I Never Think “Mild” When I Think of Brain Injuries March 4, 2009
Posted by Attorney Jonathan Groth in FAQ Personal Injury.Tags: car acc, Personal Injury Attorney, Personal Injury Law, Wisconsin car accident lawyer
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But, we have to be able to describe the different degrees of all injuries. So, “mild” will have to do.
Anyway, Medical Legal Art has a well researched and informative post about car accidents and damage to a victim’s brain.
In most cases, no evidence of injury will show up on CT or MRI scans unless this injury results in hemorrhage from contusions or vascular injury. Usually, the injury is microscopic occurring to individual cells or clusters of cells. This is where axonal shearing comes into the conversation. The movement of the brain within the skull can cause disruption of the various nerve cells (neurons) that make up the brain tissue. These injuries to the neurons, and particularly to the long vulnerable axon portions of the neurons, are called axonal shearing or shear injuries.
Low velocity, rear end collisions are some of the toughest for any attorney to prove the relatedness of injuries. I’ve used Medical Legal Art in the past and have found their work to be extremely helpful. Simply because a picture is worth a thousand words.
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