Suffered a traumatic brain injury? Lakota Denton is Asheville’s trusted brain injury lawyer, committed to helping victims secure the compensation they need to rebuild their lives. With extensive experience and a client-centered approach, Lakota provides dedicated legal representation tailored to the unique challenges of brain injury cases. Call today for a free, no-obligation consultation to discuss your rights and options.
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When you suffer a severe brain injury due to another’s negligence, you need to focus on healing rather than worrying about how to get compensation for injuries. You may feel overwhelmed, stressed out, and vulnerable at this difficult time. Asheville brain injury lawyer Lakota Denton can take on the legal hurdles and requirements involved with getting you compensation for your brain injury so you can concentrate on your recovery.
There are clear steps to take when your TBI or brain injury is someone else’s fault.
When your brain injury is caused by someone else’s negligence, such as a car accident, slip and fall, or something falling on you, you should take the following steps.
1. Get medical care right away. Go to the emergency room or an urgent care facility immediately if you suspect any kind of head injury. This is critical to ensure you are safe and treated properly. But it is also important for your legal case. When you have a brain injury, your thinking can be affected, and you may tend to underestimate the severity of your injury for the first few days. Don’t risk waiting to get treatment — get checked out immediately.
2. Contact a brain injury lawyer as soon as possible. Our skilled TBI lawyer will guide you through getting the proper local medical treatment and ensuring the responsible party pays for everything.
3. Don’t talk to the insurance company if they call. You should never talk to an insurance company about your brain injury without first talking to a lawyer. This is especially true if you have a brain injury that affects your thinking and ability to concentrate. Insurance companies are for-profit corporations that make billions of dollars each year by paying as little as possible on injury claims like yours. They don’t need to get any actual information from you – they can get all the same information from a police report of their insured. The only reason they would call you after you’ve been injured is to get you to say something that would justify their offering you less money – or no money at all.
4. Consistently follow up with medical treatment. Follow your doctor’s advice closely, and don’t go too long without seeing a doctor to report your symptoms. As long as you are experiencing symptoms, don’t go more than a week or two without seeing a doctor of some kind.
5. Keep a journal of your brain injury symptoms. Because there are various brain injury symptoms, it can help to keep a journal of everything you’re experiencing. Write down when you are nauseous, dizzy, or have blurred vision. Write down when you have nightmares or depression that are any different from what you experienced before the injury. This will be a good record to reflect exactly what you went through when it’s time for you and your brain injury attorney to prove your case.
North Carolina law allows you to seek compensation for both economic and non-economic damages after a traumatic brain injury. Our Asheville personal injury lawyer will explain what damages you can expect in your case. You can start your discussion with Lakota in a free initial consultation.
Economic damages are for your calculable costs, such as:
Non-economic damages are restitutions for elements that are difficult to put a dollar value on but negatively affect your life, such as:
In some rare cases where the defendant acted in a way that was malicious, willful, or especially egregious (such as car accidents involving an incredibly reckless driver), you may also receive punitive damages.
Amounts of damage awards vary greatly, depending on the extent of the brain damage, the costs involved in medical treatment, whether you need continuing care, whether you can go back to work, and your age, earning ability, and family situation.
Your attorney’s ability to negotiate with car insurance and argue your case before a judge or jury is an important element of the total compensation you can obtain.
Whether you suffered a TBI or another serious brain injury that was caused by someone’s negligence, find out how we can help. Give Lakota Denton a call at (828) 677-3019 to get help with your brain injury case.
Our team knows the devastation a TBI can cause in your life. That’s why our Asheville traumatic brain injury lawyer is so dedicated to delivering high-quality legal representation and pursuing maximum compensation in your case. Traumatic brain injuries are some of the most serious injuries anyone can experience. Your brain is the most important organ in your body. Anything that harms your brain will have a significant impact on your life. If the injury is severe, it can lead to paralysis, inability to communicate, changes in personality, coma, or death. Victims may be unable to work and need extremely expensive services and support. Those responsible for these unexpected and drastic changes in your life should pay for their negligence.
