If you or someone you love recently suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) because of another party’s negligence or carelessness, or as a result of another party’s intentional wrongdoing, you may be able to file a claim for financial compensation. Yet because brain injuries can occur in many different types of accidents and situations, it is important to understand key issues in any brain injury case. Our experienced Santa Fe personal injury attorneys can assist you with your case. In the meantime, we want to say more about TBIs and different types of personal injury claims in New Mexico.
Brain Injuries Can Result in Different Types of Injury Claims
According to the Mayo Clinic, TBIs can result from many different types of accidents or other situations, from falls to motor vehicle collisions to sports injuries to intentional violence. Since traumatic brain injuries can result from so many different types of accidents and other incidents, it is critical to understand that brain injury claims can also vary. To be clear, since brain injuries occur in many different ways, these injuries can lead to many different kinds of personal injury claims. Some common examples include:
- Car accident cases: Given that motor vehicle crashes are a common source of TBIs, you may be able to file an auto insurance claim or a car accident lawsuit.
- Premises liability lawsuits: Many traumatic brain injuries result from slips and falls, as well as falls from heights. Accordingly, if you sustained a brain injury in a fall on another party’s premises where a hazard resulted in the fall, you might need to file a premises liability lawsuit.
- Sports-related concussion lawsuits: TBIs are much too common in contact sports, as well as in extreme sports. If a coach or a school district, or a university or sports league, failed to take precautions to prevent or failed to properly treat a brain injury, you may be able to file a lawsuit against the individual or institution.
- Dog bite claims: Especially in young children, dog attacks can result in traumatic brain injuries. In these scenarios, you would file a dog bite claim or lawsuit to seek financial compensation.
- Workers’ compensation claims: Traumatic brain injuries can happen on the job, and there are many different kinds of jobs in which TBIs occur. If your brain injury happened at work, you will likely need to seek compensation by filing a workers’ compensation claim.
- Product liability lawsuits: Sometimes traumatic brain injuries result from a consumer’s use of a defective product. When defective consumer products cause TBIs, the consumer will likely file a product liability case to seek compensation from the designer, manufacturer, marketer, or retailer of the product.
- Intentional tort claim: In some cases, traumatic brain injuries result from intentional acts of violence. In these cases, you would not file an injury lawsuit based on negligence or strict liability, but rather would file an intentional tort claim.
Contact a Santa Fe Brain Injury Lawyer
To determine the type of personal injury claim that is appropriate to seek compensation for your brain injury, you should seek advice from a Santa Fe brain injury attorney as soon as possible. Contact Slate Stern Law for more information about how we assist clients in New Mexico with personal injury lawsuits.