Our Attorneys Fight to Recover Compensation for Lafayette TBI Victims

When you partner with our diffuse axonal injury attorneys in Lafayette, you hire a team who cares. We take a family approach to handling every case, working as one big team to share our experience, knowledge, and resources. You can count on having our full team on your side.

Our firm knows what it takes to seek and recover compensation based on traumatic brain injuries. Our Lafayette personal injury lawyers have over 350 years of combined experience, including handling many brain injury cases. We understand how to build these cases, identify the liable party, and fight for fair financial recovery.

We also handle these cases based on contingency. Our attorneys do not charge retainers. We go to work on these claims with no upfront fees. Our attorneys get paid from the payout they recover for you. You only pay attorney’s fees if we win.

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Seeking and Recovering Damages After a Lafayette Diffuse Axonal Injury

As noted, diffuse axonal injuries are a type of TBI. However, they do not occur from a forceful impact to the head like many other types. Instead, they happen when the brain moves quickly within the skull, causing damage to the long nerve fibers known as axons.

Diffuse axonal injuries often cause brain swelling, and the victim will likely require emergency transportation, assessment, stabilization, and hospitalization. Many also require inpatient rehabilitation and ongoing care and support after their release.

Compensation Should Reflect Your Unique Circumstances

Because these injuries are diffuse—affecting large areas of the brain—it is difficult to predict how recovery will go. The lasting effects depend greatly on the severity, where the injuries occurred, the treatment received, the victim’s age, and many other factors.

The damages often recovered for clients with TBIs include:

  • Medical care costs, current and future
  • Ongoing care and support as needed
  • Income lost from time away from work
  • Diminished earning ability because of lasting injuries
  • Property damages
  • Related expenses, such as travel costs to see a specialist
  • Pain and suffering

We also handle Lafayette wrongful death cases. If your loved one passed away from traumatic brain injuries following a traffic accident, fall, or another incident, pursuing compensation in a fatal accident case may be possible. Damages in these situations can include funeral bills, end-of-life care costs, and the decedent’s pain and suffering.

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How Our Lafayette TBI Lawyers Pursue a Case Based on a Diffuse Axonal Injury

Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers handles TBI cases regularly. We understand how to document these injuries, learn more about the victim’s prognosis, and calculate the cost of their ongoing care. We investigate what happened, show negligence and liability, and demand fair compensation for our clients.

There are two ways we win these cases:

Settling an Insurance Claim

Most of these cases settle without going to trial. We demand fair compensation from the at-fault party’s liability insurance carrier and negotiate with them to reach a fair agreement. This is rarely as easy as it sounds, but it may be possible with strong evidence and a knowledgeable attorney on your side.

Getting a Verdict and Court Award at Trial

Sometimes, we must sue the at-fault party and prepare to take a case to trial. This requires gathering evidence and developing a compelling case to show the jury why our client deserves compensation. You can speak with a Lafayette personal injury lawyer to help you pursue compensation.

Often, we continue negotiating with the insurer throughout this process. It is common to settle even after we sue and begin preparing for trial. In fact, the chances of settling a case could improve after we sue.

We handle a wide range of accident cases that could involve this type of TBI, including:

  • Car accidents
  • Truck wrecks
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Pedestrian accidents
  • Slip and falls
  • Other premises liability injuries

Sports injuries are another common way diffuse axonal injuries occur. Sometimes, criminal acts lead to these injuries. These instances could include assault, child abuse, mugging, and more.

What Is the Deadline for Suing the At-Fault Party?

While many cases settle out of court and some do not require a lawsuit, there are strict deadlines we must pay attention to in these cases. When you work with a diffuse axonal injury lawyer in Lafayette, LA, from our team, we will assess the deadlines in your case and uphold your right to sue.

Generally, deadlines in Lafayette Parish and statewide include:

However, exceptions exist. You could have more or less time than these deadlines indicate. We encourage all victims and their families to contact us as soon as possible after an injury, so we can go to work on their cases quickly.

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Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers knows how difficult it can be to recover from a diffuse axonal injury or learn to live with the lasting effects. We want to ensure your family is well-equipped to get the best possible outcome by ensuring you have funds for medical care, lost wages, and other expenses.

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