Seizures after Auto Accidents – Your Right to Sue

Every year, there are approximately 6 million auto accidents throughout the United States. On average, about 3 million people per year suffer injuries or disabilities associated with auto accidents. Unfortunately, car accidents are very common; they can occur practically anytime and anywhere.

A car accident can lead to a number of injuries. In general, victims of car accidents can fully recover from their injuries given the proper treatment. It is also possible for victims of car accidents to develop permanent harm. Some of the injuries that are likely to lead to permanent harm include traumatic brain injuries and head injuries. These injuries are likely to lead to the development of conditions that could cause seizures.

Did you or a member of your family start experiencing seizures after a car accident? If so, you might have grounds to pursue a claim for the harm suffered. If you are interested in learning more about your right to sue for the harm that you or a member of suffered after an auto accident, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience.

Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with many years of experience handling all sorts of injury claims, including auto accident claims. Our lawyers have pursued claims arising from all sorts of injuries resulting from auto accidents (including head injuries and brain injuries). You can trust that our lawyers are ready to provide you with the representation that you need to sue and reach a successful claim outcome.

Auto Accidents, Head Injuries, and Seizures

Without a doubt, car accidents can result in head and brain injuries. Some of the possible injuries that victims could suffer during car accidents include the following:

• Skull fractures
• Penetrating injuries to the skull/brain
• Subdural hemorrhage or epidural hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain)
• Open head injury
• Blunt head trauma
• Shearing, tearing, or stretching of brain fibers

These injuries could all lead to the victim developing a condition that could cause seizures. More specifically, these injuries could lead to traumatic epilepsy or traumatic seizure disorder.

Victims of brain injuries could suffer posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) or posttraumatic seizures (PTS). How are these conditions different? PTE is a recurrent seizure disorder stemming from injuries to the brain. On the contrary, PTS consists of seizures that occur after a brain injury (immediate PTS, early PTS, or late PTS). PTS is associated with single seizures; affected individuals never have additional seizures after the initial seizure.

Posttraumatic epilepsy is associated with a different type of seizures – generalized seizures and partial seizures. General seizures (or grand mal seizures) occur when the seizure begins in one area of the brain and spreads to other areas. These seizures are typically associated with violent convulsions (shaking). Although most general seizures are associated with convulsions, it is possible for affected individuals do not display any convulsions; rather, they can display signs of being dazed, staring into space, or disconnected from reality during the seizure.

Partial seizures, on the contrary, occur only when a small portion of the brain is affected (that is, it does not spread to other areas of the brain). During partial seizures, affected parties could be either conscious or unconscious; they could experience altered senses (especially of smell or taste), uncontrollable outbursts of crying, or feelings of fear. Additionally, partial seizures can be associated with hearing strange sounds (noises or voices), numbness/tingling, sleepwalking, or bed-wetting, for example. Partial seizures are never associated with convulsions.
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Can You Sue?

You can sue for any harm resulting from a car accident – even if the harm is not apparent immediately after the incident. In other words, you could sue if you or a member of your family developed posttraumatic epilepsy after a car accident. To establish your right to sue, you will need to prove that the accident occurred as a result of the negligence of a party or entity. To prove negligence, the following four elements must be present:

• Duty of care – drivers on the road (as well as other entities) owe you a duty of care. They have the duty to exercise care and diligence to prevent harm to others.
• Breach of duty – drivers (and other entities) can breach their duty of care, putting innocent drivers at risk of suffering harm.
• Cause – the breached duty of care (which typically consists of reckless driving) can cause an auto accident.
• Harm – the accident directly leads to the harm that the victim suffered.

If all the elements of negligence are present, the victim could sue. If you are interested in learning more about your right to sue for the seizure disorder that you or a member of your family developed after a car accident, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience. Our lawyers are ready to provide you with the guidance that you need to sue.

Prepare to File Your Claim

If you or a member of your family were left suffering from seizures after a car accident, you might have grounds to pursue a claim against the party liable for the accident. There are a number of things that you should do to prepare to take legal action immediately after the incident.

Consider some of the following recommendations:

• Take photos of all visible injuries resulting from the incident
• Take photos of the scene of the crash
• Take photos of the damage to the vehicles
• Collect the information of the parties involved in the accident
• Collect insurance information of all parties involved
• File an incident report with the appropriate authorities
• Speak to witnesses and collect their contact information
• Seek medical attention for all injuries resulting from the accident (as soon as you begin experiencing seizures, seek additional medical care; ensure that you are clear about your prior head injury)
• Gather all relevant medical records (including both records of the injuries suffered immediately and those that developed as a result of those injuries)
• Gather records associated with all lost income
• Gather records of property damage
• Seek the expertise of an auto accident lawyer as soon as possible

What Could You Recover?

If you follow the steps listed above and file your claim for the seizure disorder that you or a member of your family developed after an auto accident, you could be eligible to recover monetary compensation. What could you receive? Based on the details surrounding your seizure brain injury auto accident claim, you could recover compensation for some of the following:

• Medical expenses
• Lost earnings
• Pain and suffering
• Funeral and burial costs
• Loss of consortium
• Property damages
• Punitive damages
• Legal expenses

The compensation that you could be eligible to recover will always be based on the details surrounding your claim; therefore, you should seek legal expertise immediately to learn more about the potential value of your claim. The experts at our firm are ready to aggressively fight for your right to recover the highest amount of compensation available for your claim. Whether our lawyers have to negotiate a settlement or take your claim to trial, you can trust that our experts will not rest until you and your entire family are rightfully compensated.

File Your Claim On Time

All claims are subject to a statute of limitations. A statute of limitations determines the total length of time that claimants have to pursue their claims; if claimants fail to file their claims within the appropriate length of time, they could lose their right to sue. How long do you have to file your claim against the party liable for the auto accident that ultimately led to your seizure disorder? In California, claimants typically have two years to pursue auto accident claims; however, it is possible for exceptions to apply (which could toll/pause the applicable deadline). To ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the total length of time that you have to pursue your claim, contact the experts at our firm today.

Contact Normandie Law Firm

At Normandie Law Firm, our lawyers have a thorough understanding of the many conditions and afflictions that could develop as a result of car accident injuries; therefore, our personal injury lawyers are dedicated to providing you and your family with the guidance and representation necessary to take legal action against the party or entity liable for the harm suffered. Would you like to discuss your claim with our auto accident lawyers? If so, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance from the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience.

At our firm, we offer free legal services to facilitate things for claimants who are already struggling after incidents. Our firm offers free consultations as well as free second opinions; during these free legal services, our lawyers will be available to provide you with all the information that you need to reach a successful claim outcome. Our experts will answer all your questions and address all your concerns. Are you interested in benefiting from our free legal services? If so, do not hesitate to contact us and schedule a free consultation or a free second opinion.

Normandie Law Firm offers a Zero-Fee guarantee; therefore, our clients will not be required to pay upfront legal fees for our legal services. In addition, our firm is based on a strict contingency structure; this means that our clients will not be required to pay anything until after reaching a successful claim outcome (in other words, you will not pay if you do not win).

Would you like to discuss your claim with the experts at our firm? If so, contact us today.

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