El Dorado Hills Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

Spinal cord injuries are catastrophic. They rarely heal completely. 60% of them involve some level of paralysis, but many other symptoms of these injuries can affect the rest of your life. See if you can get compensation for what happened by talking with the El Dorado Hills personal injury lawyers at Triumph Law.

Our firm has the skills and experience you need to get the most from your spinal cord injury claim. Your damages may be substantial, so you must have a lawyer on your side who can force the insurers to pay you what you’re really owed for your accident.

See a Doctor Immediately for a Diagnosis

If you suspect you have a spinal cord injury and you haven’t seen a doctor, stop reading and call 911. You risk injuring yourself further without medical care, or could even end up paralyzed or dead. Signs you need to see a doctor include:

• Oddly twisted neck or back
• Impaired breathing after your accident
• Trouble with balance and walking
• Loss of bladder or bowel control
• Weakness, paralysis, or poor coordination of any part of your body
• Changes in sensation in your extremities, like tingling or numbness
• Extreme pain or pressure in your head, neck, or back

Seeing a doctor will also improve your chances of success if you decide to sue someone. A long gap between your injury and a diagnosis gives insurers room to argue that something else caused your injury. Don’t give them that opportunity.

Your doctor’s visit will also create evidence we will need to prove you were injured and your prognosis. This will affect how much you can get from your claim. If you are already in the hospital for treatment, you do not need to leave before you contact Triumph Law for a consultation.

Be Prepared for a Fight With the Insurers

A spinal cord injury is an injury that’s impossible to ignore and has a very poor prognosis. Insurers know you may be owed quite a lot of money for your injury and will take steps to pay as little as they can. You should ignore any settlement offers you get until you’ve spoken with a spinal cord injury lawyer in El Dorado Hills.

If we can show that someone else caused your spinal cord injury through an accident, a medical mishap, slip and fall, sports injury, or any other reason, you deserve to get the full value of your case. The only way to do that is to have a lawyer help you.

Insurers will use delaying tactics, legal maneuvers, blame someone else for the accident, and even blame you for your injury. Once you accept a settlement, you cannot get more money later. Don’t let them take advantage of you!

How Much Can I Expect from My Spinal Cord Injury Case?

The value of any case depends on what happened to you, how it has affected your life, the defendant’s insurance policies, state law, and much more. Every case is unique, but we can say that spinal cord injuries are settled for high amounts many times.

The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistics Center estimates the lifetime costs of caring for a spinal cord injury at nearly $5 million dollars. Without money to pay for this care, you may be unable to care for yourself, and possibly have a shorter lifespan.

The costs of a spinal cord injury may be much more than you know, plus you deserve compensation for your pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and more. Make sure you triumph over your situation by working with our El Dorado Hills spinal cord injury lawyers.

The Value of Non-Economic Damages

Non-economic damages include things like pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of consortium, and other harms caused by your accident that don’t have a dollar amount. You deserve to get compensated for these as well.

Our lawyers will negotiate with the insurance company about the value of these. There are two standard ways of calculating them. One is to multiply the value of your economic damages by a number, usually between one and five. The second is to come to an amount you’ll be paid per day for the rest of your life.

If we cannot reach an agreement, then Triumph Law can take your case to court so a judge and jury can decide on the amount. Insurers dislike going to court if they can help it. Litigation is expensive and juries aren’t sympathetic to insurance companies, especially in catastrophic injury cases.

Is There a Limit to How Much I Could Get?

If medical malpractice did not cause your spinal cord injury, then there is no limit to how much you could get by law. Your El Dorado Hills spinal cord injury lawyer will still need to argue for the amount you deserve, but there is no cap on how much you can get.

As of August 2023, medical malpractice claims in California do have a cap for the amount of non-economic damages you can receive, but no limits for economic damages. The cap on non-economic damages changes each year.

You may also have your compensation limited if you share responsibility for your accident. California lets you collect damages even if you are the most at fault for an accident, but your percentage of fault will reduce your damages by that much.

Contact a Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

If you’ve been the victim of a spinal cord injury that wasn’t your fault, it’s time to learn your legal options. Contact Triumph Law to get a free case evaluation from our spinal cord injury lawyers. All consultations are free and you will owe us nothing unless we help you win your case.