Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury Lawyers that Will Fight For Your Rights
Brain injuries, whether to an adult or a child, are among the most traumatic injuries that can occur. As Florida brain injury lawyers, Toral Garcia Battista, is a leaders in helping people obtain the traumatic brain injury resources they need to recover as fully as possible from the devastating effects. Our traumatic brain injury attorneys are bilingual and vow to represent everyone equally and meet their needs to the best of our abilities.
Our Florida TBI lawyers have a strong commitment to brain injury survivors extends beyond the law. Our Senior Partner, Frank Toral, is the immediate Past-President of the Brain Injury Association of Florida. We also provide, free of charge, a family handbook authored by Mr.Toral, with detailed information about brain injury to the public.
Traumatic Brain Injury
According to the Florida Department of Health, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program, Brain Injury is defined as an insult to the skull, brain or its covering, resulting from external trauma which produces an altered state of consciousness or anatomic, motor, sensory, cognitive, or behavioral deficit.
- A brain injury can be caused by a direct force to the head, which can break the skull and directly injure the brain. This type of injury can occur from motor vehicle accidents, firearms, falls, sports, and physical violence, such as hitting or striking with an object.
- Another cause of a brain injury is due to a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the head. This causes the brain to have a back and forward motion inside of the skull, which may pull apart nerve fibers and cause damage to the brain tissue. This type of injury often occurs as a result of motor vehicle crashes and physical violence, such as Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Adopted by the Brain Injury Association Board of Directors, February 22, 1986. This definition is not intended as an exclusive statement of the population served by the Brain Injury Association of America.