South Carolina Brain Injury Attorneys

At Joye Law Firm, we know that these serious and debilitating brain injuries are often caused by another person’s reckless or negligent acts. We also understand the struggle that TBI victims and their families face in coping with the injury while, at the same, worrying about their income, medical bills and insurance companies.

The proven South Carolina personal injury attorneys at Joye Law Firm can help you through the confusion and strain that accompanies a serious or traumatic brain injury. Respect, compassion and care are what you can expect from our lawyers and staff. Since 1968, we have helped injured people like you recover not just the money they are entitled to receive, but we’ve also helped them to improve their lives.Let us help you, too. Just Call Joye. You can reach us at (877) 537-1920 or fill out an online form for a free case review.

Joye Law Firm has offices in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, but our competent brain injury attorneys are ready to take on your case anywhere in South Carolina. We’ve successfully represented brain injury victims all over the state, including Florence, Richland County, Orangeburg, Columbia, Horry County (Conway and North Myrtle Beach), North Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Summerville.

The seasoned brain injury lawyers at Joye Law Firm are committed to our clients. With more than 110 years of collective litigation experience, the South Carolina traumatic brain injury attorneys at Joye Law Firm have received an AV rating from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell legal directory. Several of our lawyers also have been recognized as South Carolina Super Lawyers.Our personal injury lawyers have a track record of getting results for our clients, including a $5.9 million settlement for a client who suffered severe brain injuries in a wreck.

Past results are in no way intended to imply that a similar result can be obtained in other cases. However, results do reflect a law firm’s experience when it comes to serious brain injury cases. For more details about the results obtained for previous Joye Law Firm clients, please click on the Results tab on our home page.

With more than 110 years of combined litigation experience, the brain injury attorneys at Joye Law Firm have handled enough cases to identify some frequent issues. We also know that each case is unique — including yours. That’s why it’s important to talk to us directly. To help answer some questions you might have, we have compiled information on issues that we often deal with:What is traumatic brain injury? The skull protects the soft tissue of the brain, which is made of neurons or nerve cells. The neurons form tracts that carry message to different parts of the body and control functions such as thinking, seeing, hearing and breathing as well as your heart rate, body temperature and metabolism. When TBI occurs, these neurons are damaged. The messages are blocked or interrupted. The body’s ability to function breaks down.

What are the signs of brain injury? No two TBI cases are the same. The effects may be mild or severe, and they vary depending on the cause, location and severity of the head injury. However, common signs of traumatic brain injury are:

• Headaches, including sharp pain in the temples or forehead
• Memory loss, such as asking the same question repeatedly
• Fatigue, dizziness and vertigo
• Difficulty concentrating, such as struggling to find words, feeling overwhelmed by noise or crowds and becoming easily distracted
•  Loss of balance and motor skills
• Sensory deprivation, such as blurry vision or difficulty hearing
• Depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior or suicidal thoughts.

In the most severe cases, TBI may result in heart attacks, loss of bladder control, seizures, epilepsy, dementia, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease.

What are the causes of traumatic brain injury? According to the CDC, the most common triggers of TBI are falls, motor vehicle accidents, blows from falling objects or collisions and assaults. These injuries can also be caused by head injuries suffered at work, bicycle accidents, motorcycle wrecks, boat crashes and other events in which the victim sustains blunt force trauma to the skull.

What are the costs of a serious brain injury? Even a mild case of TBI can carry astronomical medical expenses. The victim may need surgery, medication and rehabilitation. If a coma occurs, an extremely long hospital stay is required. Even after being released from the hospital, the victim may need around-the-clock care and attention. The victim may be unable to work and require assistance with performing daily functions. In addition to the victim’s pain and suffering, family members may experience heavy burdens and financial losses. In fact, the CDC estimates that TBI costs nearly $60 billion annually across the U.S. in terms of lost wages and medical care.

At Joye Law Firm, our top priority is making sure that our brain injury clients get the medical treatment they deserve. We can work with doctors, hospitals and insurance companies to make sure you or your loved one’s medical care goes uninterrupted.We can also simultaneously begin developing your case against the negligent or reckless individual or company that caused the traumatic brain injury to occur. We can consult with accident reconstruction and workplace injury experts and investigators, and we can compile the evidence to document how your injury occurred and the amount of damage it has caused. We will work hard to secure compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering and other related losses sustained by the brain injury victim and family.

Keep in mind: An insurance adjustor might approach you in hopes of settling your claim. Don’t sign any documents without first talking to an experienced South Carolina brain injury attorney like those at Joye Law Firm. You could sign away your rights to the full compensation you deserve.

Just Call Joye! Let the proven Charleston traumatic brain injury lawyers at Joye Law Firm handle the insurance adjustors for you. Call us at (888) 324-3100 or fill out an online consultation form.

If you’ve suffered serious brain injury in a South Carolina auto, truck, motorcycle or workplace accident, you can trust our dedicated attorneys to get you the money and benefits you are entitled to collect.Just Call Joye at (877) 537-1920 or fill out our free online case evaluation form.