Texas Brain injury

Brain injury and head injury accidents can be the most traumatic of all injuries to suffer. In fact, brain injury and head injury accidents are very likely to result in the victim's total and permanent disability. Brain injuries often lead to death in many cases. If you or someone you care for has suffered a brain injury or head injury, contact the lawyers at O'Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath. They specialize in brain injury cases.

You may not realize it, but brain injury accidents and head injury accidents are very common. In fact, over one and a half million people in America will suffer a brain injury this year. On top of that, over 46,000 people will die as a result of a brain injury. Moreover, over seventy thousand people will be permanently disabled as a result of a brain injury.

The frequency of brain injury accidents is too high. Brain injuries can come in many forms. Some of the more common types of brain injuries include the following:

• Contusion - it's basically a big bruise inside the brain

• Concussion - it happens when the brain hits the inside of the skull

• Shaken Baby Syndrome - The infant's fragile brain and spinal cord are injured when a malevolent care taker violently slams the baby in the air.

Not only is the absolute number of brain injury and head injury accidents enormous, they can befall anyone. Anyone may suffer a brain injury. Age, income, or race plays no part. If you have suffered a brain injury because of the negligent acts or omissions of someone else, contact O'Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath immediately.