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Stamford Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer: Get the Compensation You Deserve After a Brain Injury
When Sarah’s daughter got hit by a car in the crosswalk near Scalzi Park last fall, doctors said she might recover. Three months later, they’re still dealing with memory problems, mood swings, and medical bills that won’t stop coming. The insurance company offered $15,000. Sarah knew something was wrong with that number.
Brain injuries change everything. One moment you’re fine, the next you’re struggling to remember names or getting dizzy when you stand up. The person who caused your accident walks away, but you’re stuck with doctor visits, lost paychecks, and a family that doesn’t quite understand why you can’t just “get better.”
At Wocl Leydon, we handle traumatic brain injury cases in Stamford every week. We know which doctors actually understand TBIs. We know what your case is worth, and we know how insurance companies try to lowball brain injury victims. Since 1978, we’ve helped hundreds of Connecticut families get fair compensation after someone else’s careless actions caused a brain injury.
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Brain Injury Case Evaluation
Your first question is probably “Do I even have a case?” Here’s what we look at during a free case evaluation.
We need to know what happened. Car accident? Slip and fall at a store? Workplace incident? Getting hit during a youth hockey game at Terry Connors Rink? Each situation has different rules about who pays and how much they owe you.
Then we look at your medical records. Brain injuries are tricky because symptoms don’t always show up right away. You might feel fine at the accident scene, then start having headaches and confusion days later. We work with neurologists who can connect your symptoms to the accident, even if you didn’t think you were hurt at first.
We also need to understand how this injury changed your life. Can you still work? Are you forgetting important things? Do bright lights or loud noises bother you now? These details matter when we’re calculating what you’ve lost.
Many Stamford residents wait too long to call a traumatic brain injury lawyer. Connecticut gives you two years to file most injury cases, but waiting makes everything harder. Witnesses forget details. Security camera footage gets deleted. Medical records become harder to get. The sooner we start building your case, the stronger it becomes.
Traumatic Brain Injury Settlement Negotiation
Insurance adjusters will call you fast after an accident. They sound friendly. They want to “help you get this resolved quickly.” Then they offer you money that wouldn’t cover a month of your actual expenses.
We’ve seen this play out hundreds of times. The adjuster knows you’re hurt, stressed, and dealing with medical bills. They’re counting on you to take their lowball offer because you need money now. But once you sign their settlement papers, you can’t ask for more later. Even if you discover new brain injury symptoms next month or next year.
Here’s what most people don’t know about brain injury settlements. The average minor concussion case in Connecticut settles between $20,000 and $75,000. Moderate brain injuries that affect your ability to work? We’re talking $100,000 to $500,000. Severe TBIs that cause permanent disability often settle for over a million dollars.
But you only get those numbers if you have a lawyer who knows how to negotiate these cases. We document everything. Every doctor visit. Every missed day of work. Every time you couldn’t help your kids with homework because you got confused or tired. We add up your medical bills, your lost wages, your future treatment costs, and the value of what this injury took from your life.
Then we send the insurance company a demand package that makes it clear we’re ready to go to trial if they won’t pay fair value. Most cases settle before trial, but insurance companies only negotiate seriously when they know you have a traumatic brain injury lawyer who actually takes cases to court.
Catastrophic Injury Litigation
Some brain injuries don’t settle. The insurance company refuses to pay what you deserve, or they deny your claim completely. When that happens, we file a lawsuit.
Stamford brain injury trials usually happen at the Stamford Superior Court on Hoyt Street. We’ve tried cases there for over 40 years. We know the judges. We know which experts the defense likes to hire.
We know how to present your story to a jury in a way that makes them understand what you’ve been through.
Brain injury litigation takes time. We need to depose witnesses, get expert medical opinions, and build a case that proves the defendant caused your injury and should pay damages. But when insurance companies won’t negotiate fairly, going to court is often the only way to get what you deserve.
We handle the legal work. You focus on recovering. Most of our clients never have to testify until the actual trial. We keep you updated, but we don’t burden you with every little legal detail while you’re trying to heal.
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