Tennessee Motorcycle Accidents - Helmets Cannot Prevent All Brain Injuries

Tennessee motorcycle law requires that riders wear helmets to protect them from the serious injuries that can occur in a motorcycle accident in Tennessee . Every rider should wear a motorcycle helmet, but no helmet can completely protect you from serious injury if you are in a motorcycle wreck.

I recently worked on a case involving a motorcycle rider who was in a crash, but he didn't break any major bones. There was no injury to his skull or brain. His helmet was scuffed but intact. He was walking around at the scene at first, then he lost consciousness. He ended up with a serious, disabling brain injury.

What happened? He had trauma to the chest that caused one lung to completely collapse and the other to partially collapse. He had a hard time breathing and his brain became starved for oxygen, and it was starved long enough for some of the brain tissue to die.

The effects of a brain injury can be overwhelming on anyone, and it affects the family as well.  The moral to the story - wear a helmet, but ride safe - no helmet can give you complete protection from a catastrophic, disabling brain injury.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Tennessee motorcycle accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the  Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death from a motorcycle accident in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.