Your spinal cord is the network that facilitates communication between your brain and the rest of your body. Well protected by the vertebrae, it takes a serious accident or injury to damage it.
If someone else’s reckless behavior resulted in your injuries, our legal team at Premier Law Group offers answers. Meet with our Kent spinal cord injury lawyer to see how we can help you. We offer free consultations. Our Kent personal injury lawyers have served thousands of clients.
Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle with Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries often result from serious accidents due to the reckless behavior of others. Our legal team works closely with victims to uncover who is at fault for their losses, build a valuable claim, and then seek legal action to hold them accountable.
Some of the most common types of personal injury cases resulting in spinal cord injuries include:
- Car accidents: The force involved in car accidents often results in damage to the spinal cord, especially in high-intensity head-on collisions, rollover accidents, and T-bone accidents.
- Motorcycle accidents: Victims hurt in a motorcycle accident, especially if they are thrown from the bike, are likely to suffer devastating spinal cord injuries.
- Truck accidents: Victims struck by semi-trucks, box trucks, and other large commercial vehicles often face serious spinal cord injuries due to the size and weight of these vehicles.
- Medical malpractice cases: If a doctor, hospital, nurse, or other party was negligent in providing care to you and caused your spinal cord injury, we can help. That includes birth injuries, surgical mistakes, or treatment oversights.
- Slip and fall accidents: Victims of slip and fall accidents may suffer debilitating spinal cord injuries depending on how and where they fall.
If you have injuries resulting from the reckless behaviors of other people, businesses, or government entities, let our Kent spinal cord injury attorney investigate and build your case. You may not be sure who is at fault or if you have a case. We will fight for you to have fair treatment and recover all damages owed to you.
Types of Spinal Cord Injuries We Handle
Our team is well-versed in understanding the legalities behind spinal cord injuries. And, because of our experience and our network of medical experts, we also understand just how debilitating injuries like the following can be to your health and well-being.
If you have any of these spinal cord injuries, speak to us about what happened:
- Complete spinal cord injuries: These accidents result in total loss of motor and sensory function below the level of the injury on the spinal cord. These are some of the most devastating accidents.
- Incomplete spinal cord injuries: These injuries provide for significant debilitation, but partial preservation of motor and sensory function is present in the impacted area below the level of the injury.
- Tetraplegia: This type of paralysis occurs when all four limbs and the torso suffer debilitating loss, often the result of an injury to the neck or upper spine.
- Paraplegia: This type of paralysis affects the lower half of the body, typically both legs, and can result from injuries to the lower back or chest.
In each of these cases, we want to fully understand the implications of your injuries, including how they limit you, what type of pain they cause, and what limitations they bring into your life.
As seriously debilitating injuries, it becomes critical for victims to seek legal support in recovering fair compensation. You need these resources to help you build a future. Our team at Premier Law Group will fight for you to do just that.
Complications from Spinal Cord Injuries Impact Every Facet of Your Life
In our decades of experience, our team has seen injuries like these cause incredibly devastating outcomes for victims. Our objective is to fully understand your losses so we can use that information to build a claim. Some of the complications you may have that we want to learn about include:
- Loss of movement
- Loss of sensation
- Autonomic dysreflexia, a condition resulting in sudden increases in blood pressure
- Bowel and bladder difficulties
- Problems with breathing
- Chronic pain
- Muscle spasms
- Impact on quality of life
- Shortening of your lifespan
Moreover, many of our clients need ongoing support and rehabilitation just to maintain as much function as possible. You may need ongoing support for the rest of your life. Let our Kent spinal cord injury attorney build a strong case for you.
For a FREE legal consultation with a spinal cord injury lawyer serving Kent, call (206) 285-1743
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What Compensation May Be Available to You After a Spinal Cord Injury
We recognize the importance of fighting for spinal cord victims to receive maximum compensation, both in getting justice for the damage done to their lives and for their ongoing financial needs. Your accident deserves careful consideration, and you can expect us to provide it.
Some of the losses you may seek include:
- Medical expenses: From the initial injury through ongoing medical care needs, including surgeries, rehabilitation, medications, and further treatment
- Future medical expenses: Future needs, including in-home help, assistive device support, and future treatment needs
- Loss of income: Loss of income represents wages you could not earn from the time of your accident forward, including wages, bonuses, and earning capacity
- Loss of future earnings: If you cannot work or do the same type of work, diminished earning potential is a core component of your claim
- Loss of enjoyment of life: Comprehensive limitations on your ability to enjoy your life as you expected due to your injuries
- Pain and suffering: Including financial recovery of damages to represent your emotional losses and ongoing suffering
We do not settle your case too soon for too little. In Washington, the statute of limitations (RCW 4.16.080) can be as long as three years in some cases. We use that initial time to build a strong claim that insurance companies cannot refute.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a Spinal Cord Injury Attorney in Kent
At Premier Law Group, we become your advocate. Request a free case evaluation to know what your legal options are. Our spinal cord injury lawyer in Kent becomes your advocate. Request help today.
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