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Brain Injuries

When a doctor's mistake or a nurse's incompetence or simple inattention allows a treatable medical condition to result in permanent brain damage, the Brain Injury Attorneys at Miller Weisbrod Olesky, Attorneys At Law are here to fight for full financial recovery for the victims and their families. Based in Dallas, we serve clients throughout Texas and nationwide.

Types Of Brain Injuries

Head injuries for referenced in three types - Mild, Moderate and Severe. These can have multiple symptoms in common.

Mild Brain Injury

• Concussion resulting in changes to your mental status
• Loss of consciousness from 0 to a maximum of 30 minutes
• Confusion, dizziness, fatigue, memory loss, mood changes and headaches
• Medical exams and tests (MRI & CAT Scans) may not show damage

Moderate Brain Injury

• Concussions and Mild symptoms will be present. These issues will last longer and get worse overtime
• Loss of consciousness from 15 minutes to 5 hours
• Same symptoms of mild injury but worse
• Medical exams and brain scans will be used reveal brain tissue damage

Severe Brain Injury

• Loss of consciousness for more than 5 hours
• Obvious swelling of head
• Results in permanent neuro-biological damage
• Results in a permanent lessening of cognitive abilities and sensory functions
• Medical exams MRIs & CAT scans will necessary to assess extent of and area of damage

We Are Here to Fight for Maximum Recovery

Our experienced attorneys offer legal advice and dedicated representation in brain injury cases. We have a strong history of proven results and large recoveries for motor vehicle accident victims and those who have suffered brain injury due to medical negligence, such as:

• Anesthesia malpractice, either through overdose of medication, drug interaction caused by administration of contraindicated medications, or failure to monitor patient condition during or after anesthesia
• Hypoxic injury to the brain caused by delayed diagnosis of stroke and failure to treat in a timely fashion
• Misdiagnosis of metabolic imbalances that can cause brain injury
• Esophageal embolism caused by improper intubation, cutting off blood supply to the brain
• Failure to properly diagnose and treat a severe concussion, closed head injury, cerebral hemorrhage, contrecoup injury or other traumatic brain injury (TBI). This includes sports related brain injuries
• Drug interaction caused by administration of contraindicated medications
• Failure to diagnose and treat deep vein thrombosis(DVT) resulting in blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolism) or brain (stroke)

Contact Miller Weisbrod Olesky

All brain injuries are serious. If you suffer lasting impairment or a loved one's life has been forever altered by a brain injury caused by another's negligence, we invite you to contact our offices today at (888) 987-0005.

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