A 21 year old man suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a freeway on ramp in Marin County. The driver had only a $35,000 insurance policy.
Result: We determined that CalTrans shared responsibility for this serious injury and the jury agreed, awarding $2.7 million.
Oakland Law Firm Represents Victims of Traumatic Brain Injuries
At Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer, we have earned our positive reputation in the community by taking only those cases we strongly believe in and through our willingness to take cases to trial if necessary, whatever it takes to obtain the best result for our client.
We have had a significant number of brain injury cases. As a result, our lawyers have come to understand how devastating these injuries can be. Many brain injury victims have difficulty accomplishing even the most elementary activities of daily living on their own. In other cases, the person may have no trouble doing many of the things he or she used to do, but find key bodily functions or cognitive abilities have been lost. In still others, their human traits and personalities seem to have disappeared completely. In almost every case, the quality of life for both the brain injury victim and the people close to them will be seriously diminished.
Our attorneys take a holistic approach to representing clients. In trying to see the whole picture — who they are, where they have come from and the other people in their lives — we get a better sense of how their brain injury has affected them. Once we do so, we are in a better position to fully convey these effects to a judge, jury or opposing counsel.
But obtaining compensation is only one part of our job. We also believe that it is our responsibility to help clients in ways that go beyond their immediate legal needs. For that reason, a professional legal team is assigned to each case. This ensures that someone who knows the client and his or her case is almost always available to respond to the client's needs and questions as they arise. This is true while the case is ongoing, and it is equally true afterwards as well.
If you are an attorney interested in referring a brain injuries case to our firm - your inquiry will be reviewed by our lawyers and receive a prompt response.
