LEXINGTON BRAIN INJURY LAWYERS

Brain injuries are all too common in Kentucky. In fact, according to the University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), more than 30,000 traumatic brain injuries occur in the state each year. If you suffered a brain injury in Lexington, you could be eligible for substantial compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more. If your loved one died from a brain injury, you could have grounds for a wrongful death lawsuit.

The Lexington brain injury lawyers at Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers fight aggressively for our injured clients, helping them win the fair compensation they deserve. Our personal injury lawyers want to help you get your life back after a traumatic brain injury. We offer free consultations to discuss how we might be able to help you.

To schedule an appointment right away, call us at 800-800-4600.

A traumatic brain injury can change life as you know it. After any severe injury, particularly one affecting the brain, you have a long road to recovery ahead of you. One invariably lined with many obstacles and setbacks. You might be dealing with missed work, endless doctor’s appointments, surgeries, disability, loss of mobility — not to mention constant pain and physical discomfort.

If another party caused you to suffer a brain injury, you can, and should, hold that party liable. Our team can help.

At Hughes & Coleman, we want your focus to be on recovering and getting your life back. That is why we take the burden of managing an injury case off your shoulders and place it on ours. We will manage all the following for you:

• Identifying all responsible parties
• Proving the party(s) in question caused you to suffer a traumatic brain injury through a negligent or intentional act
• Gathering evidence to establish the at-fault party’s liability and to support the valuation of your claim
• Filing the proper paperwork
• Negotiating with insurance companies

The above list is nowhere near exhaustive. We handle anything we can for our clients, but the most important part of our job is making sure you get paid the fair compensation you deserve for your injuries. Our brain injury lawyers have fought and won many cases in Lexington and Fayette County and are prepared for any challenges that come our way.

At Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, our Lexington brain injury attorneys focus not only on recovering damages from the party(s) responsible for your injury but also on making sure you receive the full and fair compensation you deserve.

Because brain trauma is one of the most severe types of injuries you can sustain, the damages can be extensive, and treatment might be necessary for months, years, or even the rest of your life. Our attorneys recognize the importance of defining the full scope of damages you have incurred from your injury and fighting for the full amount.

Though we cannot know the exact value of your brain injury claim until we have investigated it, it might include some or all the following damages:

• Medical bills: Your settlement can cover both the costs you have incurred already and those we anticipate you will sustain in the future. This might include the immediate medical attention you required, any necessary surgeries, at-home care, and more.
• Medical devices: You are also entitled to compensation for any medical devices you may need, such as a wheelchair.
• Lost wages: You can recover the income you lost or are losing while you recover from your injury.
• Reduced earning capacity: You are eligible to recover the earnings you forfeit if you can no longer work the same job or the same number of hours as before.
• Pain and suffering: You can also recover compensation for your physical distress.
• Emotional anguish: We will also request additional compensation for the emotional pain you have suffered.
• Loss of enjoyment of life: You are entitled to money for the inability to enjoy the activities you once did.

Traumatic brain injuries can happen in countless ways. Some are commonplace, affecting thousands of victims each year in Kentucky alone. Others are more unusual. No matter how your injury occurred, our team wants to help. We will investigate, find out who was responsible, gather evidence to prove they were responsible, and then aggressively pursue them for the compensation you deserve.

Call the Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers team if you were injured in any of the following ways — or in another way not included on this list:

Falls

According to KIPRC, falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury hospitalizations and emergency room visits for Kentuckians. In fact, the rate of brain injury-related hospitalizations for falls was 2.5 times higher than for motor vehicle accidents in 2013.

Auto Accidents

Auto accidents are another common cause of traumatic brain injuries. Kentucky is a pure comparative negligence state, which means we can pursue damages from the other driver even if you were partly, or mostly, at fault for the accident.

Firearms

Many brain injuries occur from accidental or intentional shootings. We want to fight for the compensation you deserve, regardless of whether the shooting was accidental or not.

Intentional Acts of Violence

Sadly, intentional acts of violence cause many brain injuries in Kentucky each year. These acts include physical assaults, vehicular assaults, and domestic violence.