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Seeking Compensation After a Spinal Injury

Spine injuries and spinal cord injuries are often among the most debilitating injuries that a person can sustain in a motor vehicle collision or another type of incident. These types of injuries frequently result in extensive health care costs, lost wages, costly rehabilitation services and medical devices, and the loss of enjoyment of life. If another person’s negligence or intentional act resulted in your spine injury, it is critical to get in touch with an experienced Shreveport spine injury lawyer who can help you to understand your options and can assist you in seeking compensation.

Understanding Spine Injuries

In order to be clear about how to go about seeking compensation for a spinal cord injury in Louisiana, it is important to understand why seeking compensation is so important due to the severity of these injuries.

As the Mayo Clinic explains, spine and spinal cord injuries can cause paralysis that is often permanent. When a person becomes paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury, they may be unable to return to work in any capacity, and they are likely to require extensive medical care. Not only are many spine injuries immediately debilitating and painful, but they also frequently result in very serious long-term consequences. According to the Cleveland Clinic, long-term complications of spinal injuries can include blood pressure irregularities, heart and lung problems, loss of control of the bladder and bowel, persistent pain, spasticity, and paralysis.

Determining Liability for a Spinal Injury

In order to seek compensation for a spine injury, it will be necessary to determine liability. In many instances, liability will result from another party’s negligence. Negligence usually means that a person or entity failed to act reasonably under the circumstances. People can be negligence in various circumstances, such as the following:

Car crash;
Truck collision;
Bicycle crash;
Pedestrian collision; and
Assaults.

Many other types of incidents can also result in liability, including liability based on negligence or another party’s intentional act. Our firm can help you to seek compensation.

Filing Your Claim in a Timely Manner

It is critical to know that Louisiana law only gives you a limited amount of time to file a spine injury claim. If you fail to file your claim within the time window set by Louisiana law, you will have what is known as a time-barred claim and you will not be able to obtain compensation through a civil lawsuit filed against the liable party.

Louisiana law gives most spine injury victims only one year from the date of the injury to file a lawsuit. To ensure that your claim does not become time-barred, you should get in touch with an attorney as soon as possible.

Contact a Shreveport Spinal Injury Attorney

If you or anyone you love sustained a spinal injury as a result of another party’s negligence or intentionally harmful act, it is essential to find out more about seeking compensation. Since Louisiana has a short statute of limitations for most personal injury cases, it is important to get started as soon as you can. One of the experienced Shreveport spine injury attorneys at Rice & Kendig, LLC can discuss your case with you today.

Sources:

mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/spinal-cord-injury/symptoms-causes/syc-20377890

my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12098-spinal-cord-injury#:~:text=Long%2Dterm%20complications%20of%20a,of%20bladder%20or%20bowel%20control

legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110515

By Rice & Kendig, LLC | Posted on September 13, 2023

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