Normal imaging does not end the claim
Some TBIs are diagnosed through symptoms, clinical findings, neuropsychology, and before-and-after function rather than a visible CT or MRI finding.
Brain Injury After A Michigan Accident?
Call Before Symptoms Are Dismissed Or Records Get Lost
Tell us how the injury happened, what symptoms changed, what the scans or doctors said, and who has contacted you. We will explain what to document, what not to sign, and whether a traumatic brain injury lawyer can help.
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What You Need to Know First
What matters in a traumatic brain injury claim?
A traumatic brain injury claim needs evidence of what caused the injury and how it changed daily life. Medical records, a symptom timeline, and observations from family or coworkers can help document changes in memory, concentration, mood, and work. The legal claim and available insurance depend on how the injury happened.
PIP may cover crash-related care
When a motor vehicle caused the TBI, Michigan No-Fault may cover medical care, wage loss, replacement services, and attendant care.
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Since 1989
We Review Medical Proof, Causation, Coverage, And Life Impact Together.
Brain injury cases are often fought on symptoms, timing, causation, and proof of how life changed after the crash, fall, assault, or other trauma. Family observations and medical records both matter.
Medical documentation
Emergency records, neurology, imaging, neuropsychology, therapy, medication, and symptom timeline.
Functional impact
Work, school, memory, mood, sleep, family observations, driving, daily tasks, and independence.
Coverage and benefits
PIP tiers, wage loss, attendant care, health insurance, workers comp, liability coverage, and liens.
Cause and defendants
Crash, fall, assault, work injury, unsafe property, product, police encounter, or other trauma evidence.
The process
What happens when you call.
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Tell us what happened
Start with when and where you were hurt, your injuries, and your main concern. You do not need every record before you call.
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Discuss what needs attention
We ask about the people involved, any letters or offers you received, and information that could affect the next step.
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Understand your options
We explain whether we may be able to help, what information is still needed, and what representation would involve.
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Decide whether to move forward
A consultation does not commit you to hiring us. Representation begins only after conflict review and a written engagement agreement.
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The cases. The work.
The difference it made.
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Teacher rear-ended by a city work van
A teacher suffered brain and spinal injuries when a Detroit city van hit his stopped car. The City offered $25,000 before trial; a Wayne County jury awarded $5.2 million.
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Motorcyclist hit by a drunk driver; brain and spine injuries
The collision caused a traumatic brain injury and fractures in the lumbar spine.
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Brain damage caused by corporate negligence
Our client suffered brain damage in a case involving negligence by a corporation.
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Treatment, bills, and insurance questions can arrive at once. We can review your situation and explain how legal help may fit into your recovery.
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Michigan Brain Injury Law, No-Fault, And Serious-Impairment Proof
The main point: TBI claims should be built around documented function, medical causation, and coverage before an insurer reduces the injury to a normal scan.
The full breakdown Michigan law, deadlines, evidence, and recovery issues
Brain Injury Cases Are Often Fought On Proof, Not Just Diagnosis.
The strongest TBI cases connect the event, medical timeline, daily-life change, and expert explanation.
Crash-related TBI
We review PIP, serious impairment, vehicle data, mechanism of injury, and symptom timeline.
Fall or assault TBI
We review property control, security, notice, video, witnesses, and medical causation.
Work-related TBI
We review workers comp, third-party claims, equipment, site control, and wage-loss disputes.
Severe or permanent TBI
We review life-care planning, attendant care, earning capacity, family impact, and future treatment.
Key Michigan Rules, Deadlines, And Evidence
Michigan TBI cases can involve No-Fault PIP, selected PIP medical coverage levels, serious-impairment claims, general injury deadlines, premises or product liability, workers’ compensation, and expert medical proof.
PIP benefit categories
MCL 500.3107 may matter for allowable expenses, wage loss, replacement services, and attendant care after a crash.
Policy tiers
MCL 500.3107c supports review of selected PIP medical coverage levels after July 1, 2020.
PIP timing
MCL 500.3145 notice, lawsuit, tolling, and one-year-back issues need exact-date review.
Serious impairment
MCL 500.3135 serious-impairment analysis often matters in motor-vehicle TBI cases.
Non-auto claims
Falls, assaults, unsafe property, products, work injuries, and civil-rights claims each have different proof and timing issues.
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions: Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer
Can I sue for a concussion or TBI after a Michigan crash?
Possibly. PIP may cover medical care while a separate third-party claim requires fault, causation, damages, and often serious-impairment proof under MCL 500.3135.
How do you prove a traumatic brain injury?
Proof can include medical records, symptom timeline, imaging, neuropsychology, treating-provider opinions, family observations, work or school limits, and daily-life changes.
What if my CT or MRI was normal?
A normal scan does not automatically end a TBI claim. Many concussions and mild TBIs require clinical, functional, and neuropsychological proof.
Does No-Fault cover TBI treatment after a car accident?
Often, yes, if the TBI arose from a motor vehicle accident and no exclusion applies. Policy-selected PIP medical limits and timing rules still matter.
How long does a TBI case take?
It depends on treatment, recovery, liability, coverage, and whether experts are needed. Serious TBI cases should not be valued before the medical picture is reasonably developed.
Our Team Approach
Every case at Christopher Trainor & Associates is a team effort. Our attorneys collaborate on strategy, discovery, and litigation so you get the full strength of the firm behind you—not just a single lawyer. We have built our practice on this collaborative model since 1989.
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