Child Brain Injury Causes

Daniel Buckfire

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OurMichigan brain injury lawyers frequently represent children who sufferbrain injuries due to trauma from car accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip andfalls, play-related accidents, and other accidents.

Common child brain injury causesinclude:

• Falls—Falls are the leading cause of brain injury for all age groups, especially for children under age 4 years
• Motor Vehicle Accidents—Children age 15 – 19 have the highest rate of automobile-caused brain injuries
• Struck by/Against Events—This category includes sports-related injuries such as being hit with a ball or bat.  Young children and adolescents have the highest incidence of sports-related injuries.  In fact, between 1.6 and 3.8 million sports-related traumatic brain injuries occur each year.
• Assaults—Adolescents and young adults are the most likely age groups to be involved in assaults, as both the aggressor and the victim.  Traumatic brain injuries caused by or involving a firearm are the worst: 9 out of 10 people with a firearm-related traumatic brain injury die.

Quite often, a child’s braininjury is due to the negligence of another person or business.  In these cases, the child may have legalrecourse to be compensated for the injury. Depending on the severity of the injury, the amount of damages can besignificant.  This is because of thetremendous costs and expenses related to caring for a brain injured child andthe loss of a child’s earnings over his or her lifetime.