Brain Injury and Oxygen Deprivation: Cerebral Hypoxia, Anoxia
When the brain is injured because of a lack of oxygen, medical professionals describe the condition as cerebral hypoxia (inadequate oxygen) or anoxia (no oxygen). These types of brain injuries can occur in a variety of ways.
At Biren | Katzman Trial Lawyers, we have successfully resolved a wide range of cases involving cerebral hypoxia or anoxia. Common types of accidents include:
- Swimming pool accidents: We have successfully represented clients whose family members drowned or nearly drowned in swimming pools due to a failure to supervise, inadequate security or other negligence of pool owners or lifeguards. The majority of these cases involve private residential pools or swimming pools at apartment buildings. However, we also represent clients in cases involving public pools and hotel or motel swimming pools.
- Industrial accidents: We have represented numerous victims of industrial accidents who suffered cerebral hypoxia or anoxia when colorless, odorless gases like argon or carbon monoxide displaced the oxygen in their work space.
- Strangulation: Defectively designed clothing, toys, cribs, bunk beds and other furniture can all pose a risk of brain injury or death by strangulation, especially in children.
- Birthing injuries: When doctors fail to diagnose or properly respond to fetal distress, they put the baby at risk of cerebral palsy and other permanent brain injuries due to a lack of oxygen.
If you or a member of your family sustained a brain injury due to lack of oxygen, please contact the attorneys of Biren | Katzman in Los Angeles by e-mail or call us toll free at 866-604-5887. For more than 30 years, we have obtained financial compensation for clients who sustained brain injuries because of the negligence of others.
