Tenacious Legal Representation For Spinal Cord Injury Victims
A spinal cord injury can change your life in an instant. One moment, you’re going about your day. The next, you’re facing a future altered by paralysis, loss of sensation or impaired organ function. At Weston Smith Law, PLLC, we’ve seen firsthand how these devastating injuries impact not just individuals but entire families.
For over three decades, we’ve stood beside spinal cord injury survivors and their loved ones, fighting for the compensation they desperately need. Whether your injury resulted from a car crash, a workplace accident or medical negligence, we’re here to help you navigate the complex legal landscape and secure the resources for your long-term care and recovery.
Spinal Injuries: Causes And Consequences
Spinal cord injuries generally involve some type of blunt force blow to the spinal cord from the back of the neck down to the end of the spine, leading to a spinal cord that has been bruised, fractured or severed. The areas of the body below the damaged site will typically suffer a loss of function and sensation.
In more severe cases, victims suffer paralysis of the body from the affected area downward, such as paraplegia (paralysis below the chest) and quadriplegia (paralysis below the neck).
These injuries can also result in the following physical problems and disabilities:
- Loss of bowel and bladder control
- Loss of sexual function
- Loss of involuntary functions, such as the ability to breathe or the ability to regulate blood pressure, body temperature and more
- Respiratory problems that can lead to pneumonia or other infections
- Muscular weakness, spasms and atrophy
- Reduced life expectancy
The most common causes of spinal cord injuries are car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic accidents, contact-sport injuries and construction site accidents.
When these types of accidents have been caused by negligence, lack of adherence to safety obligations or some other type of wrongdoing, the at-fault party or parties can be held liable for their actions through personal injury claims. Such parties can include individuals, companies or even governmental entities.
Why You Need The Help Of A Good Lawyer
As a spinal cord injury survivor, you may be looking at a lifetime of required medical care, various types of therapy, rehabilitation, the need for permanent medication, daily personal assistance and at-home and vehicle renovations to accommodate your condition. You may also be looking at a lifetime of lost income while facing enormous financial challenges.
These cases commonly involve fighting against insurance companies that will engage in various tactics to pay you as little as possible. Their main priority is their own profitability, which is maintained through denying or reducing payouts to accident victims.
Our firm knows how to fight these tactics and give you the advocacy you need. We can build your case from the bottom up with the intent to win maximum compensation so that your future needs are met.
We Are Here For You – Contact Us Today
With an office in St. Petersburg, Weston Smith Law, PLLC, serves clients throughout the Tampa Bay area and beyond. To take advantage of a free initial consultation, call us at 727-866-4103 or reach out online.