Khashayar Law Group represents people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) throughout San Diego County. The firm’s representative results include the Brownlee case — a $4.5 million verdict against the City of San Diego in a public-entity trip-and-fall / TBI matter, later reported as a $4.8 million judgment after costs and fees. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) often don’t show on an emergency-room CT scan. A patient may walk out of the hospital after a collision and only later realize that something is wrong — difficulty concentrating, memory lapses, mood changes, sleep disruption, headaches, sensitivity to light or noise, depression. Because TBI symptoms can be cognitive and emotional rather than visible, defendants and insurers often try to dismiss them as exaggeration or pre-existing.
Proving TBI causation typically requires a combination of: ER and hospital records; neurologist and neuropsychologist evaluations; MRI, DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), or other advanced imaging; cognitive testing; before-and-after witness testimony from family, friends, and coworkers; and sometimes day-in-the-life documentation.
TBI cases often involve substantial damages because the injury’s effects can be lifelong:
The firm’s most directly relevant TBI result is the Brownlee case — a $4.5 million jury verdict, later a $4.8 million judgment after costs and fees, against the City of San Diego in a public-entity trip-and-fall / TBI matter. The case used trial demonstratives to prove TBI causation from the fall to a jury. See the Brownlee case page and the brain injury practice page. Daryoosh Khashayar is an ABOTA member — see his bio.
TBI is often called the “invisible injury” because routine CT scans don’t capture diffuse axonal injury or post-concussive changes. Proof typically comes from a combination of advanced imaging (MRI, DTI), neurology and neuropsychology evaluations, cognitive testing, and witness testimony from family and coworkers documenting before-and-after changes.
Two years from the date of injury under CCP §335.1. Six months under Government Code §911.2 if a public entity contributed. Medical malpractice has separate rules under §340.5. Evidence-preservation deadlines often run shorter.
Past and future medical care, lost earnings and lost future earning capacity, pain and suffering, life care plan costs, and loss of consortium for spouses. Future damages typically dominate the economic component because TBI effects can be lifelong.
Yes — Khashayar Law Group’s Brownlee case is an example. A written government claim must be filed within six months of injury under Government Code §911.2. Liability for a dangerous condition of public property is governed by Government Code §835.
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Source note. The Brownlee result is described on the firm’s case page and is supported by CBS 8 news coverage. See the firm’s editorial policy. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
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