Brandon Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are physical, financially, and emotionally damaging not only for the victims but their loved ones as well. People with SCIs are left with permanent conditions and disabilities that can vary from lack of sensation to being unable to walk and complete paralysis.
When the wrongdoing or negligent acts of someone else caused your spinal cord injury, injured victims can pursue compensation from the liable party through a personal injury claim. Our skilled Brandon spinal cord injury lawyers at Carman, Bevington & Finegan, P.A., can help you and your family navigate the complex process of pursuing compensation for all your losses.
What Exactly is a Spinal Cord Injury?
Spinal cord injuries are considered catastrophic injuries because they usually leave victims with long-term or permanent health complications. The spinal cord, like the brain, just doesn’t grow back like other body organs or tissues can, and it’s responsible for basic, essential functions that can be lost forever when the spinal cord gets damaged.
While virtually any accident can result in SCIs, they mostly occur due to these accidents:
- Car, motorcycle, and truck crashes
- Bicycle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Slip and falls
- Workplace accidents
- Acts of violence
- Sports injuries
Depending on the SCI’s severity, it can cause paralysis of one or multiple areas of the body, including the muscles for breathing and loss of bladder and voluntary bowel control. It can likewise cause secondary conditions like bedsores, respiratory issues, autonomic dysfunction, depression, chronic pain, and sexual dysfunction.
The High Cost of Living with a Spinal Cord Injury
Approximately 296,000 individuals in the U.S. are living with spinal cord injury. These victims are now living with incomplete or complete paraplegia or quadriplegia. Paraplegia involves paralysis below the waist, while quadriplegia or tetraplegia involves paralysis of all four limbs.
An estimated 30% of individuals living with SCI go back to the hospital multiple times after the initial injury. Urinary system and reproductive system diseases are the top causes of rehospitalization. Other common causes of rehospitalization include skin, respiratory, musculoskeletal, circulatory, and digestive diseases.
On average, the yearly expenses, including living and health care costs, of a person living with SCI will depend on the specific nature and extent of the spinal cord injury and can range from $379,698 to $1,163,425 in the first year of injury.
What’s more, the estimated lifetime costs of an SCI can range from $1,724,594 to $5,162,152, depending on the age of the injured individual. These don’t include indirect costs, including productivity, fringe benefits, and lost income. The indirect costs could amount to $78,633 yearly.
Learn What Our Experienced Brandon Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys Can Do For You
If you or a family member has sustained a spinal cord injury in the Tampa Bay Area, we fully understand all the challenges you’re facing and may continue to face in the future. Out top Brandon spinal cord injury attorneys have extensive experience serving severely injured victims receive proper compensation for their injuries and losses so they can put all their time into recovering and managing their injuries.
Please call Carman, Bevington & Finegan, P.A. at 813-654-3444 or send us an online message to set up your free case consultation.