Every year, 250,000 to 500,000 people experience life-altering spinal cord injuries. Spinal cord injuries are one of the most severe injuries that victims could suffer in personal injury accidents. Unfortunately, many instances of spinal cord injuries result in paralysis of the lower portion of the body.
If you were injured in a personal injury accident and suffered a spinal cord injury that left you with paraplegia, you might have grounds to file a lawsuit and receive compensation for your injuries. In many cases, victims of spinal cord injuries lose the will and motivation necessary to live a full life—even with an injury. Our lawyers understand the trauma associated with the sudden loss of mobility in the lower part of your body; they want to help you fight for your right to sue and recover the monetary compensation you deserve.
If you need to speak with a Los Angeles attorney with experience in helping paraplegic injured victims, you must contact the attorneys at Normandie Law Firm as soon as possible. Our paraplegia injury attorneys in Los Angeles are ready to represent you and fight for your rights to sue and receive the compensation to which you are entitled. Our spinal cord injury attorneys are dedicated to the victims left with paraplegia after severe personal injury accidents.
Do not hesitate to seek legal assistance as soon as possible. Our attorneys will provide you with the legal guidance necessary for you to file a successful claim against the party liable for your injuries.
Spinal Cord Injuries and Paraplegia
The spinal cord is a collection of nerves with the function of sending messages and signals from the brain to the rest of the body and vice versa. In simpler terms, the spinal cord allows for communication between the brain and the body. Without the proper communication, essential bodily functions could be lost or become difficult to accomplish. Because the spinal cord is essential for everyday function, even a minor injury to the spinal cord could have devastating results. Those who suffer spinal cord injuries could suffer from the following:
- Debilitating pain
- Difficulty walking and balancing oneself
- Extreme pressure
- General weakness
- Lack of coordination
- Loss of bowel and bladder control
- Loss of sensation
- Numbness or tingling in affected extremities
- Respiratory problems
- Paralysis and loss of movement below the injury
What would you consider the most severe or life-altering effect of a spinal cord injury according to the list above? For many people, paralysis is the most devastating effect of spinal cord injuries. The most common paralysis after a spinal cord injury is paraplegia—paralysis of the lower portion of the body.
Besides the loss of movement in the legs, paraplegia can result in many other difficulties including the following:
- Constant pain
- Loss of bladder and bowel control
- Loss of muscle tone
- Loss of sensation
- Respiratory issues
- Emotional and mental trauma
If you suffered a spinal cord injury that left you paralyzed, you should seek legal assistance as soon as possible. Your life was drastically altered and you deserve to be compensated for your injuries. You must seek legal assistance as soon as possible with a lawyer for paraplegic people.
Negligence and Liability
To establish liability in personal injury accidents, you must first establish negligence. Negligence consists of four elements: duty, breach of duty, cause, and harm. If a party owes you a duty of care and the duty of care is breached, the party could cause an accident that could result in injuries. If your injuries were caused by the negligent or reckless actions of a party, you have the right to sue and receive compensation. For more information about negligence and liability for your paraplegic injury, you must speak with Los Angeles spinal cord paraplegia injury attorneys. Our attorneys at Normandie Law Firm will evaluate your claim and help you determine who carries liability for your injuries.
Compensation Available for Paraplegia Injury Claims
If you file a claim for your paraplegic injuries, you could be eligible to receive compensation. Although the compensation that claimants are eligible to receive varies depending on the details of their claims, you should be familiar with the different categories of compensation. Many claimants are eligible to receive some of the following forms of compensation for their paraplegia injury claims:
- Medical costs
- Lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Funeral and burial costs
- Punitive damages
For an in-depth explanation of the compensation that you might be eligible to receive, you must contact our law firm as soon as possible. Our attorneys will give you all the information necessary to gain an understanding of the value of your claim. You can also be certain that our lawyers will always fight for your right to sue and receive the maximum amount of compensation for your claim.
