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Head Injury from accidents

Closed & Open Head Injury

The sudden impact on the head of an accident victim can cause many temporary to irreversible damages including Traumatic Brain Injury.

Sudden Impact Causes Brain Damage

The most recognized cause of a head injury resulting from an accident is the skull's sudden, if not immediate deceleration as a result of striking a blunt object such as a steering wheel, dashboard or even air bag. When the skull’s momentum is stopped, the brain’s momentum within the skull does not automatically stop at the same time. The brain can be compared with a piece of jello within a container. While the container may stop, the jello within carries the momentum and squishes against the hard walls of the container. This is precisely what happens with the brain in a closed head injury. While the skull’s momentum stops in an instance, the brain, a much softer and malleable organ, continues to carry momentum and is squished or pressed against the hard skull. This can then lead to one or more of three separate processes that work to injury the brain: bruising, tearing and/or swelling.

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Attorney Cory Gourley, Attorney Robert Rehkemper and Attorney Matt Lindholm, the founders of GRL Law, know how to work as a team to build successful legal strategies and overwhelming settlement arguments for their clients. They do just that for many people who are then able to recover financially from an accident.

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Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC is an Iowa law firm located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The lawyers at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm are licensed in the state of Iowa.

Attorneys Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindhom, and their associate Attorney Scott Michels frequently represent people who have been injured as a result of an accident occuring in the greater Des Moines, Iowa area, including West Des Moines, Iowa City, Johnston, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Marshalltown, Cedar Falls, and Ames, Iowa. They often help people who have sustained head and brain injuries, spinal cord injury, fractured bones and cuts, as well as injuries resulting from medical malpractice and dental malpractice. GRL Law's attorneys stand ready to help you find the best solutions for your particular situation, utilize protections under the law to secure your family and property, and get the compensation you deserve after a personal injury or wrongful death. Please contact the law offices of Attorney Cory Gourley, Attorney Robert Rehkemper & Attorney Matt Thomas Lindholm for a free legal consultation to better understand your rights under Iowa law, and make the next important decisions in recovering your losses.

Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm

Head Injury from accidents

Closed & Open Head Injury

Sudden Impact Causes Brain Damage

An Anatomy of the Brain

Head & Brain Injury Information

Personal Injury Lawyers

GRL Law - Iowa

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Recent Cases

Personal Injury Wins

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