Maryland Brain Injury Lawyer

When a life-changing brain injury occurs, you need Regan Zambri Long’s Maryland brain injury lawyers fighting to protect your rights. Victims and their families face financial burdens, emotional stress, and lifestyle adjustments following a brain injury.

At Regan Zambri Long, we are committed to guiding our clients through the personal injury claim process.  We will work together to secure the compensation you deserve. Call today for your free consultation with our experienced Maryland personal injury attorneys.

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What Is a Brain Injury?

A brain injury changes the brain’s neuronal activity, affecting the physical integrity, metabolic activity, and functional ability of the brain. Victims may experience challenges with perception, cognition, motion, and memory after a brain injury.

Acquired brain injury is an umbrella term for all brain injuries. According to the Brain Injury Association of America, there are two types of acquired brain injuries: traumatic injuries and nontraumatic injuries.

A traumatic brain injury is an alteration in brain function caused by an external force. Car accidents, falls, and other direct hits to the head cause traumatic brain injuries.

A non-traumatic brain injury is caused internally. Lack of oxygen, brain tumors, and a brain bleed can all cause a non-traumatic brain injury.

Both traumatic and non-traumatic injuries can cause life-altering consequences for the brain injury victim. Recovery can take anywhere from a few weeks to several years, when full recovery is possible.

If you or a loved one is suffering from a brain injury caused by another person’s actions, compensation is available. Call Regan Zambri Long to discuss filing your personal injury claim with an experienced Maryland brain injury attorney.

Different Types of Brain Injuries

Every head injury should be taken seriously. Prompt medical attention can make all the difference in healing from a brain injury. Many head injuries can be catastrophic, especially if not treated immediately.

Head injuries are caused by many types of accidents and fall into one of several categories.

The different types of injuries are:

  • Closed head injuries: Some injuries are nonpenetrating, meaning there is no break in the skull. A rapid back-and-forth movement of the brain causes brain tissue tears and bruising. Closed head injury includes concussions, contusions, diffuse axonal injuries, and intracranial hematomas.
  • Open head injuries: When an outside force penetrates or breaks the skull, the brain is often damaged. Bullets, shrapnel, and other weapons, as well as glass and debris from crashes, can cause open head injuries.
  • Traumatic brain injuries (TBI): A traumatic brain injury is caused by a forceful blow, bump, or jolt to the head. TBIs can be both closed-head injuries and open-head injuries.
  • Primary brain injury: When the brain is damaged directly as a result of an accident, it is a primary brain injury. For example, a car accident would likely cause a primary brain injury.
  • Secondary brain injury: Secondary brain injuries evolve over hours or days after the initial injury. Changes in the brain continue to develop and destroy the brain after the primary injury happens. For example, damage to the brain of a stroke victim may evolve rather than occur all at once.

While some brain injuries in Maryland result from genuine accidents, many are the result of negligence. When another person fails to act with regard for others around them, the victims often have grounds for a personal injury claim.

If someone else’s actions caused your injuries, call Regan Zambri Long. Our Maryland personal injury lawyers will review your brain injury case and guide you through your next steps.

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Common Brain Injury Accidents in Maryland

Any serious accident can cause a brain injury. However, several common causes often lead to Maryland personal injury lawsuits. The most common types of Maryland brain injury accidents include:

  • Slip and fall accidents: A slip and fall accident is when someone loses their footing or stumbles, causing them to fall to the ground. Slip and fall accidents are the single most common cause of brain injury. The victim’s head may strike a hard surface such as a table, countertop, or piece of furniture on the way down, causing trauma to the scalp, skull, or brain.
  • Car accidents: Car accidents are another common cause of brain injury. Accidents may involve passenger cars, pedestrians, motorcycles, and bicycles. A car accident victim may suffer skull fractures from being thrown from the vehicle or from hitting the steering wheel or other parts of the car.
  • Violence and assault: Unfortunately, another major cause of head injury is violence and physical assault. Brain injury victims may have been attacked during a robbery, rape, carjacking, or domestic violence episode. Abusive head trauma, otherwise known as shaken baby syndrome, is a severe form of child abuse that results in severe damage to the child’s brain.
  • Sports injuries: Sports-related head injuries account for 10 percent of TBIs annually in the US. Athletes often suffer direct blows to the head, face, neck, or elsewhere on the body that send an impulsive force to the head. Immediate symptoms of sports-related concussions include loss of consciousness or disorientation. Long-term effects that may take days, weeks, months, or years to present themselves, such as cognitive changes, neurological damage, memory loss, and even coma.
  • Birth injuries: Head injuries are the most common type of birth injury. In the United States, birth injuries occur in about 29 out of every 1,000 hospital births. The most common of these injuries is minor scalp injuries that leave no lasting effect. Regan Zambri Long’s medical malpractice attorneys can identify when the misuse of forceps, vacuums, and other delivery techniques causes serious injuries and permanent damage to the newborn.
  • Nursing home injuries: Elderly people (around 75 years and older) are the most susceptible to brain injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that elderly adults make up nearly one-third of TBI cases. TBIs require professional medical care, which many nursing home facilities do not provide. In the worst cases, elder abuse and neglect can cause head injuries or make them worse.
If you’ve been injured in an accident, contact Regan Zambri Long’s Maryland brain injury lawyers today. We will hold the liable parties accountable and ensure you secure maximum financial compensation.

