Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries

Brevard County Personal Injury Attorneys

Traumatic Head Injuries - Brain Injury - Spinal Cord Injury

With a focus on personal injury, our law firm accepts cases involving serious and catastrophic injuries. We have been doing this work since 1963. Over the years, we have accumulated a great deal of collective knowledge related to the way injury cases are handled in the courtrooms of Florida. If you or a family member has suffered a life-altering injury such as a brain injury, contact the Florida lawyers who have the experience and knowledge to help.

Our clients come to us with a wide range of severe injuries, including brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and amputation. All of these result in major life changes.

• Spinal cord injury: When an individual suffers severe damage to the spine, there is significant risk that the spinal cord could also sustain damage. Any damage to the spinal cord can result in a permanent change to the individual's life. Many people who suffer a spinal cord injury become paralyzed and require the use of a wheelchair for the rest of their life.
• Brain injury: A brain injury impacts much more than the individual who suffers the head injury. Friends and family are also affected. While the injured individual may still look like the same person, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can dramatically change their personality, reduce their ability to communicate, and reduce their ability to control their motor skills.

In addition to working hard to obtain payment for our clients, we make sure that clients are linked to the resources they need to cope with their altered situations. Because we have been practicing in Brevard County for more than 40 years, we know what community resources are available to people with catastrophic injuries.

Recovering Compensation for a Brain or Spinal Cord Injury

To be successful with a personal injury claim involving severe brain injury, the claimant must be able to prove that the accident causing the injury was the result of negligence or misconduct, such as a drunk driving accident. Our lawyers have many years of experience identifying the negligent parties in accidents that result in serious injuries. Our law firm benefits from resources such as our in-house investigators, our nationally known network of accident reconstruction experts, and medical and economic experts. These resources, combined with our many years of experience and our willingness to go to trial, allow us to build strong and compelling cases for clients.

Our experience includes handling all types of accidents and events that lead to a traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury or other severe injury:

• Car accidents
• Truck accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Construction site accidents
• Medical malpractice

Have Confidence Knowing that Everything Will be Handled by a Professional

At our initial consultation, we let clients know what to expect during the process. We advise them about the lien that will be filed against them by local hospitals. We discuss the lien, its implication to the client and the case and a strategy for dealing with such overwhelming debts. We review their insurance coverage, making sure they understand how to use their auto insurance to pay their initial medical bills. We talk about the fastest way to get their car repaired, using their own insurance coverage, if such is available. We advise them that their insurance company can reserve funds to cover lost wages if they cannot work because of injury.

Our knowledge of details such as these can make the difference between feeling anxious about your personal injuries and mounting bills and having confidence that your attorney is doing everything possible on your behalf.

For more information about our approach to serious and catastrophic injuries, contact our Melbourne law firm, from which we serve Brevard County communities such as Titusville, Cape Canaveral, Rockledge, Cocoa and Palm Bay.