The medical profession considers paralysis accidents as “catastrophic” because they leave the injured party unable to assume the work duties once easily discharged. While you concentrate on rehabilitation, our catastrophic injury attorneys can oversee the legal aspects of a paralysis injury.
If your accident resulted in paralysis because of someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to substantial compensation. This occurs particularly in motor vehicle accidents when insurers are responsible for paying for your care, but can be the result of other typed of accidents. A Tavares paralysis injury lawyer with our firm is a skillful negotiator that will not accept lowball settlement offers, but instead will persuade a jury to treat you fairly.
When the nerve signals in your body are interrupted because of damage to the spinal cord, paralysis occurs below the damage site. Paralysis also occurs in localized areas due to illness, but when a significant area of the body is paralyzed in an accident, the extent is categorized into:
When lives are compromised by paralyzing accidents, the degree of paralysis should dictate how much the person is awarded by a jury or in an insurance settlement. Insurers employ technology to create a range of settlements paid out for paralysis. The problem is insurers want to pay the least amount possible. A person who becomes paraplegic in a car accident needs far more money during their lifetime than someone who loses feeling in two toes. Talk to a Tavares paralysis injury attorney to understand how much your case might be worth.
Car accidents cause the most paralyzing injuries, with about one-fourth of them involving alcohol consumption prior to the defendant getting behind the wheel. Drinking and driving is considered negligent behavior when blood alcohol concentration exceeds 0.08 in Florida. If the offender is ticketed for driving impaired by alcohol or drugs, under the doctrine of negligence per se, your attorney will only have to prove two elements of negligence instead of four.
All drivers have a duty to drive safely, whether they are heading east on State Road 44 or have accessed the turnpike to head to Miami. Irresponsible acts like drunk driving are a breach of that duty, which is established when law enforcement tickets the party. Your personal injury attorney must also prove the defendant’s acts were the cause of an accident and you were injured because of substandard behavior. After a paralysis injury caused by another person in Tavares, our attorneys can assume the legal burden to show fault, giving you an opportunity to recuperate in peace.
In 2023, the Florida Legislature revamped tort laws to include reducing the amount of time you have to file an injury lawsuit from four years to two, with limited exceptions. This rule is called the Statute of Limitations.
If you are partially responsible for the accident in which you are injured, the law allocating degree of fault also changed during that reform. Formerly, Florida allowed plaintiffs to file lawsuits under a pure comparative negligence rule, in which you could be more responsible, up to 99 percent, for your accident and still recover a monetary award based on the defendant’s percentage of fault. You cannot be more than 50 percent at fault under the current modified comparative negligence rule. Our Tavares attorneys can explain how this recent change might affect your paralysis case.
A paralyzing accident should not pit you against insurance companies or leave you on your own against the person who caused it. Our attorneys have a track record of winning settlements and damages awards that will sustain clients with paralyzing injuries through all the phases of need an accident of this magnitude creates.
Contact our office today if you are a recent accident survivor who needs help making sense of a paralyzing injury, including how we can get you compensated for your medical care, lost wages, emotional trauma, and other losses. A Tavares paralysis injury lawyer is ready to help. All you need to do is call.
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