San Antonio back and spine injury lawyer

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Aggressive representation for injury victims and families

 

Back and spinal injuries are often life-changing, with significant financial and lifestyle consequences—especially if you’ve damaged your spinal cord. But despite this, getting an insurance company to pay fair compensation for your future medical expenses, wage losses, and pain and suffering is often an uphill battle. That’s why many people turn to a spine injury lawyer for help.

 

At Crosley Law, we’ve successfully handled hundreds of cases involving all types of spinal injuries, from moderate neck and back trauma to severe and paralyzing complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries. If you’ve been injured or lost a loved one because of someone else’s negligent actions, call the Crosley Law team right away.

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Top spine injury case results

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A drunk driver killed a beloved father and severely injured his wife. Our clients received one of the top 100 jury verdicts in the nation that year, giving them the closure and justice they needed.

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We represented two federal officers who were injured by a careless driver of an oilfield services truck. As a result of their injuries, they both had back surgeries and missed significant time from work. The case settled following mediation.

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Our client suffered severe injuries requiring neck surgery after a collision with an 18-wheeler.

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Our client was run off the road by an 18-wheeler and sustained injuries to his neck and back for which he later had surgery.

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This settlement was achieved for a client who suffered significant neck and back injuries after a truck accident.

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Our client sustained severe neck injuries after a crash involving a construction truck. The insurance company initially had only offered $50,000.

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Putting our experience to work for you

 

Insurance companies often try to minimize your pain and suffering and get you to take a lowball settlement offer. “Winning” a San Antonio spinal cord injury lawsuit won’t mean much if your compensation isn’t enough to make you whole and provide financial stability for you and your loved ones.

 

The experienced personal injury attorneys at Crosley Law aggressively represent those who have sustained injuries—as well as families of those who have lost loved ones. We’ve helped many back, neck, and spinal cord injury victims navigate their accident claims, getting them the compensation and answers they deserved.

How can an experienced spine injury lawyer help me?

Personal injury cases involving spine and brain injuries tend to involve very serious impacts for accident victims, from memory loss to complete paralysis or death. This is especially true in the case of a severe spinal cord injury. You could be looking at multiple surgeries, significant physical therapy, wage losses, and chronic pain.

 

However, it’s not always easy to prove just how significantly a complex spinal injury can change the course of your life.

 

To get fair compensation, you need to do more than show that someone else caused your injury. You also need significant evidence and information that supports your claim:

 

  • Medical records and doctor’s statements documenting your injuries and linking them to the incident
  • Accurate projection of any future medical procedures you will need
  • Economic evidence that documents your decreased wage-earning capacity
  • Cost estimates for medical or household services you’ll need
  • Evidence supporting the extent of your pain and suffering
  • Information about how your injuries affect your daily life

 

Insurance companies will take any opportunity to question your symptoms and try to get you to accept a smaller settlement than you deserve. They care about their profits, not about making you whole.

 

Experienced back and spinal cord injury lawyers are familiar with how insurance companies handle such cases, and work with a network of medical, financial, and life care planning experts to show how such injuries dramatically alter lives. They also have extensive medical knowledge about spinal injuries and can build aggressive legal strategies that help you stand up to the insurance company.

 

At Crosley Law, our team of spine injury lawyers frequently consults with medical experts that include orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. We strive to understand medical science as well as or better than anyone in the courtroom because we believe it’s essential to achieving the best results for our clients.

 

Our personal injury lawyers offer a free consultation so that injured people and their loved ones can focus on the important things, like healing and caring for the household.

Why are spine injuries so serious?

Your spine is incredibly complex. It consists of 26 bones called vertebrae that support your body and protect your spinal cord. Along with these bony structures, your spine is home to discs, nerves, ligaments, and muscles.

 

Doctors divide your spine into three sections: cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back), and lumbar (low back). A spinal injury in any of these areas can lead to devastating consequences because your spine is much more than just a support rod for your body. Your spine is also full of nerves, and it acts as the highway that allows your brain to communicate with your muscles and organs.

 

If you look at the human spine, you will see that there isn’t much space between the spine’s bones, nerves, and soft tissues, which is why the spine is so vulnerable to injury. The forces involved in a car crash can easily cause bones to break, a disc to rupture or herniate, or soft tissues to swell. Because there’s so little room in your spine, any of these injuries can also pinch and damage nearby nerves.

 

Spinal cord injuries are typically classified as either incomplete or complete. With an incomplete spinal cord injury, nerves that run through the spine will be partially damaged, but you will still have some level of function and feeling below the site of the injury. A complete spinal cord injury, on the other hand, causes complete paralysis and loss of sensation to portions of the body below the injury site.

 

Be especially careful if you experience any neck pain after an accident, and seek medical attention right away. Cervical spinal cord injuries are potentially the most severe, since they can result in loss of feeling and function in all four limbs.

Common spine and spinal cord injury symptoms

When you suffer an injury to your spine, you may experience:

 

  • Chronic neck and back pain
  • Severe headaches
  • Pain, weakness, numbness, tingling, or difficulty controlling movement in a place that isn’t injured (radiculopathy)
  • Difficulties with motor control and coordination
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Loss of bowel or bladder control
  • Limb paralysis

 

Because spinal injuries can have serious consequences, you should immediately seek medical treatment for trauma to your neck or back. If you experience incontinence or have any difficulty moving a limb after being in an accident, then you may have a serious injury.

