Paving a Path to Justice After Your Brain Injury
Few trucking injuries cause quite as much grief and psychological anguish for truck wreck victims as severe head and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) do. At The Law Firm for Truck Safety, our Oklahoma City brain injury lawyers are dedicated to fighting for truck crash survivors who are living with a traumatic head or brain injury (TBI) because of the negligent and dangerous acts of a commercial vehicle driver.
Severe head injuries affect both the victim and their family. Our firm is here to help our clients throughout Oklahoma and the U.S. navigate the physical and emotional fallout from their truck accident while fighting in the courtroom to help them receive maximum compensation for their injuries.
If you or a loved one sustained a traumatic brain or head injury in an Oklahoma truck wreck, we invite you to share your story with us.
Our Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Case Results
In Oklahoma and throughout the country, we fiercely champion our clients’ stories, helping many of them receive million and multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts for their traumatic brain injuries.
Our firm’s record results include being lead counsel for two brain-injured teens who received $42.4 Million, the largest truck crash verdict ever rendered in Ohio.
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TBIs are extremely hard on victims and their loved ones and often come with lasting consequences, including limited speech, movement, and cognitive abilities. Family members are obliged to take on a caregiver role and medical costs quickly add up, causing additional stress to an already tragic situation.
Having truck accident lawyers by your side with experience taking brain injury cases to trial can make all the difference in your truck accident injury case. Not only does The Law Firm for Truck Safety possess the knowledge and resources to win, but our team of experienced truck accident attorneys has the compassion and determination needed to help you recover the compensation you deserve.
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No other law firm knows trucks quite like us. Our trucking law expertise and trial experience allow us to win million and multi-million-dollar results year after year.
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Truck Crash Attorneys Helping Victims of Head and Brain Injuries in Oklahoma City
Our team of truck crash attorneys has the experience, expertise, and empathy needed to champion your story and pursue justice to its fullest extent. When Oklahoma truck crash victims enlist The Law Firm for Truck Safety to fight for them, they are engaging a team of attorneys who provide resources, care, and support that extends far beyond the courtroom.
When The Law Firm for Truck Safety represents your brain injury case, you will receive the support of attorneys who:
Consistently win multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts for their clients.
For every client and every story, we fight to help truck crash victims receive results that eliminate the financial burdens associated with truck crash injuries. Our commitment to our clients and our resolve to hold negligent trucking companies accountable has allowed us to receive million and multi-million-dollar results for our clients year after year.
Keep a small caseload.
We limit our practice to exclusively represent those with severe and catastrophic trucking injuries. Being selective in this way allows our head injury attorneys to dedicate the time, attention, and resources needed to drill down into the facts of your case and build a customized case strategy for your brain injury claim. Our focused approach to litigation allows us to maximize settlement and verdict amounts for our clients consistently.
Build a case strategy around your specific needs.
After your truck crash, in addition to wanting maximum compensation for your case, you will also want answers, accountability, and assurances that what happened to you or your loved one doesn’t happen to someone else.
It is our firm’s mission to help you heal, and essential to healing through litigation is making your case deliver results for you. As part of the custom-built case strategies we create for every client, we seek to understand and shape your goals for litigation while lending our support and knowledge to making those goals a reality — even when those efforts take us beyond the courtroom.
Hold Trucking Companies Accountable.
Systemic safety failures within the trucking industry can be found at the core of most catastrophic truck crashes. Inside the courtroom, it is our firm’s mission to hold these negligent drivers and motor carriers accountable for the harm they have caused. Outside the courtroom, we work with safety and advocacy groups that are committed to reforming the trucking industry so that these dangerous drivers and trucking companies never again get behind the wheel of an eighteen-wheeler.
When we make the trucking industry safer, we make our roads and our communities safer as well.
Set you up for and help you maintain success.
As you begin to move forward from your truck accident, you will find that your crash will impact you in ways you did not initially anticipate. When this happens, we want to be there for you.
Whether it’s helping you financially plan for the future, championing your story, supporting your endeavors to become an advocate for truck safety reform, or something else, we strive to create relationships with our clients that last a lifetime and support them long after their case comes to a close.
Take the first step on your path to justice.
