Houston Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

There are a few ways to classify spinal cord injuries, but the two primary classifications are:

• Complete spinal cord injury: A complete spinal cord injury means the cord can no longer transmit signals below the injury site. Victims with paralyzing SCIs generally suffer from a complete injury.
• Incomplete spinal cord injury: Those with incomplete SCIs still have some sensation and body control below the injury site but may still suffer significant symptoms.

Complete spinal cord injuries tend to be more financially costly than incomplete injuries. On average, though, even an incomplete spinal cord injury costs the victim more than $347,000 in the first year of care alone. It is imperative that you receive fair compensation for these notoriously costly injuries, and calling AP Law Group – Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys may be the first step toward justice.

The AP Law Group – Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys approach is personal. We know that everyone who suffers an SCI faces unique symptoms, financial stressors, lifestyle changes, medical demands, and challenges. We will get to know your story once you hire your Houston spinal cord injury attorney from AP Law Group – Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys.

That said, some of the most common damages those with SCIs face are:

Many who suffer spinal cord injuries require emergency care, which can include ambulance transport, treatment in an emergency department, and hospitalization. Diagnostic procedures may coincide with or follow emergency services, and some diagnostic procedures for spinal cord injuries include:

• X-rays
• CT scans
• MRIs
• Blood tests
• Physical examination

These and other diagnostic procedures can cost thousands of dollars. Whether or not you have healthcare insurance, our team will evaluate your medical costs and seek fair compensation from liable parties.

Diagnosing your spinal cord injury may only be the beginning of your medical needs. Subsequent treatment for an SCI may include one or more surgeries, regular observation from a spinal cord specialist, and other forms of care.

Those with spinal cord injuries may also need medical equipment (a wheelchair, for example), medications, and other healthcare-adjacent items and services. Few expenses are as costly as healthcare services, and AP Law Group – Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys will account for the cost of all medical care related to your SCI.

Rehabilitation may help someone with an SCI:

• Get stronger
• Improve mobility
• Regain control over body parts in which they have lost sensation
• Improve in other ways 

Rehab for an SCI may be expensive and long-term in nature. We will work with your medical providers to document and value any required rehabilitation services.

When an injury happens, your ability to earn a living is always a consideration. It is especially true of an injury as serious as an SCI. Professional harm resulting from a spinal cord ailment may include:

• Lost income
• Diminished earning power
• Loss of fulfillment and purpose you get from your career
• Lost overtime pay, bonuses, and other conditional compensation

When spine injuries cause long-term financial harm, we consider the corresponding long-term professional losses. Such harm may include the loss of professional opportunities like promotions and new employment possibilities.

Injuries and pain and suffering are, for most, inseparable. Some examples of pain and suffering you might suffer because of a spinal cord injury are:

• Physical pain
• Lost quality of life
• Loss of self-esteem
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Physical disfigurement

Attorney Arsha Pourghaffar is compassionate but also knows that a mental health professional has unique qualifications for diagnosing pain and suffering. We work with mental health service providers to diagnose clients’ pain and suffering and provide any counseling and other care our clients need.

Spinal cord injuries can limit one’s access to vehicles and residences. If you need to move, purchase a new vehicle, install ramps and other features in your residence, or take other measures to ensure you can travel and live within the confines of your injury, we will consider all associated costs.

A spinal cord injury may be the result of:

• Car accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Workplace accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Slip and fall accidents
• Truck accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Construction accidents

Even events we don’t typically associate with spinal cord injuries, like animal attacks, may, in fact, cause an SCI. If you or a loved one suffered a spinal injury in any circumstance that happened because of another person’s negligence, it’s worth calling AP Law Group – Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys to discuss your case—there’s no risk in doing so.

We never guarantee case timelines because no two cases are identical. We never know exactly what will happen in any given SCI case, but our experience gives us reliable insight into what your case will require.

Some of the steps we expect to take on your behalf are:

Whether your case takes place in Houston, New York City, or anywhere else, the odds of victory increase significantly if you can prove fault for the spinal cord injury. The way we investigate will depend on how the SCI happened, but we may ultimately secure the following:

• Your detailed account of how the spinal injury happened (and who you believe caused it)
• Witness accounts reflecting your own
• Expert testimony about why the SCI happened (and who is at fault)
• Several other forms of evidence

Attorney Pourghaffar and the rest of our team will immediately seek this evidence after you hire us, and you should know that necessary evidence may not be available much longer.

We will amass all medical records and images, expert testimony, financial records, and other documentation of SCI-related damages. Liable parties often poke holes in the victim’s financial demands, and air-tight documentation will be pivotal to your case’s success.

We will amass all medical records and images, expert testimony, financial records, and other documentation of SCI-related damages. Liable parties often poke holes in the victim’s financial demands, and air-tight documentation will be pivotal to your case’s success.