SEvery year, approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people suffer spinal cord injuries. Spinal injuries are critical injuries that often result in paralysis. Unfortunately, many people cannot recover froms spinal cord injuries. In addition to their physical ailments, they suddenly have to deal with the mental and emotional trauma of suddenly losing the ability to walk.
If you were involved in a truck accident and suffered a spinal cord injury, you might have grounds to file a lawsuit. You might have lost your motivation to live; however, our attorneys want to help you fight for your right to sue the party liable for your injuries. If you suffered a spinal cord injury that left you paraplegic, you must contact the attorneys at Normandie Law Firm as soon as possible.
Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm dedicated to helping the victims of truck accidents—especially those who suffered spinal cord injuries. If you were injured in a truck accident, our Los Angeles spinal cord paraplegia injury attorneys are ready to fight for your rights to sue and recover compensation. Our experienced attorneys have spent many years handling spinal cord injury claims and have the expertise necessary to successfully handle your claim to recover the compensation to which you are entitled.
In the following sections, you will find key information about filing a claim for spinal cord injuries that cause paralysis of the lower portion. However, the sections below should not be misrepresented as legal advice. For comprehensive legal assistance, you should contact our law firm and request to speak with our attorneys as soon as possible.
About Truck Accidents
To understand the severity of spinal cord injuries, you first must be familiar with truck accidents. Trucks are heavy-duty vehicles that are larger and heavier than the average personal vehicle. Trucks are primarily used for commercial purposes; therefore, they are often loaded with heavy cargo. Because of their weight, trucks require longer distance than average vehicles to stop safely. The sizes of trucks also contribute to an increase in blind-spots in comparison to average vehicles.
Why do truck accidents happen? Truck accidents can occur for many reasons. Some examples of the causes of truck accidents include the following: reckless driving, driver’s falling asleep at the wheel, driving under the influence, negligent hiring of drivers, negligent maintenance of trucks, and improperly loading of cargo, for example. Whatever the reason for the accident, the results could be devastating for all parties involved. Since trucks are larger and heavier than personal vehicles, truck accidents often result in critical injuries to all parties involved.
If you were involved in a truck accident, you could have suffered a spinal cord injury. To learn more about your rights after suffering a spinal cord injury in a truck accident, you must contact our firm and speak with our attorneys as soon as possible.
About Spinal Cord Injuries
Why are spinal cord injuries so severe? The severity of spinal cord injuries is clear based on the function of the spine and the spinal cord. The spine is made of twenty-four vertebrae. Many ligaments and muscles connect the twenty-four vertebrae to form the spinal column. Within the spinal column, there is the spinal cord. The spinal cord consists of nerves which send messages from the brain to the rest of the body; in other words, the spinal cord allows the brain and the body to communicate.
Any sort of injury to the spinal cord could result in many of the following:
- Balance and walking difficulties
- Extreme pain or pressure
- Loss of bladder and bowel control
- Loss of movement
- Loss of or decreased sensation
- Numbness and tingling in extremities
- Paralysis below the site of the injury
- Respiratory difficulties
- Spasms
- Weakness and incoordination
Severe spinal cord injuries often result in paralysis. Paraplegia—or paralysis of the lower portion of the body—is the most common type of paralysis after a spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injuries that leave victims with paraplegia often cause additional problems. Paraplegia can result in loss of bladder and bowel control, loss of skin sensation, problems with circulation, problems with respiration, muscle tone, emotional and mental distress, and constant pain.
If your truck accident spinal cord injury left you paralyzed from the waist down, you must seek legal assistance as soon as possible. You could file a paraplegia injury lawsuit; for more information, you must contact a spine injury attorney in Los Angeles as soon as possible.
The Right to File a Claim after a Spinal Cord Injury
If your injury was caused as a result of the negligent actions of a truck driver or the truck driver’s employer, you might have the right to file a lawsuit. Truck drivers have a duty to drive with reasonable care to prevent causing accidents and injuring innocent victims. Truck drivers must follow all traffic signals and traffic laws to ensure that they do not cause an accident. The truck drivers’ employers are also responsible for ensuring that their drivers are properly trained and that their trucks are properly maintained. Improper driver training or improper maintenance of a truck could quickly lead to an accident. If you were injured as a result of the negligent actions of a truck driver or the truck driver’s employer, you need to contact a Los Angeles paraplegia injury law firm as soon as possible. You have the right to sue and receive compensation; do not hesitate to contact our law firm today.
