Maryland Brain Injury Attorney

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Brain injury is an injury to the brain that occurs after birth and which is not hereditary, congenital or degenerative. Tramuatic brain injury (TBI) can disrupt the normal functioning of the brain and is usually caused by a blow or jult to the head. Brain injurys may result in: * Paralysis * Loss of voluntary or involuntary motor functions * Memory loss * Sesory loss such as sight, speech or hearing * Emotional disabilities including depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder etc... The most common types of head inuryies are:* Consussion: The most common result of a blow to the heard or sudden deceleration usually causing an altered mental state, either temporary, or prolonged. Physiologic and/or anatomic disruption of concections between some nerve cells in the brain may occur. Often used by the public to refer to a brief loss of consciousness.* Anoxic Brain Injury: An injury that results from lack ofoxygen to the brain. This most often from a lack of blood flow due to inury or bleeding.* Traumatic Brain Inury (TBI): An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, restulting in total or partial functional disability or psyshosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as congnition, language, momory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual and motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, and speech. The term does not aply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injuryies induced by birth trauma. the Law Offices of Paul Wiesenfeld represents those individuals whose have receieved brain injury due to the negligence of others through automobile accidents and other forms of personal injury. If you or a family member has been involved in an Automobile Accident in Maryland, contact the office of Paul Wiesenfeld at http://weisenfeldlaw.com We can help.