Suffering a paraplegia injury can completely alter your life. Instead of taking care of your own needs, you might need to rely on family members and caregivers to help you accomplish daily tasks. If you have a job that requires you to perform manual labor, you might no longer be able to work, which could cause you to experience financial strain.
Fortunately, a compassionate Charlotte paraplegia injury lawyer from The Downer Law Firm understands how to help. Your hometown legal team could meet with you in a free consultation to review what happened and let you know whether pursuing a legal claim is a viable option. If so, our paralysis injury attorneys could stand by you every step of the legal process.
Paraplegia is a form of paralysis that affects the lower portion of a person’s body. Someone who is paraplegic can generally not voluntarily move or control, or feel sensation in their lower torso and legs, but retains full functioning in their arms and upper torso.
This type of injury usually occurs from sudden and severe trauma to a person’s spinal cord. If the damage to a person’s spine is severe enough that it damages or even severs the nerves surrounding the spinal cord, the affected person can develop paraplegia. The severity of their paralysis and the area that is paralyzed depend on the precise location of the trauma to the person’s spine. When someone suffers a paraplegia injury because of someone else’s actions, they might have grounds to file a lawsuit.
Our compassionate Charlotte legal team could meet with you and your doctors to learn about your projected medical prognosis so we would be able to fiercely advocate for a settlement or damages award that fairly and fully compensates you for all your current and future losses and needs stemming from the accident that led to your paraplegia injury.
Paraplegia injuries can occur in a wide range of ways. Our law office has successfully handled cases involving paraplegia in a variety of devastating accidents, such as:
Our knowledgeable Charlotte attorneys could carefully gather and review evidence from the accident or incident that led to your paraplegia injury in order to determine who is potentially legally responsible. We could help you pursue a legal claim against a negligent driver, a property owner who failed to maintain their property in a safe condition, or anyone else whose actions contributed to your paraplegia injury.
Although a paraplegia injury can undoubtedly transform your life, with access to quality medical care and assistance, you could still live a productive life. A successful resolution of a civil legal claim against the person or entity responsible for causing your paraplegia could give you the financial resources you need to rebuild your life. Reach out to a Charlotte paraplegia injury lawyer at The Downer Law Firm today to get started. We collect no fees up-front and offer free consultations to help ease the financial burden of pursuing a lawsuit.
