If you’ve recently been in an auto accident, you may be concerned about working with insurance companies, recovering from any injuries you suffered, property damage to your car and rental car reimbursement. However, But if you were the victim in an automobile accident, you should also be thinking about whether Clearwater auto accident lawyers can help you recover money to pay your accident-related bills and compensate you for pain and suffering.

Whiplash, also called neck sprain or neck strain, is an injury to the neck. Whiplash is characterized by a collection of symptoms that occur following damage to the neck. In whiplash, the intervertebral joints (located between vertebrae), discs, and ligaments, cervical muscles, and nerve roots may become damaged.

Whiplash is caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward, and often occurs as a result of a car accident.

Symptoms of whiplash may be delayed for 24 hours or more after the initial trauma. However, people who experience whiplash may develop one or more of the following symptoms, usually within the first few days after the injury:

• Neck pain and stiffness
• Headaches
• Pain in the shoulder or between the shoulder blades
• Low back pain
• Pain or numbness in the arm and/or hand
• Dizziness
• Ringing in the ears or blurred vision
• Difficulty concentrating or remembering
• Irritability, sleep disturbances, fatigue

Traumatic brain injuries present numerous challenges to victims and their families. Not only do such injuries significantly affect the cognitive, physical and psychological skills of the injured person, they also cause untold emotional and financial repercussions to the families of the injured.

Brain injuries typically result from accidents involving trauma to the head; however, they may also be caused by insufficient oxygen (anoxic brain injury), poisoning, or infection.

Many people who have endured a brain injury suffer long term effects on their cognition and personality. Annually, more than 80,000 individuals are left with life-long disabilities from TBI. Today, over 5.3 million Americans are living with a TBI-related disability.

The Clearwater auto accidents lawyers of Haddad & Associates provide legal representation for individuals or families injured by or in auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, dog bites, slip and falls, product liability and wrongful death cases. Our Clearwater car accident attorneys welcome the opportunity to interview you and your loved ones. We invite you to review our recent results from settlements to trial verdicts. Read our lawyers’ qualifications and backgrounds.  Call us at 727-299-0449 for your free consultation. We recommend also reading our reviews on Google Reviews, Avvo and Yelp.