A spinal cord injury brings life-altering, permanent consequences. It’s even more devastating knowing the catastrophic injury could have been avoided with someone else’s reasonable care. While no legal process can undo the injury, a successful claim addresses the related financial consequences. Call a Grand Island spinal cord injury lawyer at Steffens Law for skilled legal representation that achieves exceptional results.
Why Select a Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer From Steffens Law?
As dedicated legal advocates for injury victims, our team has deep compassion for those suffering permanent paralysis from spinal cord injuries. Our injury attorneys in Grand Island bring the following advantages to your case:
- We personalize a strategy for every client, tailored to the unique circumstances of their case, always with the goal of obtaining the maximum compensation available
- Access to medical experts and occupational therapists to provide supporting evidence
- Open communication, honesty, and availability so you’re informed and included in every step of your claim
After your free consultation, we use a contingency-based payment model so you only pay for our legal representation after we’ve obtained your compensation.
Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries In Grand Island, NE
The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves responsible for sending and receiving messages between the brain and body. When trauma damages, compresses, or severs the spinal cord, it causes paralysis and loss of sensation beyond the point of injury. Common causes of spinal cord injuries include the following:
- Car accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Falls from heights
- Slip-and-fall accidents on staircases, steps, and escalators
- Contact sports injuries
- Recreational activity injuries, such as skating, skiing, horseback riding, and diving
Under Nebraska’s modified comparative negligence law, an injury victim can seek compensation for their losses from one or more liable parties that caused or contributed to their injury.
What Compensation Is Available In a Spinal Cord Injury Claim?
Although the lifelong costs of a catastrophic injury like a spinal cord injury depend on the age at which the injury occurs, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation reports lifelong costs ranging from $2,310,104 to $4,724,181 for full or partial paralysis (paraplegia or tetriplegia). Common damages recovered in successful claims include the following:
- Reimbursement for medical expenses
- Total projected future medical expenses, adaptive equipment costs, and home assistance expenses
- Lost income and diminished earning capacity
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Compensation for catastrophic permanent injury and emotional trauma, such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression
Spinal cord injury victims often experience complications, such as respiratory infections, UTIs, and pressure sores. All of which require medical care. Life care planning experts help project catastrophic injury costs.
Call or Contact a Grand Island Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
No one should have to be responsible for the expenses of a spinal cord injury caused by someone else while they are also left to bear the physical and emotional consequences of a disabling injury. Instead, call Steffens Law Accident Injury Lawyers for a free consultation so we can begin strategizing your financial recovery, leaving you free to focus on your emotional well-being and reaching the maximum recovery for your spinal cord injury.