Common Effects of Brain Injuries in Maryland

Head injuries have many different symptoms, some of which are long-term or even permanent. Common effects of brain injuries include:

  • Headaches
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Dizziness
  • Cognitive issues, including confusion and difficulty remembering things
  • Mood changes, including anxiety, depression, and irritability

Mild injuries often heal with time. More severe injuries can have lasting effects, making it hard for the victim to reclaim their pre-accident life.

If you’ve suffered a head injury from someone else’s negligence, call Regan Zambri Long today for a free case review.

How a Maryland Brain Injury Lawyer Can Help

A brain injury attorney in Maryland can help gather evidence, determine who is at fault for your brain injury, negotiate with the insurance companies, and represent you in a trial, if necessary. We will take care of your claim so you can focus on healing.

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Our Maryland TBI attorneys can help with:

Determining Fault

Any personal injury case starts with determining whose negligence led to your accident. Brain injury cases can get complicated if multiple parties share fault. Your brain injury attorney will review police reports, medical records, eyewitness testimonies, video footage, and other documentation to make sure all negligent parties are held accountable.

Maryland follows a strict contributory negligence standard, which bars anyone at fault for an accident from recovering compensation. Regan Zambri Long will make sure you are not falsely assigned any liability for your accident.

Proving Your Case

Your attorney will prove your case to the insurance company, judge, or jury. Regan Zambri Long will conduct a thorough investigation of your case, gathering evidence that proves the other party’s negligence. Our Maryland law firm does not spare any expense in our investigative work. We partner with medical advisors, accident reconstruction experts, police officers, professional witnesses, and other legal consultants to ensure your brain injury case is ready for litigation. Regan Zambri Long’s head injury lawyers will also make sure your claim is filed within Maryland’s statute of limitations.

Determining How Much Your Case is Worth

A personal injury case must provide compensation for all your Maryland personal injury damages. When another person causes you harm, you are entitled to money for all your losses, including:

  • Current and future medical bills
  • Lost wages
  • Loss of future earning capacity
  • Pain and suffering
  • Emotional anguish
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Loss of consortium

Calculating the full value of your brain injury case is challenging. Call Regan Zambri Long today to discuss how much your case may be worth.

How Much Does a Traumatic Brain Injury Cost in Maryland?

A traumatic brain injury can cost the survivor and their family thousands of dollars in initial treatment. Medical costs include hospital stays, surgeries, rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapy, around-the-clock care, and medical treatments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that initial treatment costs between $5,000 and $50,00, depending on the severity.

Often, a loved one leaves his or her job to stay home and care for the TBI victim full-time. No one can financially plan for a catastrophic accident, so when one does happen, it can send even the wealthiest families into financial distress.

Regan Zambri Long’s attorneys will ensure someone else’s negligence doesn’t ruin your financial freedom. Call today for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer in Maryland who will help you recover compensation that will offset any new medical bills from your loved one’s accident.

Call Regan Zambri Long's Maryland Brain Injury Attorneys

Regan Zambri Long has been in practice and serving the residents of Maryland for over three decades. Our brain injury lawyers have the financial backing to see all cases through until the very end, no matter the size or scope of the claim. Many smaller law firms in the Maryland area will refer their clients to Regan Zambri Long when the case is too large, and they do not have the resources to see it through.

When you partner with one of our brain injury lawyers, we will handle every single aspect of your case, from filing the paperwork to investigating the accident to negotiating with the insurance company. If a settlement cannot be reached, we’ll take your case to court.

Don’t seek justice on your own. Call Regan Zambri Long today and let our award-winning legal team fight for your family.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Maryland Brain Injuries

Who can I sue for a brain injury accident in Maryland?

Liability for a head injury depends on the facts of your accident. Liable parties could include:

  • A negligent vehicle driver
  • A property owner or business operator with unsafe premises
  • A government entity
  • A doctor, hospital, or other healthcare worker

Maryland’s statute of limitations on personal injuries is three years from the date of injury. If your claim is not filed within that time frame, you will lose the right to compensation.

Regan Zambri Long works on a contingency fee basis, meaning our legal fees are taken directly out of your settlement or verdict. If we don’t win your case, you don’t pay anything.

Every personal injury case is valued based on the severity of the injury and specific losses. Brain injuries can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Consulting with an experienced Maryland head injury attorney is the best way to understand the full value of your claim.

A referral from a trusted family member or friend is a good place to start when looking for legal counsel in Maryland. You should evaluate any potential injury law firm based on its experience and success with cases like yours, awards and recognition, and ease of communication. Utilize a free consultation to determine if a specific firm is a good fit for you.

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Have you or your loved one sustained injuries in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia? Regan Zambri Long PLLC has the best lawyers in the country to analyze your case and answer the questions you may have.

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