Work with Lakota, and you’ll have a steadfast, dedicated brain injury attorney on your side at every step of the legal process. While no amount of money can make up for a life-changing catastrophic injury, a settlement can help by easing your financial burdens and paying for rehabilitation and care. If a settlement offer is too low, Lakota will discuss your options for taking your brain injury case to court.
We offer a free consultation to discuss the circumstances of your brain injury, so call us today to get started working for the benefits you deserve.
To win your lawsuit, we would have to prove that the defendant in the case was legally negligent by showing the following elements:
For example, if a truck driver sped through a red light and crashed into your vehicle: the driver owed you a duty to drive carefully but failed to do so, and the resulting accident caused your brain injury and damages such as medical costs and loss of wages.
In some cases, there may be multiple parties responsible who could be found liable. For example, the truck driver, truck owner, owner of the trucking company, the company responsible for truck maintenance and repair, the company that loaded the cargo, and the manufacturer of a defective part that failed could be held liable in this case, depending on what caused the accident. These parties may all have insurance and assets that could go toward a settlement, and we would look to name them all in a brain injury lawsuit.
In a legal setting, where you need to recover compensation to pay medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering, brain injuries require more specific medical documentation than other kinds of injuries. The difference is that a brain injury can often not be seen on any diagnostic image, such as a CT scan or MRI. Because these injuries are “invisible” on imaging, they are almost entirely based on your subjective experience of how they’re feeling. Good medical documentation is critical for a brain injury.
Insurance companies and juries are the people who will evaluate your legal claim to recover from a brain injury. They are skeptical about people who have injuries they cannot see with their own eyes. Therefore, good medical documentation from a neurologist is critical to proving that your brain injury is real. Reporting your brain injury symptoms to your doctor consistently over time is essential to prove your case because your symptoms are likely the only way to know that you actually have a brain injury.
To succeed with your case, your attorney would have to prove the extent of your injuries and collect evidence to show that another party or entity was negligent and, therefore, liable for the damages you received.
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If you or a family member has suffered a traumatic brain injury in North Carolina, you do not have to fight for compensation alone.
Brain injuries are some of the most difficult cases to handle and prove to a jury. Lakota Denton has successfully taken brain injury cases to trial and obtained verdicts from juries for concussions and post-concussive syndrome. If you have a brain injury of any kind and want advice, please call to discuss your situation.
Call Lakota Denton today at (828) 333-5996 to schedule a free and confidential initial consultation. There are no fees unless and until we win your case.
We know you have choices when it comes to law firms. Not all Asheville brain injury lawyers are alike, and not all of them will be able to bring the same level of attention and experience to your personal injury claim. So why should you choose our team to handle your case? Brain injury attorney Lakota Denton is an aggressive negotiator who knows how to successfully take on insurance companies. He is also an experienced litigator who has won substantial jury awards for injured victims of negligence.
Choose a fierce advocate who will fight tirelessly for you to get the maximum amount of compensation possible. Call Lakota today at (828) 333-5996 to arrange a free consultation.
We understand what it takes to win all the compensation you deserve in your brain injury case. We’re not afraid to take on tough cases, and we never give up until we get results. We’re the firm for you if you’re looking for a TBI lawyer in Asheville who will fight for you and get you the maximum settlement.
Lakota will always take the time to answer your questions and address your concerns. Your brain injury case will never be handed off to a less experienced associate.
As our client, you’ll always be informed about what’s happening with your case. You’ll know all the options available to you and how they will benefit you.
Lakota is an Asheville brain injury lawyer who is steadfast in his dedication to his clients. Don’t take our word for it. See what our clients have to say.
Lakota Denton is among the most respected of Asheville, NC, lawyers. The National Trial Lawyers awarded him the Top 100 Trial Lawyers, the 2014 Top 40 Lawyers under 40, and the Avvo Clients’ Choice Award. Lakota is a traumatic brain injury lawyer who gets results for his clients.
If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury due to someone else’s negligence or fault, our brain injury lawyer will negotiate aggressively with insurers to get you a settlement to cover your damages.
Lakota Denton and his team will provide you with full legal services. You can leave all the legal work to us so that you can focus on your healing. Count on us to:
