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Catastrophic injuries can devastate victims and families, causing profound, debilitating pain while upending lives forever. The physical and psychological impacts of catastrophic injuries are often matched by crippling financial stresses, especially in the face of expensive medical care when victims can no longer earn a living.
Far too often, negligence is to blame for catastrophic injuries. When it does, you can get experienced help recovering and seeking justice from Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers. Backed by more than 20 years’ experience, our Ruston catastrophic injury lawyers have vast experience representing people just like you in all types of catastrophic injury cases.
Relentless, sharp, and skilled at winning, we are highly effective at providing persuasive representation when it matters most — and we know how to obtain the maximum available recoveries.
No matter how challenging your case may be, we are here for you, ready to answer your questions and help you 24/7.
Let us make your claim and recovery our next victory.
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Physical injuries caused by trauma or disease are generally categorized as catastrophic injuries when they cause painful, irreversible disabilities. Typically, catastrophic injuries impact key aspects of life, like mobility, perception, cognition, memory, and/or quality of life.
Sometimes, these injuries prevent people from being able to take care of themselves and live independently. In the worst cases, catastrophic injuries cut lives short with deadly complications.
Below is a deeper look at some of the most common catastrophic injuries caused by negligent acts.
Blows to the head and violent shaking of the head can damage the brain, causing traumatic brain injury. Whether mild, moderate, or serious, TBIs can be difficult to diagnose in their early stages. That’s generally due to the fact that TBIs can have hidden, mild, or generic symptoms early on.
Nonetheless, traumatic brain injuries can still have devastating effects. In fact, every week in the U.S., TBI complications kill nearly 1,200 people while causing more than 4,300 others to be hospitalized (source: CDC).
Even in milder forms, like concussions, TBIs can cause lasting damage that accumulates with subsequent concussions. In more severe TBI cases, the damage can be far greater, interfering with the abilities to communicate, coordinate movement, control moods, and more.
Consequently, those living with traumatic brain injury often need care from various medical professionals, including surgeons, physical therapists, speech therapists, psychiatrists or psychologists, and others.
Traffic collisions are one of the top causes of many catastrophic injuries. In fact, it may only take one serious motor vehicle wreck to cause multiple, life-threatening catastrophic injuries. In many cases, these severe impairments involve factors like (but not limited to):
Various products, appliances, and equipment can pose threats of catastrophic injury, especially when:
These and other oversights can end up putting toxic and unsafe products in consumers’ homes and hands. While that can increase the risk of serious accidents and injuries, it may also end up exposing people to dangerous substances, like cancer-causing asbestos or benzene, for instance.
In many cases, the companies that design, manufacture, market, and/or distribute these dangerous items can be liable for the harm their unsafe products cause.
No matter where life takes you day to day, you don’t expect to get hurt at the places you patronize or visit. And, yet, some of those places may not be as safe as you’d like to believe. If property owners, landlords, or others are not doing what they should to maintain safe premises, accidents and catastrophic injuries can happen.
In fact, the risk of suffering a catastrophic injury at a dangerous property will typically spike when factors like (but not limited to) the following are at play:
The most dangerous jobs tend to expose workers to perilous environments where just one mistake can cause catastrophic injury or even death. From industrial equipment and hazardous substances to high elevations and long hours, on-the-job dangers can vary by profession — and they are not limited to those working blue-collar jobs outdoors.
Whenever work accidents cause catastrophic injuries, it’s crucial to investigate the incident to see if third-party negligence (i.e., the negligence of parties other than an employer or coworker) was involved.
Talk to an attorney as soon as you can.
Insurance companies and others may already be working to build a defense against claims of liability. Plus, you have limited time to file a claim, and the chances of losing key evidence go up the longer you wait to take legal action.
A Ruston catastrophic injury attorney at Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers can be your trusted advocate, working immediately to protect your rights and start building your case. That can give you far better chances of winning fair compensation while providing important peace of mind that your claim is in experienced hands.
It depends on your accident and the type of claim you end up filing. That’s because different types of accident and injury claims can involve distinct processes and different parties. Additionally, there can be different statutes of limitations, depending on how the injuries were discovered or if the at-fault party is a public (government) entity.
Nevertheless, once most catastrophic injury claims have been filed, the process that follows is generally marked by:
Compensation, like the claims process, can hinge on case-specific factors. That means financial recoveries will vary by case, depending on the type of catastrophic injury involved and the impacts it has had.
Still, most of these claims cover similar types of damages, which can be pivotal to helping the injured and their families focus on healing and rebuilding their lives. Those damages tend to include some combination of:
If you or a loved one has suffered severe injuries due to negligence, you can find out more about your rights and legal options from a Ruston catastrophic injury lawyer at Morris & Dewett Injury Lawyers.
We have earned a reputation for excellence, integrity, and success after decades of winning the most challenging catastrophic injury cases. Discover the difference our team can make in your case and recovery by contacting us today.
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