Child Brain Injury Symptoms

Daniel Buckfire

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Our Michiganbrain injury lawyers frequently represent children who suffer braininjuries due to trauma from car accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip andfalls, play-related accidents, and other accidents.

Children often have the sametraumatic brain injury symptoms as adults, but it can be more difficult todetermine how a child is suffering.  Thechild may have greater difficulty in communicating the symptoms of the braininjury to an adult.  Watch for any of thefollowing symptomsfor childhood bran injury:

• Tiredness or listlessness
• Irritability or crankiness
• Changes in eating habits
• Changes in sleep patterns
• Changes in the way the child plays
• Changes in performance at school
• Lack of interest in favorite toys or activities
• Loss of new skills, such as toilet training
• Loss of balance and unsteady walking
• Vomiting

The injuries resultingfrom traumatic brain injuries are often permanent, and cases involving braininjuries have substantial value for both jury verdicts andsettlements.  This is because of the tremendous costs and expensesrelated to caring for a brain injured child and the loss of a child’s earningsover his or her lifetime.

There are manyexcellent support groups for brain injurypatients in their families throughout the United States that promotetreatment, prevention, and education.  Most states have strong localchapters of the national associations, including a Michigan chapter.

Parents of childrenwho have sustained a traumatic brain injury should contact Buckfire & Buckfire,P.C. immediately to determine their legal rights.  Our office willstart working on your case immediately and begin gathering the evidence toprove and win your case.