 

If you believe someone’s negligence caused your spine injury, contact Crosley Law for a free, no-risk consultation to learn about your rights and legal options, including personal injury lawsuits.

What’s the difference between spinal cord injuries and spinal column injuries?

As we mentioned earlier, what we often call “the spine” is actually a collection of bones, discs, nerves, ligaments, and muscles. The bones, muscles, and other tissues of the spinal column surround and protect the spinal cord itself, which is a bundle of nerves that connect with everything below your head.

 

While a spinal cord injury and spinal column injury might cause similar symptoms (pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, etc.), the initial injury itself might only be to one part or the other. This aspect of your case can be complex, making spinal cord injury attorneys that much more important when you’re seeking compensation.

What causes spine and back injuries?

Car accidents and falls are two of the most common causes of spine and back injuries, although there are many others. A forceful, high-speed impact isn’t necessarily required. Many of our clients suffered severe spinal injuries after seemingly minor trauma.

 

During a car wreck, your body can experience rapid acceleration and deceleration. These forces, even if they seem “minor” can put a lot of stress on your spine, especially your discs, ligaments, and other soft tissues. And if you already have some degenerative changes in your back—like most of us do—you’re even more vulnerable during a crash.

How are spine injuries treated?

The spine’s delicate anatomy also complicates medical treatment for spinal injury victims. If you’ve suffered a spinal injury, it might be hard for doctors to pinpoint the exact cause of your severe back pain: Is it the bulging disc, the inflammation, or something else?

 

For this reason, doctors often address spine injuries with a treatment plan that involves injections, physical therapy, pain management, and surgery.

 

While you and your doctor may agree that treatment is necessary, an insurance company just sees it as unwanted expenses. That’s why you can expect that they’ll fight you during every step of your treatment if you’ve suffered a serious spinal injury. It’s also why a personal injury firm can help.

How much is my spinal cord injury case worth?

While we cannot say exactly how much money any particular case will get, fair compensation for back and spinal cord injuries typically covers specific losses, including:

 

  • Medical expenses
  • Lost wages
  • Pain and suffering
  • Emotional distress

 

Major factors that influence how much a case is worth include:

 

  • Total medical expenses attributable to the crash.
  • Total lost wages.
  • Amount of insurance coverage available.
  • How clear the liability is in the case (e.g., was it clearly one person’s fault, or is responsible shared or debatable?)
  • “Aggravating facts” that make the at-fault party less sympathetic in the eyes of a jury.

 

At Crosley Law, our average personal injury case settles for about $250,000. Since back and spine injury cases often involve permanent pain and disability, we have won seven-figure results in a number of instances.

 

Because car accidents can result in catastrophic injuries, experienced attorneys are vital to these personal injury cases. Their familiarity with the insurance and health care systems means they are more prepared to negotiate with the at-fault party’s insurance company and have a better chance at reducing your medical bills.

 

Ultimately, your San Antonio personal injury lawyer’s primary job is to pursue compensation for mild and serious injuries caused by someone else’s negligence. Whether you’ve been in a motor vehicle accident, injured on a job site, or slipped and fell on someone else’s property, legal representation through a San Antonio personal injury law firm makes you more likely to secure full and fair financial compensation.

The insurance company says I have a pre-existing back problem. How can a personal injury lawyer help?

Many adults live with pre-existing, degenerative back problems. In most cases, this is just a natural consequence of a lifetime of wear and tear, especially for people who perform heavy physical work or play contact sports.

 

Insurance companies frequently use these circumstances as grounds to deny a claim. However, Texas law is clear that injury victims cannot be penalized simply because their spine was more vulnerable to injury than an average person’s. And even if you already had existing back problems, you are still eligible to be compensated if a personal injury incident made your injury symptoms worse.

 

At Crosley Law, we use our extensive legal and medical knowledge to assess your complex spine injury claim. We’ll review your medical records and diagnostic tests to look for evidence that supports your case. We also work with highly skilled medical experts who can help us identify any injuries and explain how the accident caused or worsened them.

Can spinal cord injuries be related to traumatic brain injuries?

The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system. The two are very much connected, and sometimes a traumatic spinal cord injury is related to a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

 

For example, brain injury is always a concern after a head injury, but the blow can damage the (usually cervical) spine as well. Also consider how common whiplash injury is motor vehicle accidents — with whiplash the outcome isn’t necessarily a brain or spine injury, but both.

 

Again, the medical details of a brain and spinal injury case can get complex and working with experienced spine injury attorneys is in your best interest.

Can a personal injury lawyer help if catastrophic injuries led to wrongful death?

Car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, and other incidents can cause such serious injury that injured victims don’t live, and the outcome is considered wrongful death.

 

Wrongful death cases often happen after events that typically lead to personal injury cases, but instead of recovering, the injured person dies. The laws in San Antonio and Texas are a little different on wrongful death cases, but personal injury attorneys are prepared to help you through the claims process.

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