few specifics in order for your claim to be successful:
- Duty of Care – The lawyer must prove that the individual who caused you injury was required by the law to exercise a level of care to ensure that no harm befell you. This could apply to a doctor, mechanic, or someone else who had your safety in their hands.
- Damages – The injury has to have caused some sort of tangible damage, whether that is mental, physical, economical or other.
- Causation – The lawyer must prove that the negligence caused the injury and must be able to document a link between the action (or inaction) of one party and the injury caused to another.
- Breach of Duty – Negligence can be proved if it is documented that the duty of care was breached. With a doctor, for example, negligence could occur if they performed their duty in a method that would be unacceptable to the standards of the medical community.
If your lawyer can establish these as fact, then your case should be a relatively simple one. The lawyer will know what the courts are looking for and what the law requires in order to prove each of these and will be able to investigate to find the proper documentation to back up each claim. If you are considering hiring a lawyer, you may ask them to look at your documentation and see if they can use that information to establish these different facets of the case. They may be able to tell you very quickly as to whether you have a case and whether you need to hire them to represent you or not.
Can We Represent You?
Our team of legal experts specialize in specific types of lawsuits relating to the following kinds of accidents:
- Auto Accidents – Car, truck and motorcycle accidents all fall into our area of expertise, and these cases typically involve a motor vehicle crash where the defendant did not operate their vehicle in a safe and responsible manner. Vehicle crashes are the main cause of hospitalizations due to brain injuries for people between the ages of 15 and 44.
- Medical Malpractice – If a doctor, hospital or other healthcare provider fails to perform their job properly and safely, in accordance with accepted medical practices, they can be liable for injury caused to the patient. If this results in a traumatic brain injury, our legal team will be able to represent you.
- On-the-Job Accidents – If a brain injury is caused by an at-work accident, then the employer may be responsible for compensating the employee for medical bills, loss of income and other expenses.
If there was a third party involved in causing the injuries, then addition compensation may be available. Your legal team will work hard to ensure that you receive fair compensation and that all injury and loss are considered when filing a claim and attempting to reach a settlement.
Contact us today to find out how we can help you deal with a brain injury. Our expert legal team will be happy to answer your questions, provide you with an estimate and find a solution to help you get the payout you are entitled to.