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Experienced Brain Injury Lawyer Makes Difference

I have a friend (she doesn't want me to use her name; she's very private) who was involved in a car-truck accident a while back. A semi changed lanes quickly in front of her on the interstate, clipping her car and sending her spinning into a retaining wall.

She hit her head at some point during the crash and she thinks she briefly lost conciousness. Her main injury, so she thought, were the torn ligaments in her ankle.

However, she started having trouble sleeping and her mood swings were more severe than the usual PMS. She would forget if she had fed her cats, where she left her house keys, her mobile phone number, simple everyday things.

She was finally diagnosed with a "mild" brain injury, if there really is such a thing. The trucking company's insurance company was balking at covering her medical bills and several of us convinced her to hire a lawyer. The truck driver was clearly at fault and was even cited by the state police.

The problem was we all live in a fairly small town and didn't know any lawyers--so we went online to find one. What an ordeal; there's billions (not really, but it seems so) of lawyers claiming to be qualified.

We finally found one for her, who turned out to be the most experienced brain injury lawyers. Like most lawyer sites they have a contact form which she dutifully filled in (we had to help her some)and submitted. By the next morning, they called, got some more info, didn't charge anything up front, and were very professional.

Within three weeks, they had the insurance company paying for all her medical bills, found a qualified doctor who made the right diagnosis. She is expecting to have a final settlement very soon.

This just proves that if you find the right lawyer who has the experience and resources to pursue your case, in this instance brain injury, it can save a lot of time and misery.

Now that she's getting the help she needs, maybe I, and the rest of her friends, won't have to carry her house keys or feed her cats (I'm a dog person). We're really glad she's on the road to getting her life back in order.

posted by nattietodd @ 8:13 AM