What should I do if I or someone I know has suffered a brain injury in a car accident?

Atlanta injury lawyer Mark Link discusses the steps to take after a car accident resulting in possible brain trauma.

An Atlanta injury lawyer is an invaluable asset if you or someone you know is in a car accident and sustains a brain trauma or other injury. While your first step should of course be to seek medical help, your next step should be to contact a personal injury lawyer. Your lawyer will fight to ensure you receive just compensation and see that justice is served for your injury.  These injuries could impact you for the rest of your life. However, it is crucial for you to contact your injury lawyer as soon as possible following the accident so your rights are protected.

Here are steps to take immediately after a car accident if brain injury may be present:

1. Make sure the victim is safe from dangers such as oncoming traffic.
2. Do not move the victim or allow the victim to get up if he or she seems to be injured; by doing so you risk further injury.
3. Call for emergency assistance and let them know if you have reason to believe a brain injury may have occurred. Give all the details you can.
4. Get the contact information of the other driver but do not discuss guilt or fault.
5. Do not speak to insurance representatives until after you have spoken to your Atlanta injury lawyer.
6. Have a medical examination even if you do not think you sustained a brain injury. Some head traumas do not have immediate symptoms, such as concussions.

Here are some common symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury:

• Headache, fatigue, change in sleeping patterns
• Nausea, vomiting
• Dizziness, lightheaded feelings, vertigo
• Slurred speech
• Blurred vision, difficulty hearing
• Memory loss, inability to concentrate, confusion
• Mood changes, anxiety
• Numbness, tingling

If you have any questions at all about accidents resulting in brain trauma in Atlanta, contact Link & Smith, P.C. 24 hours a day at 1-888-315-8840.

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Ten Leaders Cooperative carefully selects groups of experienced, accomplished practitioners of the law profession in specialized areas such as; Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Law for the State of Georgia.

The Ten Leaders Cooperative group has selected Atlanta injury lawyers Mark Link and Houston Smith of the Link & Smith, PC law firm for inclusion in their professional directory service. This listing includes Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Law attorneys for the State of Georgia. According to the Ten Leaders website:

Personal Injury Law is one of the most challenging areas of the law to practice today and one of the most important. Systematically maligned by powerful interests like insurance companies and corporations, Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Attorneys are your best friend when you’re injured by someone else’s carelessness. Personal Injury attorneys are often the last, best chance for individuals to achieve a measure of fairness and recompense when something bad happens to you.

Atlanta Injury Lawyers Link and Smith were selected for inclusion into this professional directory based on the company’s research process and followed up with surveys to peer professionals. The research, Ten Leaders performs, involves thorough research into professionals with established practices and a record of accomplishment. It is a privilege to be included in such a group. Once the initial research is completed the second process is started. This second process involves a survey provided to fellow Atlanta injury lawyers.

Ten Leaders Cooperative accepts Atlanta injury lawyers based on the following criteria

(published on their website):

Degree of focus on a practice area. Professionals in their area of expertise generally practice in their field exclusively.

Number of years practicing in their area of expertise. In the law, the minimum years of practice is 15; in medicine, the minimum is 10 years from emerging from their general residency.

Volume of client/patient work in a given practice area, according to the professional and his or her peers.

Reputation among peer group, based on multiple interviews with professionals who practice apart from the professional in question

Leadership and written work on behalf of existing professional organizations, such as sections and committees of state professional organizations.

The Atlanta injury lawyers Mark Link and Houston Smith appreciate the nomination and acceptance into the Ten Leaders Cooperative and look forward to continued service of the people of Atlanta and greater Georgia.

Additional Resources:

Mark D. Link

Houston D. Smith, III

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