The Law Firm for Truck Safety’s truck accident attorneys are here to help you find answers, pursue justice, and receive the compensation you deserve for your brain injury.
Connect with a Law Firm for Truck Safety attorney today.
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries Caused by Catastrophic Truck Accidents
Tractor-trailers, big rigs, 18-wheelers – commercial trucks go by many different names, but what they all have in common is their immense size: roughly 80,000 pounds when fully loaded.
When a semi strikes your car, the intense impact can cause your head to violently move back and forth, striking the inside of your vehicle. This motion and blunt force trauma cause the brain to collide with the inside of your skull, which then causes swelling, bleeding, and bruising. But the deceleration forces in a crash with a large truck are not the only way a TBI can occur. In severe crashes, a piece of wreckage can pierce the skull causing what is known as a penetrative TBI.
Types of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) commonly seen in serious truck wrecks include:
- Penetrating Brain Injury: This occurs when an object penetrates the brain. In truck crashes, these objects can include vehicle debris, cargo, or the commercial motor vehicle itself.
- Skull fracture: This occurs when pieces of the shattered skull become embedded in the brain. Sometimes the skull is fractured from debris in the truck crash. Other times the skull becomes fractured when the head hits the vehicle itself.
- Secondary Brain Injury: Secondary brain injuries occur when the initial crash trauma causes physiological disruptions that affect the blood-brain barrier disrupting the delicate balance of the brain’s chemistry.
Some secondary brain injuries interfere with blood flow resulting in insufficient oxygen in the brain. Others can cause cerebral edema – swelling of the brain – and raise the intracranial pressure, which, when too high, can be fatal.
- Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI): If a truck crash is forceful enough, it can tear the brain’s connecting fibers (axons) causing a diffuse axonal injury. When this happens, the resulting DAI can leave crash victims in a coma and/or severely impede their brain functions.
- Brain Hemorrhage: Bleeding in and around the brain is life-threatening. Brain hemorrhages are often labeled based on where the bleeding occurs (intracranial hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, etc.)
Regardless of the type of head injury sustained, every truck accident victim faces a long road of emotional and physical recovery. Rest assured, our experienced team of truck crash attorneys is here to lend our strength, support, and courage to your recovery while simultaneously fighting to recover the compensation you deserve in the courtroom.
The days following a truck crash are critical for the success of your brain injury lawsuit.
When you hire our personal injury lawyers to champion your story, we will immediately:
Preserve crash scene evidence
We immediately work to find and preserve evidence, locate law enforcement reports, video recordings, audio recordings, and interview witnesses.
Partner with experts
One of our greatest strengths as a firm is our ability to manage the many legal and medical ramifications of brain injuries caused by truck crashes. We carefully consult with the medical professionals who treat our clients. We do this because it is crucial to the success of your case that we understand the diagnosis and prognosis of your head injury and can convey this information to jurors who will need it to render a fair verdict.
Insist on the maximum compensation
Unlike other personal injury law firms, we prepare every case for the courtroom. Our goal is to help you receive maximum compensation for the emotional, financial, and psychological harm a truck driver’s negligence has caused you. If defense attorneys are unwilling to offer a fair settlement for your brain injury, our trucking attorneys will confidently and swiftly take your TBI case to trial.
A Different Type of Crash Needs a Different Type of Attorney
Prosecuting a semi-truck accident claim is more complex than other personal injury cases and requires a thorough investigation of Federal regulations, driver’s logs, vehicle maintenance records, and more.
Whether your truck crash occurred in Oklahoma City, Norman, Moore, Tulsa, Broken Arrow, McAlester, Edmond, Durant, Ardmore, Lawton, Enid, Ponca City, Muskogee, or elsewhere in Oklahoma, successfully pursuing an Oklahoma truck crash, requires experience, knowledge of Oklahoma personal injury law and trucking industry regulations, and the resources to take on the insurance companies, defense counsel, and the trucking industry.
Unfortunately, many truck crash victims find that when they partner with a general personal injury lawyer with a diverse caseload, their truck accident — their needs — are treated just like an everyday car crash. This decision leaves many truck crash victims with traumatic brain or head injuries, feeling unsupported, underrepresented, and potentially walking away from millions of dollars in compensation.
