Brain injury settlements are usually large due to the amount of money it takes to sustain medical care and replace lost income for the victim's family. Medical care alone can run into the hundreds of thousands- and that's just to get some brain injury victims stabilized enough to proceed with further treatment. Brain injuries often result in personality changes, loss of concentration, memory loss and possibly permanent damage to motor skills such as hand-eye coordination. These can lead to a lifetime of difficulty in finding and maintaining employment to support themselves and their families. Brain injury settlements are not only helpful to the victims of brain injury, often the financial burden extends to other family members who have to care for the victim and possibly the victim's immediate family as well. Brain injuries have severe future implications which is why attorneys seek large settlements in brain injury cases. Using expert medical testimony to ascertain possible future prognosis for the victim, settlements upwards of seven figures are not unheard of. Clients who are in coma or vegetative states need compensation to pay for institutionalization or round-the-clock nursing if the family chooses to keep the victim at home. Brain injury settlements often include pain and suffering compensation; however, the main idea is to make sure that all medical bills are covered both now and in the future.