Avoid Feeling Aggravated: Brain Injury may not be Diagnosed Immediately
The case of Matthew Peterson should be a guide for Florida brain injury lawyers in handling cases wherein a person didn’t manifest the symptoms of brain injury immediately after the accident. Matthew’s car was struck in the rear by a drunk dirivng a 4 x 4 truck which caused head to jerk violently forward. When the emergency crew came to the scene, Matthew was still in a state of shock and complained of a little pain at the back of his neck. The emergency team didn’t notice any bleeding or bruises on Matthew.
He was taken to the hospital and the finding nothing that can be potentially dangerous, the doctors let him out after a few hours. The next week at work, Matthew found it hard to finish his work reports. Suddenly, he found it hard to contentrate at any of the things he’s doing. He also couldn’t keep up with his 2 sons asking him a lot of kiddie questions. His relationship with his family started to deteriorate.
Matthew went to see a doctor and was diagnosed with mild brain injury. During the trial for the claim, the defense doctors argue that Matthew’s brain injury cannot be caused by the car collision because the emergency team and the doctors who first looked at him ruled out brain injury.
When this happens to you, your Florida brain injury lawyer should say that this is not a valid argument because neuropathologists have found out that the effects of brain injury are not immediately diagnosed. It will take up to 12 hours before the symptoms occur on a patient. Therefore, the initial examination of the doctors that rulle out brain injury cannot be used as a defense that there is no brain injury since the damage to the brain will not be discovered by diagnosis immediately after the accident.