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After a serious head injury, the hardest part often isn’t the hospital. It’s getting home and realizing you don’t feel like yourself anymore. Headaches, memory gaps, and trouble concentrating can make it hard to keep a job, manage a household, or follow a conversation. Medical bills pile up while income slows, and no one hands you a roadmap for what comes next.
A Stratford brain injury lawyer at Loughlin FitzGerald, P.C. can help sort through what happened and what it’s worth. The firm’s brain injury work includes a $1,250,000 case result for a client left with a traumatic brain injury after a rear-end crash on Interstate 91, and attorney John F. Conway has been named a Connecticut Super Lawyer every year since 2020.
That experience means putting a real number on care, lost income, and the years ahead, instead of settling for the insurance company’s first offer.
Every brain injury case is different, but the firm’s past results show what steady preparation can do for a claim.
These figures reflect the firm’s catastrophic injury work across Connecticut. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome, and every case turns on its own facts.
Head trauma serious enough to need a lawyer can come from more situations than most people expect. The firm handles brain injury claims that come from:
Whatever caused the injury, the same core work applies: proving what happened, showing how the injury has changed daily life, and putting a number on what that costs going forward.
All three attorneys at the firm carry a Super Lawyers or Rising Star selection, a peer recognition given to a limited number of attorneys each year.
A traumatic brain injury rarely resolves in a few weeks. Depending on severity, it can mean months of therapy, an inability to return to the same job, or a lasting change in memory and mood that affects relationships and family life. How do you put a dollar figure on a changed personality or a career that has to shift?
Connecticut law also gives you a limited window to make that case. Under Connecticut General Statutes § 52-584, most injury claims must be filed within two years from the date the injury was discovered, and no later than three years from the act that caused it. Miss that window, and even the strongest case cannot move forward.
Insurance companies often argue that the injured person shares some of the blame, especially in car crashes or falls. Under Connecticut General Statutes § 52-572h, you can still recover damages as long as you are not found more than 50 percent at fault, though your award gets reduced by your share of the blame.
If you are found 51 percent or more responsible, Connecticut law bars you from recovering anything at all. Brain injury claims tied to incidents in Stratford are generally heard in the Bridgeport Judicial District, where the Superior Court on Main Street in Bridgeport also covers Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe, and several nearby towns.
This overview reflects Connecticut law as of September 2026, though how fault gets argued still depends on the specific facts of your accident.
Firm-level results have included a $1,250,000 case result for a client with a traumatic brain injury from a rear-end crash on Interstate 91, along with six-figure results in other serious injury and wrongful death claims. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome, and each case depends on its own facts.
Consultations are free. The firm can explain how fees work during that first conversation.
Connecticut generally gives you two years from when the injury is discovered, and no more than three years from the incident itself, under the state’s injury statute of limitations. Because head injuries sometimes aren’t obvious right away, it helps to get a read on your case as soon as symptoms appear.
You can still recover damages as long as you’re not found more than 50 percent responsible, under Connecticut’s comparative negligence rule. Your compensation gets reduced by your percentage of fault, and if you’re found 51 percent or more at fault, you can’t recover anything.
Civil claims tied to incidents in Stratford, Connecticut are generally heard in the Bridgeport Judicial District, where the Superior Court sits on Main Street in Bridgeport. That courthouse also covers Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe, and several nearby towns.
Symptoms can include headaches, dizziness, memory problems, mood changes, and trouble concentrating, and they don’t always show up right away. Getting evaluated by a doctor quickly creates a medical record that can matter later for your claim.
Yes. Connecticut’s discovery rule allows the filing clock to start when the injury is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered, not necessarily the date of the accident. This matters for brain injuries, since symptoms like memory loss or mood changes sometimes take time to surface.
If your question isn’t listed here, reach out and the firm can walk through the details of your specific case.
A brain injury claim gets stronger with early documentation, and Connecticut’s filing deadlines don’t wait for anyone. If a crash, fall or other accident left you or someone you love with a brain injury, a Stratford brain injury lawyer at Loughlin FitzGerald, P.C. can look at what happened and explain your options.
Schedule a free consultation to find out what your case may be worth.
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