SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT?
Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer in Burbank
A traumatic brain injury can change who you are — your memory, your personality, your ability to work, and your relationships. These are among the most serious and most undervalued injury claims in personal injury law. Insurance companies routinely minimize TBI cases because the damage is often invisible. As your Burbank personal injury attorney, I fight to make sure the true, life-altering impact of your brain injury is fully documented and fully compensated.
LOCAL BURBANK EXPERTISE
Your Dedicated Burbank Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney
At Personal Injury 365, I represent TBI victims throughout Burbank and the greater Los Angeles area who have suffered brain injuries in car accidents, truck collisions, motorcycle crashes, slip and falls, pedestrian accidents, and other traumatic events. Brain injury cases demand a different level of preparation than standard personal injury claims. The medical evidence is complex, the long-term prognosis is uncertain, and the full scope of damages — including future care, lost earning capacity, and permanent lifestyle changes — requires careful, expert-backed documentation.
Insurance adjusters are trained to question TBI claims. They argue that symptoms are subjective, that imaging is inconclusive, or that the injury was pre-existing. I counter those arguments by building a comprehensive case with neurological experts, neuropsychologists, life care planners, and economic experts — the complete evidentiary foundation that TBI claims demand. Whether your injury is classified as mild, moderate, or severe, my goal is the same: to recover every dollar your injury will cost you over your lifetime.
How I Build TBI Cases That Win
Traumatic brain injury claims require specialized knowledge, expert testimony, and relentless advocacy. I handle every element of your case so the full impact of your injury is never minimized.
Comprehensive Neurological Documentation
A diagnosis alone is not enough. I work with neurologists, neuropsychologists, and brain imaging specialists to document the full extent of your injury — from initial CT scans and MRIs through detailed neuropsychological testing that maps cognitive and behavioral changes.
Understanding TBI Severity
Not all TBIs look alike. A “mild” TBI — including concussion — can produce lasting cognitive impairment, chronic headaches, and emotional changes that permanently affect your career and relationships. I pursue full compensation regardless of how the injury is classified on initial imaging.
Life Care Planning
For moderate and severe TBIs, future care costs can be enormous — ongoing rehabilitation, home health aides, assistive technology, and medical monitoring for decades. I retain qualified life care planners to project these costs accurately and include them in your damages claim.
Countering the “Invisible Injury” Defense
Insurance companies exploit the fact that many TBI symptoms — cognitive fog, memory loss, personality changes, depression, chronic pain — are difficult to see on imaging. I use neuropsychological evaluations and expert testimony to give the jury and insurer a complete, objective picture of what your injury has done to your life.
Lost Earning Capacity
A TBI that impairs concentration, memory, processing speed, or emotional regulation can end a career or permanently reduce earning potential. I work with vocational experts and economists to calculate the full financial impact of your reduced ability to work and earn.
Family Impact Evidence
A TBI often affects the people closest to the victim — through personality changes, loss of consortium, and the burden of caregiving placed on family members. I document this impact as part of the non-economic damages your case supports.
Fast Evidence Preservation
Evidence of what caused your TBI — dashcam footage, property maintenance records, accident reconstruction — can disappear quickly. I move within 24 hours of taking your case to preserve every piece of evidence needed to establish liability.
Direct Attorney Access
TBI cases are long and complex. You will not be shuffled between case managers. I personally handle every TBI file at Personal Injury 365 and stay in direct contact with you and your family throughout the entire process.
No Upfront Costs
You pay nothing unless I win. My contingency fee arrangement means your family faces no financial risk in pursuing a TBI claim. The resources needed to build a winning case — experts, investigators, medical records — all come from me until we recover compensation for you.
Compensation We Fight to Recover for You
A traumatic brain injury can impose lifetime costs that dwarf what’s visible in the immediate aftermath of an accident. As your Burbank personal injury lawyer, I pursue the full range of damages — present and future — that your TBI has caused and will continue to cause.
Medical Expenses
Emergency care, hospitalization, neurosurgery, ICU stays, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, prescription medications, and all future neurological care and monitoring. I document every cost and project future expenses with expert support.
