A woman was riding her horse in July 2008 without a riding helmet when her horse spooked and the woman fell to the ground causing her to hit her head.

The woman suffered front occipital lobe damage, she began to stand up and she fell over again. This fall caused her to damage her left frontal lobe.

This damage caused her to not be able to speak for days. She began to begin speaking again but she had a terrible stutter. As she began to regain speaking power she realized that she now spoke with a foreign accent.

She now talked with an Irish-Scottish accent. This damage lead her to develop a disease called foreign accent syndrome which only effects 60 people worldwide.

If you or a loved one has suffered from a brain injury, contact the New Jersey brain injury lawyers of Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.