Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Attorney

00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.880 Traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries are different from your standard 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:07.040 personal injury case because they are catastrophic in nature. 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.600 Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries impact every aspect 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.280 of your life, whether it's the ability to function and formulate words, 00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:20.440 whether it is the ability to get out of bed and go to work. 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:23.200 It's literally every single aspect. 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.980 When you consider even the physical injury, then you've got to go into the 00:00:26.005 --> 00:00:29.840 emotional, mental impact of a traumatic brain 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.120 injury or spinal cord injury as well. 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:35.960 It is something where you need a competent attorney on your 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:42.040 TBI case or your spinal cord injury case in order to fully evaluate it, 00:00:42.080 --> 00:00:47.840 and then also obtain the proper medical experts to help bring your case forward. 00:00:48.080 --> 00:00:50.920 With any traumatic brain injury case or spinal cord injury case, 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:54.520 one of the first things that we do is we work with your treating providers to 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.960 see what injuries can be directly related to the subject event that 00:00:59.000 --> 00:00:59.960 caused those injuries. 00:01:00.400 --> 00:01:04.360 In addition to working with your treating providers, we also retain 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:10.015 medical experts who will evaluate your damages, will do a full workup, 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:14.440 will come speak with you, come speak with your family to help build up your case. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.200 In addition to those medical experts, we also retain different economists 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.720 and different life care planners who come in, are able to work with your treaters, 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.840 work with our experts, and develop what's called a life care plan 00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:30.440 that helps establish necessities that you need moving forward, whether it's 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:35.000 a wheelchair, whether you need a wheelchair-accessible van, 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:36.880 whether you need future surgeries. 00:01:37.360 --> 00:01:38.920 Medical records only tell so much. 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.290 They say, "Oh, you have a traumatic brain injury." But what does that mean? 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:43.240 Are you able to work? 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:47.920 Are you able to interact with your loved ones in the same way that you were before? 00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:52.600 After a loved one has experienced a traumatic brain injury or a serious spinal 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:55.260 cord injury, the first thing that they should do is contact their 00:01:55.285 --> 00:01:56.415 medical professional. 00:01:56.440 --> 00:01:59.960 They need to make sure that their loved one is properly taken care of and 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.000 under the best medical care possible. 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:06.375 The second thing that they should do is that they should report any crime, 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:11.240 if that was involved, to police, to CPS, DSHS, whatever entity 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:13.600 is there to help investigate. 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.610 The third thing that they should do is contact Cochran Douglas. 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:21.560 We'll be able to quickly evaluate your claim, educate you on it, and give you 00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:23.600 an idea of what to expect moving forward.