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20% of children diagnosed with congenital cerebral palsy developed it due to a brain injury during the birthing process.
8,000 - 10,000 babies and infants are diagnosed annually with cerebral palsy. Of those babies, 20% of them acquired cerebral palsy during their births. Many cerebral palsy cases are connected with an oxygen shortage. If the oxygen supply to the brain is severly low at the time of birth, the infant may suffer a type of brain damage that may result in cerebral palsy.
Reading, walking and talking. They're all things we do every day. They're all things that we take for granted. But if you've suffered a serious brain injury in West Virginia, you may suffer from permanent brain damage and may need extensive medical care for the rest of your life. Thankfully, West Virginia brain injury attorneys can help you recover damages from whoever was responsible for your brain injury.
West Virginia couple awarded settlement of $750,000 in damages for car/truck accident
(12/4/1998)
On November, 16, 1994, Marlin Fitzwater was driving his car in Summersville, West Virginia. At an intersection, he was struck by a tractor trailer being driven by Bobby L. Shockley. Mr. Fitzwater sustained serious and life-threatening injuries from t
According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 1.4 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury each year. Of those, 50,000 die and 1.1 million are treated and released. But a large number, 235,000 victims, are hospitalized and could suffer serious brain injuries.
Unfortunately, children are most at risk for suffering accidents that could lead to a serious or traumatic brain injury. More than 475,000 children suffer from serious brain injury accidents each year. That means they're more likely to need extensive medical care for a long period of time; medical care that can get quite expensive in West Virginia.
While accidents are the greatest causes of brain injuries in West Virginia, they can also be caused by:
Slip and fall accidents
Car accidents
Motorcycle accidents
Inherited genetic defects
Viral infections
Trauma or drug use of the mother
Delivery medical malpractice
In some cases, brain injuries can be treated with surgery, but the patient may be left with limited mental abilities. West Virginia brain injury lawyers can help you sue whoever is responsible for you or your child's brain damage and make them pay for whatever expensive treatment is required.
West Virginia brain injury lawyers will also be able to sue for lost future income and for any pain and suffering.
If you live in the following cities and need an brain injury attorney you should contact
our Brain Injury Attorney as soon as possible:
Barboursville
Beckley
Bluefield
Bridgeport
Buckhannon
Charles Town
Charleston
Clarksburg
Elkins
Elkview
Fairmont
Grafton
Harpers Ferry
Huntington
Hurricane
Keyser
Logan
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Moundsville
Oak Hill
Parkersburg
Princeton
Saint Albans
Vienna
Weirton
Wellsburg
Wheeling
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Traffic Fatalities in West Virginia 
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