Being diagnosed with paralysis could change your and your family’s life as you know it. Adjusting to the new setting can be difficult, and you should not face this transition alone. If you were injured by someone else’s negligence, a paralysis personal injury attorney in Sacramento, CA, will help recover your medical expenses.
At Triumph Law, we have over 20 years of experience representing injured victims’ rights. We want to understand your life-changing accident with you, so we can help you get a full financial recovery. Call our Sacramento personal injury lawyers today for a free consultation.
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Many catastrophic injuries can change how you live, at least while waiting for them to heal. You may never fully regain the abilities you had before an accident.
This is the case for those suffering from paralysis, among the most disabling conditions injury victims face. In some cases, patients may regain partial control of their muscles, but in others, the condition is permanent.
Adjusting to life with paralysis, either as a victim or a family member, can be taxing. The emotional toll of this condition could be great for those who mourn what they have lost. Medical needs will likely increase greatly, and a patient may need expensive assistive devices and daily care.
Unfortunately, over 5 million Americans face the challenge of partial or full paralysis, according to statistics cited on the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation website. Of those, it’s estimated 1.5 million became paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury, and 500,000 other cases were caused by cerebral palsy.
For someone else’s actions to have this kind of impact on your life is unfair. You deserve help, and the person who caused your injury should have to pay for their negligence. Our team has been representing injury victims for over 20 years, and we want to help you too.
As a Paralyzed Accident Victim, You Could Qualify for Damages
Living with paralysis can incur substantial financial costs beyond the initial medical expenses. The financial burden of paralysis is multi-faceted, encompassing medical treatments, assistive devices, home modifications, and ongoing care.
As your Sacramento paralysis personal injury lawyers, we could help recover your medical bills and other injury-related expenses. We will calculate how much you have spent so far and estimate how much you need to adjust to your new life. We will file a comprehensive claim requesting your compensation based on these calculations.
You could qualify for economic and non-economic damages such as:
- Future medical expenses
- The loss of earning potential
- Loss of consortium
- Medical bills
- Property damage
- Emotional distress
- Pain and suffering
- Lost wages
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(916) 500-0000How Long do You Have to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in California?
Under California’s statute of limitations, you typically have two years to file a personal injury claim against the at-fault party. However, certain factors can extend or shorten this deadline. Consult a paralysis personal injury lawyer in Sacramento, CA, to learn how long you have to take legal action.
Missing the deadline will endanger your chances of recovering compensation and will likely lead to your case being dismissed. Working with a lawyer will increase your chances of meeting the California statute of limitations.
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Leading Causes of Paralysis
Spinal cord injury is one of the most common causes of paralysis, second only to stroke. There are many ways someone’s spinal cord can be injured, most of which are due to physical trauma.
Common causes of paralysis include:
- Vehicle accidents (38.3% of cases)
- Violence (13.8% of cases)
- Falls (31.6% of cases)
The brain sends nerve signals to the rest of the body through the spinal cord. When damaged, the brain may lose connection with some all of the nerves beneath the injury. Some nerves remain connected in an incomplete spinal cord; when the full spinal cord is severed, the injury is considered “complete.”
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Paralysis Severity and Type
Doctors usually cannot predict exactly how a patient will be affected by a spinal cord injury. As with brain injuries, the system’s complexity makes it difficult to predict all the consequences of damage to the spinal cord.
Medical professionals have created terminology based on general symptoms. You may hear them talk about:
- Paresis, or partial paralysis, where a patient still has some muscle control, whether a patient regains any muscle control
- Flaccid paralysis, characterized by muscle atrophy
- Complete paralysis, where a patient has no muscle control
- Spastic paralysis, in which the muscles retain their tone and may tremors and spasms outside of the patient’s control
- Permanent or temporary paralysis, depending on
Paralysis can also affect different parts of the body. Because only the areas below the spinal injury lose nerve signals, the condition’s severity ranges among patients. Different types include:
- Monoplegia (affecting only one limb)
- Paraplegia (affecting both legs)
- Hemiplegia (affecting one side of the body)
- Tetraplegia, formerly known as quadriplegia (affecting both arms, both legs and often the entire abdomen)
- Diplegia (affecting an identical area on both sides)
Patients will need special therapies and aid depending on the extent of their paralysis. While someone with monoplegia might be able to return to work after an injury, a patient with tetraplegia may need assistance to leave their house.
Complications of Paralysis
Along with affecting conscious instructions to your muscles, paralysis can interfere with nerve signals between your brain and basic bodily systems.
Patients may need additional care to help with:
- Circulatory issues
- Pressure sores
- Difficulty breathing
- Blood clots
- Changes in organ function
- Speaking
At best, these complications are a daily challenge; at worst, they may threaten a patient’s continued survival.
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