New Orleans Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are among the most complex, serious health conditions you can face. These injuries have the capacity to rob the victim of their personality, prevent them from working, cause debilitating physical symptoms, and change life as you know it. If you think a brain injury happened because of someone else’s negligence, let a New Orleans brain injury attorney from our team hold the negligent party accountable.

Your medical costs, pain and suffering, and other TBI-related damages can be substantial. Allow our firm to fight for coverage of these and other damages. Call Smiley Law Firm today at (504) 822-2222 and complete your free, no-obligation consultation with our compassionate intake team.

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Brain Injury Case Types Our Brain Injury Lawyers Handle in New Orleans

The brain’s fragile nature means that even the slightest blow, shake, or jolt can result in a significant injury. Some of the events that we often see TBIs result from are:

If you or a loved one suffered a brain injury in another circumstance, it’s worth calling Smiley Law Firm. We can lead your case; you do not want to miss out on our aggressive, client-focused representation.

Our New Orleans wrongful death lawyers also help clients who lose a loved one because of a brain injury. The loss of a loved one is devastating, and our firm helps clients pick up the pieces through supportive, professional legal services.

Why Your Brain Injury Might Cost More Than You First Expect

Brain injuries range in severity. Though some are quite obviously serious, others are not quite as obvious. Make no mistake, though, that every brain injury is serious.

Some of the reasons why you should never underplay the severity of a brain injury or underestimate the cost of your TBI are:

The Potential for a Brain Injury to Affect Every Part of Your Life

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that certain brain injuries “can affect all aspects of a person’s life” including:

Their ability to consume, comprehend, and use information (which may directly affect both work, leisure, and overall quality of life)
Communication
Concentration
Memory
Motor skills
Hearing
Vision
Muscle control and strength
Mood and emotion
Impulse control

Many who suffer brain injuries feel like an entirely different person and not a better one. The wide-ranging nature of TBI symptoms shows how devastating this injury can be and why the cost of a brain injury can be high.

Difficulty Curing Certain Brain Injury Symptoms

Authorities note that those with brain injuries can have symptoms “for months or longer.” Some brain injuries may never fully heal. If you experience indefinite, treatment-resistant, or otherwise persistent TBI symptoms, you may:

Fall into despair and depression
Be out of work indefinitely
Be unable to regularly exercise and engage in other physical activities that improve your quality of life and promote your health
Face long-term medical care and mental health services and the cost that comes with such treatment

The brain is not always as resilient to injury as other body parts. This harsh reality is one you might face after suffering a TBI in New Orleans.

The Expensive Cost of Treatment for a TBI

Whether you seek treatment at Ochsner, LCMC Health, the Tulane University Center for Brain Health, or another provider in New Orleans or elsewhere, do not expect your care to be cheap.

Most people know that medical care is costly. Those who suffer a serious brain injury, though, are not always prepared for just how costly brain-specific care can be. Simply diagnosing an injury can require extensive imaging and specialist visits, and those may just be the first steps in a long recovery.

The Non-Economic Cost of a Brain Injury

When you think of the cost of a brain injury, medical care may be the first expense that arises. While your healthcare expenses may be substantial, you should not ignore the non-economic cost of suffering a brain injury.

Smiley Law Firm ensures our clients get the mental health services they need. We account for the non-economic toll of injuries like yours.

Hiring Smiley Law Firm Will Enable You to Focus on Recovery—Here’s Why We’re the Right Choice

Smiley Law Firm proudly serves New Orleans. In fact, we are inseparable from New Orleans, with our office on St. Charles being the headquarters from which we help New Orleanians—and others—get the justice they deserve.

You should choose your New Orleans brain injury attorney from Smiley Law Firm because:

Seth Smiley and His Team Feel a Duty to Get Justice for You

Attorney Seth Smiley lives and works in New Orleans, as do many of the staff at Smiley Law Firm. When we handle cases in the city, we truly feel like we’re serving our neighbors—and we feel the added responsibility of getting justice for those neighbors.

Our office in New Orleans means:

We are familiar with medical providers throughout the city, which may help us in several ways (including understanding your injuries and medical costs)
We can come to you whenever we need to meet in person
Our reputation in the city is rock-solid, and you will find that locals know our reputation for getting results

We serve our community, and you can trust that Smiley Law Firm will do right by you.

We Will Fight for Your Financial Recovery, But We Also Want to See You Recover

As your attorneys, we know you’re relying on us to secure the compensation you are entitled to. We accept the mission. We believe that a lawyer should also care for their client on a personal level, and we will:

Ensure you’re getting the medical treatment you need
Help you find any mental health services you need
Keep in touch regarding your recovery
Help in any other way we can, especially if our help will alleviate stress or make your life easier

Treatment for brain injuries must be highly personalized. If you’ve already gotten medical care but aren’t satisfied with the nature or quality of the treatment, trust that we’ll help you find the quality care you deserve.

