Over $50M Recovered in the Past 7 Years
At the Tenge Law Firm, LLC, our goal is to achieve the best possible result for our clients as soon as possible. Each case and each client is different, so we work directly with clients to meet their needs for medical care and personal situations. We have enjoyed great success, with exceedingly high client satisfaction, using this approach.
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$3,250,000 Rollover auto accident involving defective roof and serious injuries
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$1,475,000 Auto accident with head, neck and back injuries
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$950,000 Car accident with brain injury and orthopedic injuries
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$750,000 Policy Limits – Low speed auto accident leading to minor stroke
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$533,000 Trial Verdict - Client hit by airborne patio umbrella with facial scar and concussion.
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$450,000 Pedestrian hit by car
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$300,000 Four-car accident resulting in vertebral fracture and facial injuries
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$200,000 Auto accident with facial injuries
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$120,000 Slip-and-fall at fast food restaurant
Types of TBIs
Injuries to the brain often come in two stages. Primary brain damage occurs immediately, and secondary brain damage takes place over a period of minutes, hours, days, or more. Here are the common traumatic brain injuries:
- Closed (internal) injuries: This trauma to the brain is internal, and often hard to spot. Most TBIs are closed head injuries.
- Concussions: The most common TBI, concussions occur when your brain shakes in your skull. It may cause swelling, bleeding, or chemical changes. Repeated concussions, even over a long span of time, can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy – widespread brain damage.
- Contusions: The equivalent of a “bruise” on the brain. Contusions may be mild, moderate, or severe, and large ones with swelling may require surgery to remove.
- Hematomas: Pools of blood inside the brain or between the brain and the skull. May create a cerebral aneurysm and increase the risk of suffering a stroke.
- Coup-contrecoups: The creation of two contusions, on opposite sides of the brain, usually from some violent force that snapped the head back and forth.
- Lacerations: Any tears of the frontal lobe, temporal lobes, or blood vessels.
- Diffuse axonal injuries: DAIs occur when a violent motion tears the internal structures of the brain. The torn nerves release chemicals and disrupt the brain’s normal functioning. Diffuse axonal injury is very serious, and often seen in shaken baby syndrome. It causes unconsciousness, coma, and very often, death.
- Penetrating (open injuries): Any foreign object that breaches the skull and goes into the brain can create a penetrating injury. This may be a depressive skull fracture, a bullet wound, or any piece of a foreign object. Open brain injuries require immediate medical attention, and victims have an additional risk of infection and severe bleeding.
Secondary brain damage, which can develop as a complication of the original injury, includes:
- Low blood pressure
- Diminished blood flow, resulting in insufficient oxygen to the brain
- Intracranial pressure, caused by edema (swelling)
- Herniation of the brain, when tissue bulges out of place
Whatever type of brain injury you have suffered, if another individual or group caused you injury, then you may be eligible to file a claim for damages.
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What Causes Brain Injuries?
Any strong blow to the head or penetrating wound to the skull can lead to serious brain damage, leaving victims with expensive medical bills and painful injuries. Often times these injuries are the result of an act of negligence, such as a DUI car accident or careless property owner. If your injury was caused because of someone else’s reckless behavior, you may be able to pursue a claim.
Instances where you can suffer a brain injury and, subsequently, file a claim, include:
- Car accidents, such as when you strike your head against the side window or driving column
- Motorcycle and bicycle accidents, including collisions where riders are wearing helmets
- High-speed trucking accidents
- Slip and falls that involve a blow to the head
- Dog attacks that lead to a fall
- Diving into a shallow pool that lacks depth signage
- Assaults as a result of negligent security
The process for filing a claim will vary depending on each accident, but a key element to each case is proving liability and negligence. Liability means that someone is responsible for your injuries, either due to a specific action they took or inaction. Every driver on the road is liable for each other’s safety, and even property owners have a duty to look after their guests and tenants. When these individuals fail in that duty through an act of negligence, they can be found liable for any injuries another person suffers.
This is the same in cases where a victim suffered a TBI because of a reckless individual. Not only can you pursue compensation for your initial medical costs, but also for how your injury affects you throughout your life.
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Ratings
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Results
In the last ten years, we've recovered $50 million on behalf of our clients. Our motto is simple - You do what you need to do physically recover, and we'll handle the rest.
At the Tenge Law Firm, we feel a profound responsibility to ensure our client’s physical and emotional well being during one of the worst times of their life. We've put together a page of resources to help you gain legal expertise and education about the law.
How a TBI Can Affect You
If you or someone close to you has survived a traumatic brain injury, you know it can be extremely disorienting. You are not yourself; things that were once easy for you now seem almost impossible; your memory fails you, your head aches, and your personality has changed. And these are only a few of the changes you might be feeling. It’s almost as if you are another person altogether. You may become depressed, anxious, always on edge. Food tastes different, vision is blurred, and you are oversensitive to every small sound.
Of course, you may not have all of these symptoms, or you may have an entirely different set of problems. The exact symptoms depend on the severity of the injury and the part of the brain affected. Brain injuries can potentially affect physical, cognitive, and psychological functioning, sometimes to the extent that the victim is never able to return to work or function independently. Not only that, even if you appear to have recovered, there is recent medical evidence showing that brain injuries draw on your cognitive reserves, which may predispose you to dementia later in life.
If you or someone you care for has suffered a serious injury at the hands of someone’s negligent actions, don’t hesitate to contact a Fort Collins brain injury lawyer.
Our Law Firm Provides Brain Injury Assistance
At the Tenge Law Firm, LLC, we are accustomed to helping clients with catastrophic, life-changing injuries seek compensation from at-fault parties. Because we limit our practice to personal injury law exclusively, we have developed a level of expertise and a long record of successful recoveries in high-value cases. Founding attorney Todd Tenge consistently receives the highest ratings from clients and peers and has an enviable record of obtaining excellent results for his clients, both in and out of court.
When you come in for your free consultation, we’ll dim the lights, talk softly, and be patient with you – we’re members of Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado and know how to accommodate.
For compassionate, personalized, and dedicated representation in the Ft. Collins area, contact us today. Legal deadlines apply, so don’t risk losing your right to monetary recovery. Call the Tenge Law Firm, LLC today at (720) 897-3410.
