Brain Injuries and Michigan Auto Accidents

In an article on cnn.com, http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/18/brain.injury.depression/?hpt=Sbin, states that those people who suffer a serious head injury will at some point suffer from depression.

Traumatic brain injuries affect roughly 1.7 million people in the U.S. each year, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited by CNN. Most of those in the study group suffered brain injury from falls and car crashes, which often involve some sort of tort liability

Of the 559 patients in the study group, 53 percent were considered clinically depressed during the year following their injury. Chicago injury lawyers are trained to help you get the best possible settlement or court judgment for your injuries.

If you or a loved one are involved in a car or truck wreck and suffer a closed head injury, you should consult with an experienced car accident attorney. Allan W. Ben P.C. is a Michigan injury law firm which handles all types of cases involving serious injury or death including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and drunk driving accidents. We handle cases all over Michigan including Oakland County, Wayne County, Macomb County and Livingston County.