Brain injuries can be painful, costly, and stressful. When you’ve suffered a brain injury in an accident in Birmingham, Alabama, because someone else was careless, you deserve to be compensated. Getting compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, disability, and other damages can be an uphill battle until you call Singleton Schreiber for help.
Our Birmingham injury lawyers are fearless advocates for justice. As award-winning litigators with decades of collective experience fighting for catastrophically injured clients, we’ve forced powerful companies to pay millions of dollars in financial settlements and jury awards.
Now, we’re ready to take on anyone who attempts to stand between you and a meaningful financial recovery, too. Contact our law office in Birmingham, AL, today to schedule your free case review.
What is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Generally speaking, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to damage to the brain or a disruption to normal brain function when a person suffers blunt force trauma to the head.
The blow to the head can cause the brain to move around rapidly in the skull. The brain can twist, turn, tear, and make contact with the hard bone of the skull itself. As a result, the brain can begin to bleed, get bruised, swell, or suffer other trauma.
When the brain is damaged, it can cause:
- Slurred speech
- Blurred vision
- Vision loss
- Tinnitus
- Concentration problems
- Memory loss
- Aphasia
- Headaches
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Tingling in the extremities
- Numbness
- Loss of mobility
- Seizures
- Changes in mood or behavior
- Insomnia
- Fatigue
- Coma and loss of consciousness
Traumatic brain injuries can also occur if a person suffers a penetrating head injury, where an object pierces the hard bone of the skull and causes physical damage to the brain itself.

What Causes Most Traumatic Brain Injuries?
Every year, millions of Americans suffer traumatic brain injuries in accidents and because of intentional acts of violence.
According to the CDC, the leading causes of these avoidable brain injuries include motor vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries, assault, and gunshot wounds.
Under the right circumstances, however, any accident has the potential to cause a brain injury if the victim hits their head or is struck by an object on the head.
At Singleton Schreiber, we advocate for clients who’ve suffered brain injuries because of:
- Truck accidents
- Car accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Train accidents
- Bus accidents
- Aviation accidents
- Bus accidents
- Dog bites and animal attacks
- Assault
- Sexual assault
- Medical malpractice
- Nursing home abuse
- Defective products
- Slip and fall accidents
- Workplace accidents
- Construction accidents
If you or someone you care about has suffered a brain injury in Birmingham, don’t hesitate to call our award-winning Alabama trial attorneys to discuss your situation. You have rights, and our legal team can help to answer your questions, provide helpful advice during a stressful time, and explain how working with our Birmingham brain injury attorneys can make a meaningful difference in your fight for compensation.
Types of Brain Injuries
There is no one specific brain injury. Instead, the term is used to refer to a number of injuries to the brain, including:
- Concussions
- Hematomas
- Hemorrhages
- Diffuse axonal injuries (DAI)
- Skull fractures
- Encephalitis
- Contusions
- Anoxic brain injuries
- Hydrocephalus
- Strokes
- Hypoxic-ischemic injuries
- Coup-contrecoup brain injuries
While the consequences of some brain injuries might be apparent right away, other brain injuries might be more difficult to diagnose. That’s why it’s important to seek prompt medical attention if you’re involved in an accident – especially if you hit your head. The rush of adrenaline you get from being involved in an accident can mask signs of a brain injury. Getting to the hospital can ensure that you undergo a thorough evaluation and receive diagnostic testing that can help to identify a TBI, such as a CT Scan, MRI, or X-ray.
What Could My Brain Injury Case Be Worth?
When you’re dealing with a brain injury because another person was reckless or careless, you can file a personal injury lawsuit to hold them accountable.
Your claim’s value will depend largely on:
- The type of brain injury you’ve suffered
- The part of the brain that’s affected
- The symptoms of the brain injury
- The likelihood that your brain injury is permanent or will cause some permanent impairment
- The length of time it’ll take for you to reach maximum medical improvement
- How the brain injury affects your overall quality of life
- Out-of-pocket costs related to the brain injury, the accident that caused it, and your recovery
- Contributory negligence for the brain injury
- Your age and life expectancy
The more severe the brain injury, the greater the impact it’ll have on your life – physically, financially, and psychologically. In turn, the more compensation you can anticipate receiving to help with your medical bills, lost wages, short-term and long-term disability, pain and suffering, and emotional distress. Statistically speaking, you’re much more likely to win your case and secure better case results when you hire a personal injury attorney to represent you.
How Can a Brain Injury Attorney in Birmingham, AL, Help Me?
Victims of traumatic brain injuries in Birmingham, AL, turn to Singleton Schreiber because we’re top-rated litigators with a multi-million-dollar track record of success.
We’re local trial attorneys with access to our law firm’s national resources, which means we offer trustworthy and powerful legal representation during a critical time in your life.
Our clients have time to focus on their health and recovery because we take care of the rest:
- Investigate the circumstances that led to the brain injury
- Gather critical evidence, which often includes medical records, accident reports, social media posts, cell phone records, forensic reports, and video footage
- Consult expert witnesses and medical specialists to support our legal endeavors
- Determine the claim’s value and aggressively seek full compensation during negotiations
- Ensure filing deadlines and other procedural requirements are satisfied
- Fight the personal injury lawsuit at trial, if necessary
You have limited time to assert your rights. In Alabama, the statute of limitations for most brain injury lawsuits is just two years. You could lose the right to demand compensation if you miss the filing deadline. Don’t hesitate to call Singleton Schreiber for help today.
Our Birmingham brain injury lawyers handle claims on a contingent basis, so it costs nothing out of your own pocket to hire our law firm, and nothing at all until we win compensation for you. Reach out to schedule your free consultation today.
