What is Catastrophic Injury?
An injury can be considered catastrophic when there are serious injuries, such as head or spine injuries, fractures, or other injury that requires emergency hospitalization, surgery, or long term medical treatment. It would also be considered catastrophic injury if the victim is disabled from working for a long period of time or disabled from returning to the same work performed prior to the injury. Often, the effects of such injuries and the necessary medical treatment, even with health insurance can be financially devastating or beyond the victim’s ability to pay. The quality of life for you and your loved ones can be drastically affected by severe injuries and their emotional and monetary repercussions. Whether a catastrophic injury was caused by a car accident, motorcycle accident, bicycle accident, pedestrian accident, trucking accident,,dog attack, or a premises liability accident (such as a fall) or by an uninsured/underinsured driver, you and your family deserve to be compensated by the responsible party.
Types of Catastrophic Injuries
Catastrophic injuries can range in severity from injuries that require serious medical procedures to the need for permanent or long-term treatment, home care, and ongoing medical expenses. Families can experience extreme stress because of the ongoing financial, emotional, and medical demands. Circumstances can vary, but the damages caused by catastrophic injuries can last for years, worsen over time, or be permanent.
Common catastrophic injuries include:
- Head injuries
- Brain damage
- Neck, back or spinal cord injuries
- Paralysis (paraplegia and quadriplegia)
- Burns
- Organ damage
- Bone Fractures
- Nerve injuries
Catastrophic injuries can be tragic. There is nothing more tragic, however, than the inability of victims to receive necessary medical treatment and recover the value of their damages. Our firm believes that we can improve the quality of life for our clients by taking an aggressive role in bringing their case to a successful conclusion.
Legal Help for Catastrophic Injury Victims
If you, a friend, a co-worker, or a loved one has experienced the effects of a catastrophic injury, you rightfully deserve to be compensated. Victims endure immense pain and suffering that can also result in an enormous impact on their families. People who suffer catastrophic injuries may be unable to work or gain the income they need, or they may be unable to pay for the medical treatment their injuries require. In order to alleviate the amount of stress on you and your family and allow you to focus on healing and recovering from the accident, our firm will be able to help you recover all the available insurance for payment for lost wages, future wages and medical bills, as well as compensation for the pain, suffering and mental anguish you experience.
Swartz & Kennedy has a reputation built on trial experience and is knowledgeable about recovering the full value of your damages from all the negligent parties that you deserve and are entitled to recover under the law. Call (831) 373-3235 to contact us today.