Lost Wages & Income
Whether you missed months of work during recovery or can no longer perform your prior job at all, I pursue compensation for every dollar of income your TBI has taken from you — past wages and the full present value of your reduced future earning capacity.
Pain, Suffering & Loss of Life Quality
Chronic headaches, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, loss of personality, and inability to pursue the activities and relationships that defined your life before the accident. These are real, compensable losses and I fight to ensure they are valued accurately.
Future Care & Rehabilitation
Ongoing physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychiatric care, home health assistance, and potential future residential care. For serious TBIs, these costs can reach millions of dollars over a lifetime — and I make sure they are fully accounted for in your claim.
Traumatic Brain Injury FAQ
TBI cases are medically complex and often contested by insurance companies. Here are the questions I hear most often from TBI victims and their families. Call me for a free consultation on your specific situation.
No. CT scans and standard MRIs frequently fail to detect mild traumatic brain injuries and diffuse axonal injuries. The absence of visible damage on imaging does not mean your brain is uninjured — it means the damage is occurring at a cellular level that standard imaging cannot capture. Advanced imaging like MRI diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neuropsychological testing are far more effective at documenting these injuries. I work with specialists who use these tools to build an objective evidentiary record of your TBI, even when a standard CT scan looks normal.
These classifications are based on initial clinical measures — loss of consciousness duration, post-traumatic amnesia, and Glasgow Coma Scale score — not on long-term outcomes. A “mild” TBI (including concussion) can produce symptoms that last months or years and permanently affect your ability to work, concentrate, and maintain relationships. The classification does not determine the value of your claim. What determines value is the actual impact on your life — and I document that impact regardless of how your injury was initially categorized.
There is no meaningful average because TBI settlements vary enormously based on injury severity, the victim’s age and occupation, the clarity of liability, and the quality of the medical and expert evidence. Cases involving mild TBIs with full recovery settle for far less than cases involving severe injuries with permanent cognitive or physical disability. What I can tell you is that I evaluate every factor specific to your case and pursue the maximum value — not an industry average. The single biggest factor in TBI settlement value is how thoroughly the injury and its lifetime consequences are documented, which is where my preparation makes the difference.
TBI cases typically take longer than standard injury claims — often one to three years — for important reasons. The full scope of a brain injury often takes time to become clear: some symptoms stabilize or resolve, while others become permanent. Settling too early, before your medical condition has reached maximum medical improvement, risks leaving money on the table for future care you haven’t yet accounted for. I advise my TBI clients on timing and never pressure them to settle before we have a complete picture of the injury’s long-term impact.
This is one of the most common tactics insurers use against TBI victims. I counter it with objective neuropsychological testing, medical records showing no prior cognitive complaints, imaging comparisons, and expert testimony from neurologists and neuropsychologists. The key is building an objective, expert-backed evidentiary record that removes the insurer’s ability to dismiss your symptoms as subjective or pre-existing. I have handled this argument and know how to defeat it.
In California, a spouse may be able to claim loss of consortium — compensation for the loss of companionship, affection, and support caused by the victim’s TBI. In cases of severe TBI that permanently alters a victim’s personality or functioning, loss of consortium claims can be substantial. In wrongful death cases arising from fatal TBIs, surviving family members may recover funeral costs, loss of financial support, and loss of companionship. I evaluate family-member claims as part of every TBI case I take.
The most common causes of TBI in personal injury cases are motor vehicle accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare), pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, slip and falls, and assaults. In all of these cases, the same legal question applies: did another party’s negligence cause the trauma that injured your brain? Whether it was a distracted driver, a property owner who failed to maintain safe conditions, or a negligent employer, I identify the responsible party and hold them accountable.
As soon as possible. Brain injury cases are time-sensitive for several reasons: evidence of the accident can disappear within days, insurance companies begin building their defense immediately, and the statute of limitations in California is generally two years from the date of injury. More importantly, getting legal representation early means I can coordinate with your medical team from the start to ensure your treatment is documented in a way that supports your claim. Many TBI victims wait too long and lose critical evidence.
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A traumatic brain injury is not just a medical event — it is a life event. If someone else’s negligence caused your TBI, you deserve an attorney who will invest the time and resources to pursue everything you are owed. Call me today for a free, confidential case review.