Compensation Available for Spinal Cord Injuries
If you were left with a spinal cord injury after a truck accident, speaking with a Los Angeles attorney with experience in helping paraplegic injured victims should help you understand the compensation that you might be eligible to receive. Every claim is different; therefore, you must speak with a lawyer for paraplegic people and discuss the factors that affect the value of your claim as soon as possible. Before you discuss the specific details with your attorney, you should familiarize yourself with the following categories of compensation that are available for recovery:
- Medical expenses
- Lost income
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Funeral and burial costs
- Punitive damages
The categories of compensation listed above are often available for recovery for the victims of spinal cord injuries and their families. If you would like a comprehensive evaluation of the value of your claim, you must contact our paraplegia injury attorneys in Los Angeles as soon as possible. If you allow our experienced lawyers to handle your claim, you can be certain that our attorneys will aggressively fight for your rights until you receive the maximum amount of compensation available for your claim. Our attorneys understand the importance of recovering compensation—although compensation cannot reverse your paraplegia, it could help you return to your normal life as soon as possible.
Past Verdicts and Settlements
If you are interested in taking action against the party liable for your paraplegic spinal court injuries caused by a truck accident, you might be wondering about past verdicts and settlements for cases similar to yours. During your consultation with a paraplegia lawyer Los Angeles, you should request to learn more about the outcomes of previous truck accident spinal cord injury claims. Below, there is a list of a few examples of past verdicts and settlements for spinal injury claims:
- $2.75 million—the victim’s vehicle was rear-ended by a truck after the truck driver was texting while driving. The victim required spinal reconstruction surgery.
- $1.75—the victim’s vehicle was rear-ended by a trailer. The victim’s spinal cord injuries required a spinal stimulator.
- $1.8 million—the victim’s truck was struck by another truck in a parking lot. The victim suffered a permanent injury to a nerve.
- $10.5 million—the victim was struck by a tractor that drove onto the shoulder of the road. The victim’s injury resulted in paralysis.
- $5 million—the victim was struck by a truck on the side of the road. The victim’s injuries resulted in paraplegia.
- $3.5 million—the victim was rear-ended by a commercial vehicle and was left with spinal injuries.
As you can see, many of the example verdicts and settlements are in the range of millions. However, you should be aware that the figures above could be outliers. Minor spinal cord injuries could be worth between $75,000 and $100,000. Severe spinal cord injuries that affect a victim’s physical abilities could be worth anywhere from $100,000 to $250,000. The value of the claim increases as other factors are examined. For more information about past verdicts and the potential value of your claim, you must contact our law firm and speak with our experienced attorneys.
The Statute of Limitations for Your Claim
If you sustained a spinal cord injury in a truck accident that left you paralyzed, you must file your claim as soon as possible. Your claim is subject to a statute of limitations—if you do not file your claim within the deadline, you could lose your right to sue. In Los Angeles, victims of truck accidents who sustain spinal cord injuries and are left paralyzed are subject to a two-year statute of limitations. For clarification or answers to any of your questions about the statute of limitations that applies to your claim, you must contact Normandie Law Firm as soon as possible.
Normandie Law Firm
Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm dedicated to helping all injured victims of truck accidents. If you suffered a spinal cord injury that resulted in paraplegia, you must contact our law firm and request to speak with our attorneys. Our firm offers free consultations and free second opinions to all injured victims. This ensures that you can start your claim or get your claim back on the right track without having to worry about having to pay any expensive legal fees.
Our free consultations and free second opinions are a part of our Zero-Fee guarantee. Our Zero-Fee guarantee ensures that our clients never have to pay any upfront fees for our services. Our guarantee also establishes our strict contingency status; therefore, clients are not required to pay legal fees until our lawyers win their claims. Do not hesitate—our attorneys are ready to help you fight for your rights to sue and receive compensation.