At The Law Firm for Truck Safety, we offer our clients the following:
● Prompt updates on the status of their case
● Qualified representation and our experience litigating complex matters
● Skilled negotiations in mediation
● Respect and empathy for your pain
● Tenacious advocacy of your legal interests
Our Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Attorneys
The days following a tragic truck accident will be some of the toughest of your life. Our team of nationally-recognized attorneys is here to offer our compassion and commitment, guiding you through the most difficult times of your life.
If you or a loved one have suffered serious injuries in a truck wreck, the truck accident lawyers at the Law Firm for Truck Safety will help you recover financial compensation and rebuild your life after a catastrophic truck crash.
Crash. Not Accident.
The word “accident” is often used to describe devastating truck crashes. Many people in need of legal help will search for a “truck accident lawyer near me” or the “best truck accident attorney”. We even use “accident” in our site name.
However, most truck “accidents” are not accidents at all.
Truck crashes are often caused by distracted, fatigued, poorly trained, or downright dangerous truck drivers and/or the unsafe business practices of the trucking companies and brokers that hired them. Every semi-truck accident lawyer at The Law Firm for Truck Safety is committed to helping those who have been irreparably harmed in commercial vehicle crashes and providing education to the public that crashes are not accidents.
What Causes a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a Truck Accident?
There is no reason why truck crashes should be accepted as a normal part of Oklahoman life. We believe that all truck crashes on Oklahoma roads are avoidable when proper care, training, and safety measures are taken. Truck accidents should not occur on US roads and certainly not crashes resulting in traumatic brain injuries, serious head injuries, or death.
All truck crashes that leave victims with TBI or other types of serious head injuries are the result of some type of negligence. If a semi-truck driver’s negligence played a role in your traumatic brain injury case, it is likely one or more of the following was a factor:
It’s not just tractor-trailers that can cause a traumatic brain injury in an Oklahoma truck wreck. Any type of large truck or commercial motor vehicle can cause a severe head or traumatic brain injury. Large vehicles are commonly found liable in TBI-related crashes including:
- Box Trucks
- Dump Trucks
- Flatbed Trailers
- Logging Trucks
- Tow Trucks
- Garbage Trucks
- Vehicles carrying Hazardous Materials
- Tanker Trucks
- Busses
- Government and municipal trucks
Traumatic Brain Injury Signs & Symptoms
Brain injuries from a truck wreck often result from physical trauma to the brain but may also result from hypoxia or lack of oxygen to the brain. You don’t have to hit your head very hard to experience a minor concussion or moderate TBI; even two slow-moving vehicles colliding can result in serious injury.
Common TBI symptoms include:
- Balance issues
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Irritability
- Loss of consciousness
- Memory loss
- Nausea
- Sleep issues
- Trouble concentrating
- Difficulty regulating emotions
Note: The initial symptoms may later develop into long-term conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, personality changes, and other physical and psychological changes.
The care and medical treatment needed to effectively treat your brain injury can vary widely based on the severity of your TBI. Victims who stabilize in the hospital may be transferred to a nursing unit, rehabilitation center, or outpatient care. Truck crash victims with more serious head injuries –particularly those who are unable to function independently — will need to explore options that include supported living facilities.
Whatever path of care is necessary, finding the appropriate treatment facility is essential, as many facilities are ill-equipped to handle truck crash victims with a TBI. If you suspect any trauma to the brain, skull, or head following an accident, or see a change in the crash survivor, seek medical treatment immediately.
Filing a Claim after your Head Injury Accident.
If you or a loved one suffered a brain injury in an accident involving an 18-wheeler, big rig, or another commercial vehicle, The Law Firm for Truck Safety can help you recover the maximum, full, and fair compensation that you are entitled to.
Our legal team is ready to treat you with the care, knowledge, and compassion needed to help you through these challenges.
Taking a Brain Injury to Trial: Common Types of Compensation and Damages
The medical care and time away from work can make even “mild” brain injuries financially burdensome. When a truck driver or trucking company negligence is responsible for your brain injury, you may be entitled to compensation for the following:
- Medical expenses: On its own, the medical treatment for your brain injury can easily reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. Medical care expenses can include initial ambulance transport, hospitalization, surgery, and other life-saving medical procedures, physical therapy, rehabilitation, long-term TBI care, and more.
