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Alex Shulman
After a head injury, a brain injury lawyer in Hudson can help you find out who is responsible and what your claim should cover. At Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers, we stand with injured people and their families across the Hudson Valley. New York, We Got You.
Our team handles these cases as part of our work as a personal injury lawyer in Hudson. You don’t need to know the full extent of your recovery before you call. When you’re ready, we can talk through what happened and what comes next.
Types of Traumatic Brain Injuries
A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, happens when a blow, jolt, or object damages the brain. You don’t have to lose consciousness or hit your head on anything to suffer one. Even a “mild” injury can affect your ability to work, drive, or care for your family.
Brain injuries take several forms:
- Concussions, often called mild TBIs, caused by a blow or sudden jolt
- Contusions, which are bruises on the brain tissue
- Diffuse axonal injuries, where the brain shifts and tears nerve fibers
- Coup-contrecoup injuries, where the brain strikes both sides of the skull
- Penetrating injuries, where an object breaks through the skull
- Bleeding on or around the brain, such as a subdural hematoma
Symptoms can include dizziness, light sensitivity, slowed thinking, memory loss, and changes in mood or sleep. Some problems only show up when you return to work or other demanding tasks. That’s why an early exam may not capture the full impact of your injury.
Getting Care at Columbia Memorial Health and Albany Medical Center
Get medical care right away after any suspected head injury. Warning signs like a worsening headache, repeated vomiting, seizures, or growing confusion call for emergency care. Your health comes first, whether or not you ever bring a claim.
Many injured people in Hudson are first seen at Columbia Memorial Health on Prospect Avenue, part of the Albany Med Health System. Patients with severe head trauma are often moved to Albany Medical Center, the nearest Level 1 trauma center.
Those records become a key part of your claim. They show when your symptoms began, what doctors found, and how your condition has changed over time.
Accidents That Can Cause a Brain Injury
Car, truck, and motorcycle crashes on Route 9, Route 9G, and other local roads are a common cause of brain injuries. Pedestrians and cyclists hit by vehicles also face a high risk. A sudden stop can injure the brain, even without an obvious wound.
Falls can cause serious head trauma too, whether they happen on stairs, sidewalks, or a job site. In a fall case, the key questions are who controlled the property, what made it unsafe, and whether the owner knew or should have known about the danger. Claims involving public sidewalks may have special rules.
Work injuries, including falls and falling objects, often involve both workers’ comp and a separate claim against a third party. Construction workers may also have protections under the state’s Labor Law. You may qualify for workers’ comp medical benefits even if you never missed a day of work.
How a Hudson Brain Injury Lawyer Proves Your Claim
A brain injury claim usually requires proof that someone failed to act with reasonable care and that this failure caused your injury. A serious injury alone doesn’t prove fault. The evidence has to link what went wrong to your condition.
Our brain injury attorneys in Hudson run their own investigations in-house. We gather photos, witness statements, incident reports, maintenance records, and video before they’re lost. More than one person or business may share the blame, which can add sources of payment.
Brain injuries don’t always appear on a CT scan or MRI. A normal scan doesn’t rule out a brain injury. Testing by a neurologist or neuropsychologist can show memory, attention, and other problems that imaging misses.
Compensation You May Recover
A brain injury can affect every part of your life, and your claim should reflect that. Future care and lost earning power are often the highest costs.
Depending on your case, you may be able to recover compensation for:
- Emergency care, hospital stays, and follow-up treatment
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
- Future medical care and in-home help
- Lost wages and reduced earning power
- Pain and suffering, memory problems, and emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
In car crash cases, no-fault coverage pays first for medical bills and part of your lost wages. To sue for pain and suffering, you must meet the state’s serious injury threshold, and a diagnosis alone doesn’t prove it. Your award can be reduced by your share of fault, but you can still recover even if you were partly to blame.
Protecting Your Claim From the Start
Insurance adjusters may call before your recovery is clear. Be careful about recorded statements and broad medical releases. An early settlement offer may cover today’s bills but not your future care, and signing a release usually ends your claim.
Keep a dated journal of your headaches, fatigue, missed work, and tasks you now need help with. Ask family members to note the changes they see. Save bills, prescriptions, and messages from insurers in one place.
Deadlines matter too. You generally have three years to file an injury lawsuit, but claims against a town or county may need a notice of claim within 90 days. Video and other evidence can disappear long before those deadlines pass.
Why Choose Shulman & Hill
Since 2013, Shulman & Hill has recovered more than $1 billion for over 26,000 clients. Our attorneys bring more than 200 years of combined experience to brain injury, construction, and workers’ comp cases. Every case is different, and past results do not predict future outcomes.
Founding partner JJ Hill focuses on traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, wrongful death, and construction cases. We can travel to you for a consultation, so you don’t have to come to us while you recover.
We work on a contingency fee, so you pay no attorney fee unless we recover money for you. Your written fee agreement explains how fees and case costs are handled.
Talk to a Hudson Brain Injury Lawyer Today
A brain injury lawyer in Hudson can protect your evidence, track your deadlines, and pursue the full value of your claim while you focus on getting better. Bring any accident reports, insurance letters, and medical records you have, and we’ll help with the rest.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Contact Shulman & Hill today for your free case review and let us start building your claim.