After a catastrophic injury, the injured person and their family are faced with a number of serious issues requiring qualified, professional advice. Some of the most important questions asked by the injured person and their families are:
How will past medical bills or the cost of future medical care be paid?
How will the family bills be paid?
Was the injury caused by the negligence of some other person or entity?
Whether or not a Personal Injury claim seeking compensation should be pursued.
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The purpose of formulation of civil law is not only to protect the others legal rights but also to compensate an individual for injuries and losses which were caused by someone else negligence, defective product, or some other form of misconduct or failure to act.
However, persons who are injured in accidents and their family members are often hesitant about contacting an attorney because they believe the accident or injury was in some way caused by the injured individual. In spite of this fact that the injured individual is also partially at fault, nevertheless, there is possibility of it that more than one individual or entity might have contributed to causing that accident or injury and a substantial monetary recovery is still possible.
Negligence is a legal term implies someone’s failure to use reasonable care which results in an unintentional injury to another person. Or, In other words – doing something that generally would not be done by a reasonable person. Therefore, law says that – when a person or an organization act negligently resultantly causing injury to other person is held liable for their carelessness or failure to act. Negligence is a kind of civil wrong (Tort), but also use in criminal law.
Many catastrophic injuries are the result of job related accidents. Workers Compensation laws provide various benefits to workers who are injured on the job. Workers Compensation benefits usually provide payment for the following:
Medical expenses
Temporary disability payments
Permanent disability benefits
Vocational rehabilitation benefits
Death benefits and burial expenses to a deceased workers dependents
IT CAN NEVER BE TOO SOON, BUT IT MAY BE TOO LATE... With Personal Injury claims, there are specific deadlines within which to initiate a claim or file a lawsuit or one may lose his/her legal rights. These deadlines may vary state by state.
Regardless of how much time has past since the accident or injury, you or a family member should consult an attorney immediately to discuss the facts of your accident or injury.
The Catastrophic Injury Law Group™ provide legal representation to accident victims who have suffered serious catastrophic injuries.
We are a nationwide group of attorneys dedicated to the representation of individuals who have suffered serious catastrophic injuries as a result of an accident.
Kolodziey vs. Kmart
Premises Liability - Negligent Design and Maintenance; Violation of National Electric Code. Two electricians suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to 65% and 40% of their body surfaces in an electrical explosion, which created a fireball lasting 3-4 seconds and generating a temperature of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, causing serious injury to plaintiffs.
Verdict of $34,000,000, plus $3,700,000 in pre-trial settlements.
A Support groups, advocacy organizations, medical, and rehabilitation professionals can often recommend experienced attorneys.
Q How do I pay for legal assistance?
A Attorneys who handle Personal Injury claims are usually paid by contingency fee - this is a percentage of the amount that is successfully recovered for the client. If there is no recovery, the attorney does not get paid.
With 247,000 Americans currently living with a spinal cord injury, and approx. 11,000 injuries occurring each year, daily routines such as driving a car or walking down a flight of stairs, can unexpectedly result in a life changing injury with physical and lifestyle constraints. For the past 20 years, the number of injuries per million has remained stable at 40 incidents per million.
Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain as a result of accident or injury. It may be focal (confined to a small area) or diffuse (affecting a large area of the brain). When an outside force impacts the head hard, a brain injury can occur. Impactions can happen in various ways, either causing the brain to move within the skull, or breaking the skull and hurting the brain on contact. Although, among the elder and infants, the leading cause of brain injuries are falls. Infants can also obtain a brain injury fr om being shaken violently.
Amputation Injury
in the United States, there is an estimated 1.7 million people living with an amputation and approximately 135,000 new amputations yearly. While 75% of all amputations happen in persons over the age of 65, the peak age for limb loss is between 41 and 70. Also, males have a higher amputations rate than females. There are many reasons for an amputation, including vascular disease (circulation problems), cancer, trauma, and congenital (from birth).
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