Examples of Past Settlements and Verdicts
If you are considering filing a lawsuit for your paraplegic injuries, you might be interested in learning more about the past settlements and verdicts for some claims with details similar to your claim. Below, you could find a few examples of past settlements and verdicts for claimants who were left with paraplegia after an accident:
- $10.5 million—while the victim was stopped on the shoulder of a road, a truck suddenly drove off the road and onto the shoulder, colliding with the victim’s vehicle. The victim sustained many injuries, one of which included a paraplegic injury.
- $5 million—the victim’s vehicle was struck by a truck, resulting in paraplegic injuries.
- $4.5 million—the victim was critically injured by a defective product being used for road construction. The victim’s injuries resulted in paraplegia.
- $1.1 million—the victim suffered an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle. The injuries sustained during the accident resulted in the victim’s paraplegia.
- $1.1 million—the victim, an employee at a tire center, fell off a defective tire storage system. The victim’s severe injuries resulted in paraplegia.
- $500,000—the victim was traveling in a vehicle that was struck by a truck that was overloaded. Because the truck was overloaded, the truck was unable to stop to avoid colliding with the vehicle in which the victim was traveling. The victim was left with injuries that resulted in paraplegia.
As you can see, the values of paraplegic injury claims are elevated. However, you should not base your claims on the figures listed above. Every claim is different, and specific factors of your claim establish the compensation that you might be eligible to receive. For more information about past settlements and verdicts or to learn more about the potential value of your claim, you must contact a spine injury attorney in Los Angeles as soon as possible.
The Statute of Limitations for Your Claim
If you suffered a spinal cord injury that left you paraplegic after a personal injury accident, you could file a claim. However, to preserve your right to sue and receive compensation, you must file your claim within the statute of limitations applicable to your claim. What is a statute of limitations? Statutes of limitations help establish the length of time that claimants have to file their lawsuits. If they do not file within the timeframe allowed by the statute of limitations, they could lose their right to sue and receive compensation. In California, the victims of personal injury accidents are subject to a two-year statute of limitations to file their claims. In addition to the time allowed by the statute of limitations, some exceptions to the statute could apply and result in a tolled or extended timeline to sue. For more information about the time you have to file your paraplegia injury lawsuit, you must contact our Los Angeles spinal cord paraplegia injury attorneys as soon as possible.
Normandie Law Firm
If the spinal cord injury you sustained in a personal injury accident resulted in paraplegia, you must contact a paraplegia lawyer Los Angeles as soon as possible. If your accident was caused by the negligent actions of a party, you might have grounds to sue. You must contact the attorneys at Normandie Law Firm today to get the information necessary to start your claim against the liable party. After becoming a paraplegic, you might have lost the motivation to move on with your life; at our law firm, we are dedicated to fighting for your rights to ensure that you recover the compensation that you deserve and doing everything within our reach to ensure that you can continue living a full life after your injuries.
If you are interested in speaking with our attorneys, you must contact our law firm and request a free consultation or free second opinion. During our free consultations and free second opinions, our attorneys will answer all your questions and address all your concerns regardless of whether you are starting the legal process or trying to get your claim back on the right track. Whenever you speak with our attorneys, you can trust that they are committed to providing you with the most relevant information necessary for a successful claim. Even if you have been misled by an incompetent attorney, you can be certain that our lawyers will do everything within the law to guide your claim back towards success. Do not hesitate—our attorneys are here to help you file a successful paraplegia injury lawsuit.
Our free consultations and free second opinions are available as part of our Zero-Fee guarantee, a guarantee that ensures that our clients never have to pay upfront legal fees. Our guarantee also establishes our strict contingency status. Since our firm is based on contingency, our clients will never be asked to pay legal fees until after our attorneys win their claims. Once our lawyers win your paraplegia injury claim, our legal fees will be charged from the compensation you recovery—ensuring that you never pay anything out of pocket. Contact our Los Angeles paraplegia injury law firm to begin your legal process today.
