THE LAW OFFICES OF BART L. MEHLHOP
Sacramento Workers Compensation Lawyer | Sacramento Work Injury Attorney

Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
Car accidents are a leading cause of head and brain injuries, however, head and brain injuries can occur from any form of impact and the symptoms may not develop immediately. Brain injury can occur when the head has been impacted, usually by striking an object such as a windshield, or by blunt force. Sometimes, the brain undergoes a sudden acceleration/deceleration movement (as in a whiplash injury) without any direct external trauma to the head. Many brain injuries are the result of bruising, bleeding, twisting, or tearing of brain tissue. Damage to the brain may occur at the time of the accident or develop over time as tissues swell and bleed within the head.

In the United States alone, over 1,000,000 people suffer from head injuries each year. Head impact injuries, especially "traumatic brain injuries," can leave the victim in varying states of debilitation. While blunt trauma to the skull is the most common cause of traumatic brain injury, prolonged lack of oxygen, or the "anoxic brain injury," also can have severe and life threatening consequences. With traumatic brain injury, the victim's brain may swell, bruise, and tear, while anoxic brain injury causes the brain cells to die from a lack of oxygen. Traumatic brain injury is more common than anoxic brain injury, but both injuries have similar consequences and treatments.

Handling traumatic brain injury cases not only requires legal expertise, but require the proper medical treatment. We have significant experience dealing with traumatic brain injury cases and the medical providers in Northern California who are the most appropriate in dealing with these types of injuries. Our firm has significant experience dealing with settlements involving brain injuries and obtaining accurate estimates of future medical care. This can include not only the medical treatment required by the injured worker, but also home health care, personal attendant care, bookkeeping services, transportation, yard/home cleaning, etc.

If you were injured at work and you need the assistance of a certified workers' compensation attorney, call Bart L. Mehlhop at (916) 930-9675 for a free workers’ compensation case evaluation.

Our office is conveniently located in downtown Sacramento in the historic Fruit Building.