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Post traumatic amnesia may sound like an unusual condition affecting a small percentage of accident victims. In fact, post traumatic amnesia is quite common and can present serious legal challenges to injury victims pursuing compensation after an accident.
Post traumatic amnesia refers to brief lapses in memory caused by the trauma of an accident and can affect victims' memory of events just prior to an accident, during an accident and immediately following an accident. When injury victims can't remember key moments regarding their accident creating a strong case for settlement and trial becomes difficult. Why?
- Key information regarding the cause of the accident is difficult or impossible to obtain
- Jury members and others may be suspicious of a victims' claims that they do not remember the accident
At the Boise law firm of Carty Houst we have successfully handled many personal injury, head injury, slip and fall injury and premises liability cases involving post traumatic amnesia.
Human Factor Experts Can Help Us Help You
One way we work to surmount the challenges of post traumatic amnesia is to work with human factor experts. Human factor experts deal with just what their title implies—human factors in serious accidents. A common "human factor" in accidents is that the trauma and fear that occur in accidents commonly cause brief memory loss. This explains common scenarios such as, "One minute I was driving along. The next thing I remember, I was in the hospital".
Another human factor is people's failure to react in accidents. For example, sometimes people can see a car coming towards them but fail to react. Human factor experts can work to demonstrate that failure to react is a normal human response and is not equal to being partially at fault for an accident.
A Recent Case Demonstrates How Human Factor Experts Can Strengthen a Case
We recently represented several people injured in a multi-car accident at a rural intersection. Nobody could remember the accident. By working with accident reconstructionists and human factor experts we were able to recover significant compensation for our clients.
Contact Us
Carty Houst is available for off-hour appointments and home and hospital visits and offers Spanish language and other language translation. We also offer free initial consultations and charge no fees unless we collect compensation for you. To contact a lawyer, call 208-342-3501 or 877-293-9300.
