Spinal cord injuries are a type of catastrophic injury that often require extensive medical treatment and may result in a lifetime of rehabilitation to relearn basic tasks if you are left paralyzed. You may also no longer be able to perform your job, leaving you financially unstable. If someone else acted carelessly or recklessly, causing your injury, our catastrophic injury attorneys believe that the person responsible should compensate you for all that you have lost.
Once your physical harm is treated and your condition is stable, call us. A devastating accident can happen anywhere, and you will need a skilled negotiator if settlement talks involve an insurance company, and an experienced litigator if a settlement offer is not enough to offset your losses and future needs. Contact a Pittsfield spinal cord injury lawyer as soon as you can to schedule a complimentary case assessment.
When your head, neck, or back meets an object, either from a blow, a hard surface, or from a foreign object entering the body and penetrating the spinal area – the resulting damage can be severe and life-changing. In order to be eligible to seek compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other emotional and psychological trauma, someone else must have caused your injuries. This can be a person or a company. For instance, if you fall in the shower, a leading cause of back and spinal cord injuries for senior citizens, the manufacturer of the grab bar you were holding onto may be liable if it was unsafe when you purchased it. Other causes include:
A Pittsfield attorney could review medical and police reports, interview witnesses, look at cell phone records and surveillance videos, and gather all evidence pertinent to your spinal cord injury case.
The brain sends signals along the spinal cord through nerves, telling a limb to move. When the spinal cord is damaged, these signals cannot travel below the traumatized area, causing paralysis below the injury. Medical professionals determine the completeness of paralysis by assessing if the patient has any feeling or ability to move at all below the injury. If there is some feeling and movement, the injury is considered incomplete, and if there is none, the injury is complete. Quadriplegia is the most severe form of paralysis, affecting the body below the neck, while lower-body paralysis is known as paraplegia.
If you sustain a spinal cord injury, you want a skilled Pittsfield lawyer from the largest and oldest personal injury law firm in western and central Massachusetts. Our firm is the largest for a reason: we have won millions of dollars for our injured clients because we take the time to get to know you and what your current and future needs are, and then we fight vigorously for adequate compensation.
Our attorneys have been helping people injured by others for decades, and we consistently strive to restore your peace of mind and dignity by getting you the compensation you need and deserve to build a secure future. You are not a number to us, and we do not charge you a fee unless we win for you. Navigating the complexities of spinal injury claims is a job for an experienced Pittsfield spinal cord injury lawyer. Your job is to focus on recovery and rebuilding your life. Call us today so we can begin strategizing your best way forward.
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