Spinal Cord Injuries and Paralysis
The causes of spinal cord injuries are widely varied and are frequently the result of another's negligence. Spinal cord injuries change lives. From our offices in Lafayette, Louisiana, the Gaar Law Firm has helped numerous spinal cord injury victims and their families deal with the disabilities that require significant medical and financial resources.
Our spinal cord injury lawyers have tremendous experience assisting people who have suffered from fractured spines. We gained $895,000 for one client who suffered cervical spine injuries while using a defective captain's chair. Another client of ours received $1,015,000 for his lumbar spine injuries sustained from an auto accident. Yet another client of our attorneys suffered neck and back injuries in a truck accident, and we were able to get him a $750,000 settlement.
Spinal Cord Injury Facts and Figures
The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center reports the following spinal cord injury facts and figures:
- An estimated 11,000 individuals suffer spinal cord injury each year
- Between 183,000 and 230,000 people have spinal cord injuries
- The most common result of fractured spine injury is incomplete tetraplegia (a.k.a. quadriplegia), followed by complete paraplegia, incomplete paraplegia, and complete tetraplegia
- The average age at injury is 32.1 years
- 81.6% of spinal cord injury victims are men
- Motor vehicle accidents cause 38.5% of the spinal cord injury claims reported
If you or a loved one has experienced spinal cord injury and nerve damage as the result of an accident, you should contact an experienced Louisiana trial attorney as soon as possible. At the Gaar Law Firm, our spinal cord injury lawyers charge you no attorney's fees until we win you money.
For a spinal cord injury lawyer with the experience to take on any case, contact us and set up a free initial consultation with one of our attorneys. From our law offices in Lafayette, LA, we help people with broken backs and broken necks throughout Louisiana and Texas. Many of our clients come from the Louisiana parishes of Ascension, Lafayette, Calcasieu, St. Mary, Iberia, and Lafourche.