A Car Accident Can Affect Your Mind and Mental Capacity
Recently 47-year old Michelle Philpots was featured on The Today Show, as well as in a number of articles, claiming that after two serious motor accidents more than 20 years ago, she has developed a rare form of amnesia from the resulting brain injuries. These injuries erase her recent memories each night and keep her stuck in the year 1994. Her memory loss has been brought on by a condition known as anterograde amnesia and every morning Philpots wakes up thinking that it is still 1994, the last year that she can fully remember. Philpots told Today Show host Matt Laurer during her Today Show appearance, “I didn’t want to be different. I wanted to be back to the normal me and not the shell of a person. I want my career back. I want to be able to say I remember when again and knowing that’s the life you lost, you can’t do it.” In 1985, Philpots was in a motorcycle accident and 5 years later in a serious car accident. Both resulted in severe head trauma which caused the anterograde amnesia, a condition that allows the brain to remember past events but not those in the future.
As an experienced Pennsylvania car accident attorney since 1979 whose law firm has handled in excess of 20,000 car accident cases, I am well aware of the occurrence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) when a blow to the head damages the brain as a result of a car accident. Motor vehicle accidents are the predominant cause of traumatic brain injuries. When an individual suffers a traumatic brain injury or closed head trauma, the extent of the injury depends on the areas of the brain that were damaged. Traumatic brain injuries may result in memory loss, paralysis, sensory loss, diminished cognitive function, and communication problems. These symptoms are often permanent and sometimes brain injury and closed head trauma victims may not recognize the extent of the injuries until weeks after the injuries have occurred. Even people displaying less severe symptoms may discover that a slight loss in coordination or slower cognitive ability prevents them from performing their work at the same level as before the injury. Accordingly, the medical, recovery, and cost of living expenses resulting from a traumatic brain injury or closed head trauma can be very high.
The experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyers at Reiff & Bily fully investigate your claim and offer a free no obligation consultation to determine if you are in a position to obtain compensation from the party responsible for your injuries so that you can recover your medical expenses, rehabilitation, lost income, pain and suffering, and home or resident care. Our record of success speaks for itself. For further information, please contact us at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
