Spinal cord injuries are extremely serious and can sometimes result in a lifetime of damage, pain, and suffering. Individuals who suffer paralysis resulting from a spinal cord injury may have to spend the rest of their lives in a wheelchair, as well as rely upon others for long-term care and assistance. Moreover, accident victims may sustain permanent bladder or bowel problems, leading them to suffer from incontinence for the rest of their lives. All of these damages are compensable under the law. However, money is the only means that insurance companies have to compensate spinal cord injury victims for what they have suffered.
If you can prove all of the other legal elements of your claim, you may recover monetary compensation for your related medical treatment bills, surgical bills, medical procedures, and lost wages, both past and future. These types of damages are economic damages because they are out-of-pocket costs associated with the injuries you suffered.
In addition to these potential economic damages, you may recover noneconomic damages in a spinal cord injury case as well. These damages are in place to compensate you for all of the inconvenience, pain, and suffering (past, present, and future) that you have suffered and will continue to suffer as a result of your spinal cord injury. You may also recover the anticipated costs of future medical procedures, including surgeries, as well as the costs associated with lifetime care in an assisted care facility or nursing home.
If you suffered paralysis as a result of your spinal cord injury, then you may recover monetary compensation for the loss of use of a body part that resulted from your accident.
Finally, you may recover compensation for loss of spousal companionship or family support as a result of the spinal cord injury that you suffered.
A knowledgeable spinal cord injury attorney at the Brauns Law Accident Injury Lawyers, PC can assist you with proving all of the legal elements of your spinal cord injury claim and pursuing the monetary compensation that you deserve.
