The accident lasted seconds. The impact on your life will last forever. You’re facing injuries that doctors call “catastrophic” because they fundamentally change how you’ll live, work, and relate to the people you love. The spinal cord injury means you may never walk again. The traumatic brain injury affects your memory, personality, and ability to work. The severe burns require multiple surgeries and years of rehabilitation.
You’re overwhelmed, and you have every right to be. Catastrophic injuries don’t just heal over time. They require lifetime medical care, extensive rehabilitation, and complete adaptation to a new reality. The financial impact will be enormous. The emotional toll on your family is immeasurable.
We understand because we’ve seen how these injuries transform entire families. You’re not just another case to us. You’re someone whose world changed completely because of someone else’s negligence, and Louisiana law recognizes you deserve comprehensive compensation for every aspect of this devastating change.
Catastrophic injuries are those that cause permanent, life-altering disabilities. Unlike other injuries that heal with time and treatment, catastrophic injuries typically result in permanent impairment that affects your ability to work, live independently, and enjoy life as you did before.
Common catastrophic injuries include:
These injuries require immediate, aggressive medical intervention followed by months or years of rehabilitation. Many catastrophic injury victims never return to their previous level of function, requiring lifetime care and adaptation.
When negligence causes catastrophic injuries, Louisiana law requires complete compensation for every aspect of your losses. We’ve proven this principle with significant recoveries:
These results reflect the true cost of catastrophic injuries: lifetime medical care, lost earning capacity, home modifications, assistive equipment, and the immeasurable impact on quality of life.
Louisiana Civil Code Article 2315 allows recovery for both economic and non-economic damages, but catastrophic injuries create losses that extend far beyond typical accident cases.
Economic damages in catastrophic injury cases include:
Non-economic damages address the profound life changes:
Future medical expenses represent a major component of catastrophic injury cases. We work with life care planners and medical economists who calculate the cost of your care over your entire life expectancy. This includes not just medical treatment, but also the equipment, modifications, and assistance you’ll need.
Medical Decisions: You’re making complex medical decisions about surgeries, treatments, and rehabilitation while processing the trauma of your injury. Doctors are discussing prognosis, recovery timelines, and long-term care needs using medical terms you’ve never heard before.
Financial Pressure: Medical bills are accumulating rapidly while your ability to earn income may be permanently affected. Insurance coverage limits become apparent quickly when facing catastrophic injury treatment costs.
Family Impact: Your injury affects everyone in your family. Spouses become caregivers. Children take on responsibilities they shouldn’t have to handle. Extended family members step in to help with daily needs you used to manage independently.
Insurance Company Contact: Adjusters are calling repeatedly, asking for recorded statements and medical releases. They may offer settlements that seem substantial but don’t account for your lifetime needs.
Uncertainty: You don’t know how much you’ll recover, what your life will look like long-term, or how you’ll afford the care you need. This uncertainty compounds the trauma of your injury.
We handle the legal complexities while you focus on medical treatment and adaptation to your injuries.
Catastrophic injuries require comprehensive life care planning to determine your future medical and care needs. We work with certified life care planners who evaluate your specific injuries and create detailed plans covering:
Medical Care Needs:
Rehabilitation Services:
Daily Living Support:
Equipment and Modifications:
Insurance companies understand that catastrophic injury claims can exceed millions of dollars. They deploy teams of adjusters, medical professionals, and lawyers to minimize payouts on these high-value claims.
Common tactics include:
We counter these tactics with comprehensive medical documentation, expert testimony, and aggressive advocacy for your full compensation rights.
Catastrophic injury cases require extensive evidence to prove both liability and the full extent of your damages:
Medical Evidence:
Life Care Plans:
Economic Analysis:
Vocational Assessment:
Louisiana’s comparative fault system allows you to recover compensation even if you bear some responsibility for the accident, as long as your fault is less than the other party’s. Your compensation adjusts proportionally based on fault percentages.
Critical deadline: Louisiana requires personal injury lawsuits to be filed within one year of the accident date. This statute of limitations is firm with very few exceptions. Catastrophic injury cases require extensive preparation and investigation, making early legal representation essential.
Collateral source rule: Louisiana law prevents defendants from reducing your compensation based on benefits you receive from health insurance, disability payments, or other sources. You’re entitled to full compensation regardless of other benefits you may receive.
Survival and wrongful death actions: If catastrophic injuries result in death, Louisiana law allows both survival actions for the pain and suffering before death and wrongful death claims for the losses to surviving family members.
