Helping People with Traumatically Induced Spinal Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injuries in California

Every 27 seconds an American suffers a lifelong traumatic brain injury “TBI”-related or traumatically caused spinal injury-related disability from falls, car crashes, assaults, medical malpractice, sports accidents, and other means.

If this is you or a loved one what do you do? Where do you go for help? What services are available to you and your friends and family who, along with you, have their lives changed forever by trauma induced disabilities? Changes you never thought possible, much less planned for, now require decisions, and now you need guidance in many areas of expertise.

But where do you find these services? How do you know which services will help. How do you know what you need? The cost of rehabilitation, life care for every day needs, identifying those needs, and how to make every day life easier. How to make every day life livable?

And, who or what will pay for all of these expensive necessities?

There are government services available, and in some cases health or long term care insurance as well, to help you and/or your family if you are afflicted or close to someone who has sustained such damage. Necessary life care and rehabilitation services to children, seniors, victims of domestic violence, racial or ethnic minorities, women, and others are available. It is necessary to transition people from hospital to home;find trained families, teachers and communities that know how to care for people with TBI or spinal related injuries; what rights protect TBI or spinal cord injury (CSI) victims nationwide.

In addition to the medical and rehabilitation experts that can provide much of this help you and/or your loved ones need financial help to cope with these changes.

Again, who will pay for all of these expensive necessities? What happens where there are not government services for particular needs you have, or there is no insurance or the insurance runs out?

How do you make your new life, and/or your loved one’s new life, as a person with disabilities productive, rewarding, and satisfying? How do you make that new life easier?

The answers to all of these questions can be found in a lawyer who is experienced in the legal aspects of trauma induced brain and spinal cord injury, post concussive syndrome, brain stem injury, head injuries or concussion. Attorney Stephen Jamieson, as well as his partners in the Los Angeles based firm of Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, are experienced in these matters.

THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF BRAIN DAMAGE Slip and fall accidents Car accidents Motorcycle accidents Inherited genetic defects Viral infections Trauma or drug use of the mother Delivery medical malpractice	SYMPTOMS OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Short loss of consciousness Headache Confusion Dizziness Blurred Vision Bad taste in the mouth Attention/thinking deficit
SYMTOMS OF MODERATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Double vision Balance problems Inability to focus and concentrate Nausea/Vomiting Inability to multi-task Vertigo Memory Loss	SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Impaired speech Impaired cognitive processes Memory loss Loss of Vision Loss of hearing Loss of taste and/or smell Seizures Change in personality or behavior

For over 23 years Mr. Jamieson, and his partners, have litigated and taken to trial numerous trauma induced brain and spinal injury matters. They have been fortunate to become trusted advisors to the injured and their families; and to provide guidance and direction to achieve the most legal satisfaction. It takes a depth of knowledge to put together a team of professionals that can ascertain the economic impact these severe injuries cause to the injured person, as well as their families, and then to present that information in a simple and direct manner to a judge and jury. The knowledgeable, yet simple, direct, and efficient manner, has resulted in verdicts, awards, and settlements exceeding $70,000,000. The every day life needs, as well as rehabilitation and medical care, are expensive and it was not your fault. Let the perpetrator of the injury, and his or her insurance carrier and/or employer, compensate you and your family to a level you deserve.

Previous cases examples include a young man who suffered a cerebrovascular accident when he was struck repeatedly during a sporting event, another young man who was working as a pavement contractor when a community bus collided with the machine he was driving, and yet another when a heavy piece of concrete fell on the head of an unsuspecting male requiring 32 metal plates in the skull. Each of these were either settled or tried to verdict. Verdict and settlements for this type of case range from close to $1,000,000 to $35,000,000. Mr. Jamieson, and his partners, can help you fully ascertain and understand your unique needs, calculate the economic cost of those needs, present that to the trier of fact, and obtain for you fair compensation. No more and no less.

Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson are AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating in competency and ethics that this trusted evaluator provides. Mr. Jamieson is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates, as well as local and national Bar Associations. Mr. Jamieson is active in non-profit and charity work for people with disabilities. He is presently Vice President of EmpowerTech, (formerly Computer Access Center) and on its Board of Directors. EmpowerTech is a non-profit group that provides computer based solutions to people with disabilities of all kinds, including those that arose from brain and spinal injuries. He appears often on television and radio and is quoted in the media.

For more information, please contact us at http://www.ssjlaw.com.