- Lost earnings: If you are unable to work for any amount of time following your accident or are unable to return to work in the same capacity, you may use your truck crash lawsuit to recover compensation for the loss of income you would have otherwise earned, had your truck crash never occurred.
- Pain and suffering: The cost of your brain injury exceeds far beyond the measurable damages of medical care and time away from work – and courts and insurance companies consistently recognize this. In most states, you may receive compensation for the emotional and psychological harm someone else’s negligence has caused you and your family.
- Loss of normal life/ loss of enjoyment of life: For most truck crash victims, life before and after your crash looks dramatically different. In most states, compensation can be awarded for the adverse and lasting impact that your truck crash injury will have on your overall quality of life.
TBIs and Truck Crashes – Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average settlement for traumatic brain injury?
It is impossible to calculate an average head injury settlement amount because there are so many factors affecting a brain injury case value. Due to the severe nature of brain injuries and higher amounts of insurance carried by trucking companies, average settlements for brain injuries from truck accidents tend to be higher than passenger vehicle accidents and less severe injuries. There is currently no cap or limit to compensation for these injuries in Oklahoma.
How long do I have to file my TBI lawsuit?
Each state has a specific window of time called a statute of limitations, which establishes when a claim or TBI lawsuit can be brought. In Oklahoma, the case must be filed within two (2) years from the date of the accident, but these cases seldom get better with time. It is always advisable to speak with a truck accident attorney as soon as possible after your crash to retain critical evidence needed to maximize justice in your case.
What should I look for in a brain injury lawyer?
The human brain is one of the most important organs in your body. When the brain or head is injured in a truck wreck, trucking companies may be liable for millions of dollars in damages. A lawyer specializing in catastrophic injuries and high-damage trucking accident claims is better equipped to help you receive maximum compensation for your claim.
Every lawyer on the internet says they handle trucking cases, so it’s important to do your research, ask the right questions, and search for attorneys who exclusively handle truck accident cases. From there, use board certifications, specialized knowledge, and results to guide you toward the best Oklahoma truck accident attorney for you and your case.
What advocacy support groups are available for truck crash victims and their families?
Emotional and mental harm always accompany the physical injuries sustained in a truck crash — and not just for those involved immediately in the crash. Losing a person or personality that once existed is incredibly distressing for friends and family.
When a truck crash has impacted you personally, there are many support groups available that can provide resources to help you thrive in your new normal. Connecting with advocacy groups that champion truck safety reform can also serve as a powerful healing tool.
At The Law Firm for Truck Safety, we work with various truck safety advocacy groups that fight for a safer trucking industry and provide post-crash resources and support to families and survivors of devastating truck crashes.
For more information on resources near you, please call 800.628.4500 or email [email protected]
Who can be held liable in a TBI case?
Several parties may be liable for a TBI claim involving a large truck – the truck driver, the trucking company, brokers and shippers, the manufacturer of the truck, mechanics and maintenance shops, government agencies responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads and highways, and more.
We believe in the healing power of litigation.
Explore how The Law Firm for Truck Safety has helped truck crash victims champion their stories for justice -- inside and outside of the courtroom.
Explore how our firm helps truck crash victims find justice inside and outside of the courtroom.
Explore how The Law Firm for Truck Safety has helped truck crash victims champion their stories for justice -- inside and outside of the courtroom.
Find An Experienced Oklahoma Truck Accident to Represent Your Brain Injury Case
Have you or a loved one sustained a traumatic brain injury from a trucking accident?
Our traumatic brain injury law firm is available to help you find answers and pursue justice.
Whether you live in Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Tulsa, McAlester, Lawton, or elsewhere in Oklahoma, if you or a loved one have suffered a brain or other type of head injury in a commercial vehicle crash, we want to help you build a path to justice.
No other truck accident law firm in the nation can bring the same combination of experience, education, and empathy to your TBI case.
We invite you to share your story with us. We would be honored to learn more about your crash and happy to provide you with a free, no-obligation, case review.
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