TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Harrell and Harrell has assembled an exceptional team, led by Dianne Weaver, to represent people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as a result of accidental trauma. Dianne Weaver is recognized as a national authority in the field of Traumatic Brain Injury. She is a founding member of the National Committee on Litigation of Brain Injuries and serves as a Director of the National Brain Injury Institute.
Mrs. Weaver is one of only six lawyers nationwide to have been named twice as one of the Ten Best Trial Lawyers in the U.S. by the prestigious National Law Journal. She has been elected to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in the U.S., has served as an officer of the American Association for Justice, and has been on the Board of Governors of the Southern Trial Lawyers of America.
She is also a charter member of the American Board of Trial Associates and was a Director of the Florida Justice Association and has testified before both houses of Congress on tort law and safety issues. She is supported inhouse by a team of attorneys including Julie Harrell who has worked almost exclusively with Mrs. Weaver for over six years.
The symptoms of concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) more often fall into the difficult area of subtle but life-altering mental impairment. TBIs are caused by a bump or blow to the head that disrupts the way the brain normally works. In the United States, at least 1.4 million people die or are treated in a hospital or emergency department with a TBI each year. Of those, 75 to 90 percent are categorized as mild TBIs.
TBIs can happen to anyone and sometimes it's difficult to know if someone has actually been hurt, as the symptoms often are not physically apparent on the scanning and diagnostic equipment currently available to medical doctors. Many TBIs are not treated and CDC experts estimate that 1.6 to 3.8 million people sustain TBIs each year in the U.S.
The effect on one's ability to live and enjoy life following even a mild traumatic brain injury can be devastating both economically and socially. It is in the difficult challenge of explaining the anatomic, medical, and psychological aspects of TBI where the experience of Harrell & Harrell's attorneys have the greatest impact.
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