Our Firm Offers All Its Resources to You—at No Out-of-Pocket Cost

Because our mission is to extend our legal services to those who need them, we never want finances to be a barrier between us and the client. We use a contingency fee arrangement, which means we only get paid if we get results for you.

You won’t have to pay Smiley Law Firm out of your pocket. Either we secure compensation for you, or we don’t get paid for our services.

You Are Family at Smiley Law Firm

We know how challenging the symptoms of a brain injury can be. We don’t think your brain injury case should be so challenging. We hope you will allow Smiley Law Firm to serve you as we:

Will adjust our approach to meet your unique preferences and needs
Will always be respectful and compassionate when interacting with you
Will handle as much of your case as possible, as we think you can give your recovery your full effort
Are the support system you deserve during a difficult time in your life

Smiley Law Firm prides itself on being a cut above the average law firm. We care about what we do and even more about our client’s well-being. Call Smiley Law Firm today at (504) 822-2222 and complete your free consultation regarding a New Orleans brain injury attorney.

How Your New Orleans Brain Injury Attorney Will Protect, Serve, and Demand Justice for You

We know that your case will present unexpected challenges and demands. Our team is ready, as our legal training and experience prepare us for even the most difficult cases. Our job is to handle these obstacles so our clients don’t have to.

In addition to the unforeseen challenges, we will also handle the expected duties that brain injury cases require. These duties may include:

Acquiring all relevant evidence of negligence: We handle cases in which someone acts unreasonably, and another person suffers as a result. This is what negligence looks like. We will seek out any evidence suggesting that someone’s negligence resulted in your brain injury.

Interviewing anyone who saw you suffer the brain injury: Part of our investigative process will be speaking with eyewitnesses. These witnesses’ testimony can be immensely valuable to our case.

Documenting your injury-related damages: We will obtain all medical images of your injury, medical bills, financial statements showing TBI-related costs and financial losses, expert testimony, and other documentation of your damages. The documentation we secure is specific to each case, but we always obtain as much documentation of harm as possible.

Calculating the precise financial value of your case: We believe in having precise, achievable goals when leading cases. One of those precise goals will be your settlement target. Your attorney will factor in both the economic and non-economic cost of your brain injury, and we will enter settlement negotiations knowing exactly how much money you are entitled to.

Presenting our settlement demands to liable parties: Once we have composed your case valuation, we will be ready to fight for a fair settlement. Our New Orleans personal injury lawyers believe thorough preparation leads to outstanding results, so we will have an airtight negotiation strategy ready. We never expect liable parties to roll over and offer an easy settlement so that we will be prepared for a hard fight.

Representing you in any lawsuit you want to pursue: Smiley Law Firm has helped many clients get fair financial outcomes (and improve their lives) by filing lawsuits. Some of those lawsuits led to settlements, while others led to trials. If you decide to file a lawsuit, know that Smiley Law Firm is willing to pursue that strategy.

Fighting for you in court: If we file a lawsuit for you and liable parties don’t offer you an acceptable settlement, we will fight for you in court. We are well-known faces in New Orleans courtrooms, and that’s because we’re willing to fight for clients at trial.

There is more than this to brain injury cases. We will handle all the work clients often don’t see, from phone calls with insurance companies to drafting detailed legal documents and brainstorming case strategies.

Leave any insurance claims, lawsuits, and other case-related responsibilities to us. Be with loved ones and focus on your well-being.

Brain Injury-Related Damages You May Deserve Significant Compensation For

A vital step in your case is determining the damage your brain injury has caused. For your sake, think of “damages” as “types of harm” you’ve experienced—or will experience in the future—because of the injury.

We have helped many clients suffering the effects of a TBI, so we suspect that your injury-related damages may include:

Healthcare costs: We are fairly certain that you’ve received medical bills due to your brain injury or will receive those bills in the future. Getting you financial coverage for these bills will be among our top priorities.

Rehabilitation costs: Recovering from a brain injury may require rehabilitation. If this is true in your case, we will include all rehab-related costs in our settlement demands.

Lost income: It may actually be dangerous to do certain jobs while suffering from a brain injury. For this reason, many who suffer from a TBI lose income as a consequence.

Pain and suffering: Everyone who suffers a brain injury experiences pain and suffering, which can include physical pain, mood disorders, cognitive problems, lost quality of life, and many other non-economic symptoms.

Have no doubt that Smiley Law Firm will identify all your recoverable damages and fight for the entire financial recovery you deserve.

Call Smiley Law Firm Today. Your Consultation About a New Orleans Brain Injury Lawyer Is Free, So Don’t Wait

Our firm is always open to prospective clients like you, and we look forward to speaking about your case. Call Smiley Law Firm today at (504) 822-2222 for a no-risk, free consultation about a New Orleans brain injury attorney.

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