There are two very serious injuries to the human body that result from accidents, causing permanent damage and life-altering consequences: traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.
Frequently, both types of damage occur in the same serious accidents, since both the head and neck may be simultaneously involved.
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association estimates that there are 30 new and serious spinal cord injuries occurring every single day in the United States, and 60% of those injured are men under the age of 30. Car accidents are the cause of most spinal cord injuries in our country, with acts of violence a close second.
What is a spinal injury?
A Spinal injury entails severe harm to the central nervous system, i.e., the spinal cord, spinal nerves and brain. The spinal cord is made up of a bundle of nerves which facilitates communication between the brain and the body. The spinal cord itself is surrounded by fluid, protected by ligaments and bone (vertebrae) with an intervertebral disk, a shock absorber made mostly of cartilage, separating each vertebra.
This disk has a gelatinous material at its core, called the nucleus propulsis, which facilitates movement. When the movement is extreme, or untoward forces are exerted on the spine, the outer rings of the disk may rupture or “herniate” and the nucleus propulsis can be squeezed into the spinal cord or spinal nerves, causing excruciating pain and sometimes paralysis.
When there is a severe injury to the spine, permanent damage to the spinal cord and nerves which control body movement results.
Apart from extreme pain, this kind of injury may result in faulty brain communication at best, and an absence of brain communication at worst.
Victims of spinal cord injuries commonly face paraplegia or quadriplegia. It is a tragic and devastating event for both the victim and his loved ones.
Spinal Injuries are Expensive to Treat
Due to the severity of spinal cord injuries, the cost of a victim’s care is enormous. Victims face paralysis; chronic pain; infected bed sores; and loss of bladder or bowel control and sexual function. Many spinal cord injury victims need continuous, around the clock care for the rest of their lives.
When handling spinal cord injury cases, the injury attorneys at Allen Law Group understand the importance of conveying to the jury the enormous medical expenses facing the victim.
Our injury attorneys will retain rehabilitation specialists and doctors known as physiatrists to assess the minimum future health care needs of the client.
All of the daily needs, such as catheters, mobility devices, home modifications, and home health care are factored into a life care plan. Then economists are hired to determine the total expected lifetime medical costs, which frequently total many millions of dollars.
Complicated Lawsuits Need Experience Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers
Lawsuits are usually filed after accidents resulting in a spinal cord injury in order to obtain adequate compensation for the care and treatment of the spinal injury victim. When handling spinal cord cases, the injury lawyers at Allen Law Group understand the importance of conveying to the jury the daily struggle the spinal cord injury victim must face.
Typically, a camera crew shadows the client to create a documentary film, called a “Day in the Life” video, which highlights the activities of daily living, like changing catheters or bowel programs, which only a rare few besides victims and their families ever witness.
Routine use of this kind of evidence along with comprehensive life care plans is what sets the injury attorneys at Allen Law Group at a much higher level of expertise in handling spinal cord and brain injury cases.
Since each case involves the need to have complex medical knowledge as well as detailed legal knowledge to properly advocate for these victims and their families, there are certain trial attorneys and injury law firms dedicated to this focused area of severe injury practice, such as the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland law firm of Allen Law Group.
Medical Graphics
During case preparation, Allen Law Group readily uses all tools available to present understandable evidence to juries, including customized informational and medical graphics. Here are just a few examples of actual graphics and medical x-rays used during trials by Allen Law Group.
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