Memory & Concentration
A TBI can interfere with short-term memory, attention, processing speed, organization, multitasking, and the ability to complete familiar tasks.
Dallas–Fort Worth Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney
A brain injury can change
the person behind the diagnosis.
Traumatic brain injuries can affect memory, concentration, judgment, communication, behavior, emotional regulation, physical function, employment, relationships, and independence.
The Piri Law Firm represents people with serious brain injuries across Dallas–Fort Worth and North Texas. A TBI claim should address how the injury occurred, what the medical evidence shows, how symptoms developed, and what the injury may mean for the client's future.
CauseDetermine how the brain injury occurred
DiagnosisDevelop the medical record
SymptomsDocument cognitive and functional change
FutureEvaluate long-term consequences
North TexasDallas · Fort Worth
Direct Answer
What is a traumatic brain injury?
A traumatic brain injury is an injury affecting brain function caused by an external force, such as a blow, impact, rapid acceleration or deceleration, penetration, or other trauma. The effects can range from temporary symptoms to severe and permanent cognitive, behavioral, emotional, sensory, or physical impairment.
Brain Injury Effects
The most important evidence is not always visible on the outside.
A person can look physically recovered while continuing to experience significant cognitive, emotional, sensory, or functional problems. Brain injury claims therefore require attention to the full medical history and to changes observed in work, relationships, daily activities, and independent functioning.
Behavior & Personality
Family members may observe changes in judgment, impulse control, irritability, emotional regulation, motivation, or personality following a significant brain injury.
Speech & Communication
Some brain injuries affect speech, language processing, word retrieval, comprehension, or the ability to communicate as effectively as before.
Physical & Sensory Effects
Headaches, dizziness, balance problems, fatigue, weakness, sleep disturbances, visual changes, sensitivity to light or sound, and other symptoms may accompany brain trauma.
Employment Consequences
Cognitive or physical limitations can affect job performance, reliability, productivity, career progression, and the ability to return to the same occupation.
Loss of Independence
Severe brain injuries can create needs for supervision, assistance, rehabilitation, transportation, home support, and other long-term changes.
The Medical Record
A brain injury case must connect the trauma to the changes that followed.
The medical record may include emergency treatment, neurological evaluations, diagnostic imaging, neuropsychological testing, rehabilitation, therapy, medication history, and other evidence. Equally important can be the documented difference between how the person functioned before the injury and how that person functions afterward.
01Emergency and hospital records
02CT, MRI, and other diagnostic evidence
03Neurological and neuropsychological evaluations
04Rehabilitation and therapy records
05Evidence of cognitive and functional changes
Building The TBI Case
Document the injury—and the life before and after it.
A traumatic brain injury case can require more than proving an accident occurred. The claim should connect the event to the medical diagnosis and then develop evidence showing the injury's practical effect on the client's life and future.
Establish the traumatic event.
Preserve accident evidence and determine how the force or mechanism of injury occurred and who may be legally responsible.
Develop the medical evidence.
Gather treatment records, diagnostic testing, specialist evaluations, rehabilitation records, and other documentation relevant to the brain injury.
Document functional change.
Develop evidence concerning memory, concentration, behavior, communication, physical function, work performance, relationships, and daily activities.
Evaluate the future.
Consider prognosis, continuing treatment, rehabilitation, work limitations, care needs, diminished independence, and other long-term consequences supported by the evidence.
Brain Injury Damages
The consequences may extend far beyond the hospital stay.
Depending on the evidence and applicable Texas law, a traumatic brain injury claim may involve qualifying medical expenses, future treatment costs, lost earnings, reduced earning capacity, physical pain, mental anguish, physical impairment, and other legally recoverable losses.
When the injury produces permanent cognitive or functional limitations, the damages analysis may also require careful consideration of long-term rehabilitation, support needs, employment consequences, and the effect on the injured person's independence and quality of life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Texas traumatic brain injury questions.
Can you have a traumatic brain injury without losing consciousness?
Yes. Loss of consciousness is not required for every traumatic brain injury. The medical evaluation depends on the mechanism of injury, symptoms, examination, testing, and other clinical evidence.
Can a brain injury occur in a car accident without a direct blow to the head?
Brain trauma can result from rapid acceleration and deceleration or other forces affecting the head and brain. Whether a particular accident caused a brain injury requires medical evaluation based on the specific facts.
What evidence is important in a TBI claim?
Evidence can include accident documentation, emergency records, neurological evaluations, diagnostic imaging, neuropsychological testing, therapy and rehabilitation records, employment records, and testimony from people familiar with the injured person's functioning before and after the injury.
What if my CT or MRI does not show the full extent of my symptoms?
The significance of imaging must be evaluated by qualified medical professionals. A brain injury assessment can involve the clinical history, symptoms, examinations, cognitive testing, specialist evaluations, and other evidence in addition to imaging.
Can family members help document changes after a brain injury?
People who knew the injured person before and after the accident may have relevant information concerning changes in memory, personality, behavior, communication, independence, work ability, and daily functioning.
How long do I have to file a brain injury lawsuit in Texas?
Texas generally applies a two-year limitations period to many personal injury claims, subject to exceptions and circumstances that can change the deadline. The applicable deadline should be evaluated for the specific claim rather than assumed.
Confidential Consultation
Has A Brain Injury Changed Your Life?
Tell us how the injury happened, what symptoms developed, what treatment and testing have occurred, how work or daily life has changed, and what medical and accident records you currently have.
Start with the medical and accident record.
Accident reports, photographs, hospital records, imaging, neurological evaluations, rehabilitation records, employment documentation, and other available evidence can help begin the evaluation.
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