Immediate Medical Coordination: We work directly with your medical team to ensure proper documentation of your injuries and treatment needs. We arrange consultations with specialists who understand the long-term implications of your specific injuries.
Life Care Planning: We engage certified life care planners and medical economists who create comprehensive plans for your lifetime care needs and their costs.
Expert Medical Testimony: We work with leading medical experts who can explain your injuries, prognosis, and future needs to judges and juries.
Economic Analysis: We collaborate with economists who calculate your total financial losses, including lost earning capacity, benefits, and lifetime medical expenses.
Family Support: We understand your injury affects your entire family. We work with your family members to document how your injuries have changed everyone’s lives.
Catastrophic injury cases often result in multi-million dollar recoveries because they account for:
Lifetime medical expenses: The cost of medical care over your entire life expectancy, accounting for medical inflation and changing needs as you age.
Lost earning capacity: The difference between what you would have earned over your working life and what you can earn now, considering promotions, raises, and benefits.
Pain and suffering: Compensation for the physical pain and emotional distress caused by your injuries, considering their permanent nature.
Loss of life enjoyment: The activities, hobbies, and experiences you can no longer enjoy due to your disabilities.
Family impact: How your injuries affect your relationships with your spouse and children, including loss of companionship and the burden placed on family caregivers.
Free Consultation: We review your case, explain your legal rights, and outline how we’ll prove the full value of your claim. This consultation costs nothing and creates no obligation.
No Fees Unless We Win: We advance all case expenses including medical experts, life care planners, and economic analysts. We charge no attorney fees unless we recover compensation. If we don’t win, you owe us nothing for legal services.
Comprehensive Case Development: We handle all aspects of your case while you focus on medical treatment and rehabilitation. We coordinate with your medical team, gather evidence, and prepare for either settlement negotiations or trial.
Family-Centered Approach: We work with your entire family to document how your injuries have affected everyone’s lives and ensure your settlement provides for your family’s needs.
Evidence in catastrophic injury cases must be preserved immediately. Medical records, diagnostic images, and expert evaluations become crucial to proving both the cause and extent of your injuries.
Louisiana’s one-year statute of limitations means you have limited time to file suit. Catastrophic injury cases require months of medical evaluation and expert analysis before filing, making immediate legal representation essential.
Your future depends on the actions you take now. Insurance companies are working to minimize your claim while you’re focused on medical treatment. You need legal advocates working just as hard to protect your rights.
Your catastrophic injury has changed everything about your life and your family’s future. The financial impact will be enormous, but Louisiana law requires negligent parties to compensate you fully for every aspect of these devastating changes.
We’ve recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for people facing circumstances similar to yours. We understand the complex medical, legal, and financial issues involved in catastrophic injury cases. We know how to prove the full value of your claim and ensure you receive the compensation needed for lifetime care.
Call (318) 221-1508 now for your free consultation. We’re available 24/7 because catastrophic injuries don’t wait for business hours.
Don’t let insurance companies take advantage of your situation. We’re ready to start protecting your rights and securing your family’s future immediately.
Your consultation is completely free. You pay nothing unless we recover compensation. Call now – we’re here to help you through this life-changing time.
“We look at your case as a whole. Not just what’s happened since the wreck or since the time that your life has changed. But also, what it’s going to look like in the future.”
"I quickly, learned two rules in this business.
First, defendants in an injury suit put up obstacles and barriers. They want the case to take as long as possible, because it wears the plaintiff down. I have learned that if you run at those barriers hard enough, and fast enough, many of them will disappear.
Second, "The fastest way to settle a case is to prepare for trial. Insurance companies know which firms will go to court, which will not, and who can win. It is important to choose a firm that is committed to the results you want.”
Our team of intake specialists is ready to listen to you and gather all the information for a free, confidential case evaluation. We will hear you out, take what you say seriously, and then round up with our legal team.
Our lawyers will provide you with no-obligation feedback on your case, usually on the same day, but no later than 24 hours. We will give you the appropriate course of action for your situation.
If your case is a good fit for our firm and you graciously allow us to represent you, our team will begin working immediately. We will investigate, send the appropriate letters to stop insurance companies from harassing you, and start your medical recovery.
Our internal process is transparent with high levels of communication from the opening of your case to the final handshake. Our firm will promptly return your phone calls and keep you informed. You will know the exact status of your case. Our case managers and attorneys are committed to making a difficult situation as stress-free as possible.
