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 Brain
Injuries come in many forms - all of which are serious.
An open head injury
is a visible assault to the head and may result from
a gunshot wound, an accident or an object going through
the skull into the brain. This type of head injury is
more likely to damage a specific area of the brain.
A closed head injury
means the damage has not punctured the skull. Due to
impact, twisting and rebounding, the traumatically brain-injured
patient usually receives damage or bruising to many
parts of the brain. This is called diffuse damage. There
may be a period of unconsciousness immediately following
the trauma, which may last minutes, weeks or months.
Coma is a brain injury
that results in prolonged unconsciousness.
So-called mild brain injury
may occur with no loss of consciousness and possibly
only a dazed feeling or confused state lasting a short
time. Although medical care administered may be minimal,
persons with brain injury without coma may experience
symptoms and impairments similar to those suffered by
the survivor of a coma injury.
One statutory definition of "brain injury" is: Any
injury to the brain regardless of age at onset, whether
mechanical or infectious in origin including brain trauma,
brain damage and traumatic head injury, the results
of which are expected to continue indefinitely, which
constitutes a substantial handicap to the individual,
and which directly results in any one or more of the
following: attention
impairment, cognition impairment, language impairment,
memory impairment, conduct disorder, motor disorder,
and any other neurological dysfunction.
Brain Injury cases are a special category unto themselves,
and require a brain injury lawyer well experienced in
this area of the law. Colorado Attorney Geoff Gempeler
has personally tried and won complicated brain injury
cases.
 If
you or someone you know has suffered a brain injury,
Gempeler Trial Lawyers can help. Please call our brain
injury attorneys for a
to determine if you might have a claim, or send us an
instant e-mail and we
will respond within 24 hours.
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