Los Angeles Blunt Force Head Trauma Lawyers
Blunt force trauma is a type of personal injury to the head. Typical causes of blunt force trauma to someone's head includes hands, feet, parts of a car, a truck, or when you are hit and hit the pavement, street or sidewalk. When someone suffers a blunt force trauma in a Los Angeles accident, they may suffer from broken bones, bruising, contusions or lacerations.
A closed head injury from a blunt force head trauma accident creates intense damage at the point of impact. While this injury is most severe in this localized area, there is also general less severe injuries around the area of the blunt force injury. Injuries to the head may also be more severe because the frontal or temporal lobes of your brain, which control speech and language, may also be injured as the brain hits various parts of the skull.
Some of the most common issues which may arise from people who have suffered blunt force head trauma injuries in Los Angeles include:
- change or lack of ability to smell;
- coordination problems;
- difficulties communicating;
- loss of memory;
- cognitive skills degradation;
- trouble balancing;
- trouble swallowing; and
- trouble walking.
Have you suffered a blunt force head trauma? Please contact our Los Angeles brain injury lawyers today at 800-715-4489. |