If you or a loved one has sustained a catastrophic injury, nothing is more important than your access to financial support. At Park Chenaur Injury Lawyers, we are driven to ensure our clients achieve full and fair compensation in cases of catastrophic injury.
What Is a Catastrophic Injury?
Catastrophic injuries are defined as any injury that is life-altering and prevents the victim from being able to work and earn a living. These severe injuries require long-term medical care due to permanent disabilities. At Park Chenaur Injury Lawyers, we recognize the profound emotional, physical, and financial toll such injuries can take on you and your family. We are ready to take on the legal challenges in these critical cases.
Common Types of Catastrophic Injuries
Our Tacoma catastrophic injury lawyers are committed to supporting those who suffer the most severe injuries. Common catastrophic injuries we handle include the following:
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
TBIs can lead to lasting cognitive and physical impairments, often requiring lifelong care.
Spinal cord injuries
These can lead to partial or complete paralysis, necessitating rehabilitation and significant lifestyle adjustments.
Severe burns
Burns can result in disfigurement, pain, and emotional trauma, often requiring reconstructive surgery.
Amputations
The loss of a limb is life-changing, impacting mobility and coming with emotional consequences.
Organ failure
Damage to vital organs is life-threatening and requires extensive medical intervention to prevent loss of life.
Causes of Catastrophic Injury
Catastrophic injuries are often the result of acts of negligence or recklessness by another party. Some of the most common causes of these devastating injuries include the following:
- Automobile accidents: Car, truck, and motorcycle accidents are a leading cause of catastrophic injuries. High-speed collisions, especially with larger vehicles like trucks, can cause severe trauma and physical damage.
- Bicycle and pedestrian accidents: Cyclists and pedestrians are particularly vulnerable in traffic accidents. Without the protection of a vehicle, they often suffer severe injuries such as TBIs, fractures, and spinal injuries when struck by a car.
- Slips and falls: Slip and fall accidents can cause catastrophic injuries, particularly in older adults. Falls can lead to broken hips, spinal injuries, or traumatic brain injuries. When occurring on the property of another who failed to maintain safe premises, compensation is pursued as a premises liability claim.
- Workplace and construction accidents: Construction sites and industrial workplaces pose significant risks for workers. Falls from heights, machinery accidents, and exposure to hazardous substances can result in severe injuries such as amputations, spinal cord damage, and organ failure.
- Defective products: Faulty products, from malfunctioning machinery to unsafe medical devices, can lead to catastrophic injuries. A product liability claim may arise when a defective product causes harm, including burns, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, loss of sight or hearing, or amputations.
- Medical malpractice: Negligent medical care can lead to catastrophic outcomes, including surgical errors, misdiagnosis, or incorrect treatment for a condition that should have been identified. Injuries like brain damage due to anesthesia mistakes or organ failure from surgical errors can be severe, life-threatening, or fatal.
A catastrophic injury will turn a life upside down in an instant. Our team at Park Chenaur Injury Lawyers is dedicated to helping victims recover the compensation they deserve. As many of these injuries will require a lifetime of medical care, the amount of compensation must reflect this fact. Considering the situation, we sincerely believe those who come to us to resolve a catastrophic injury claim deserve access to world-class medical care, the most recently developed treatments, and the ability to experience the best quality of life possible. Our legal team fights for justice in these cases, and our legal team works together to craft the most effective legal strategy, negotiate fair terms in a settlement, or take the case to civil court if necessary.
Compensation for Your Losses
Victims of catastrophic injuries may be entitled to compensation of two types:
- Economic losses: Medical bills, current and future, lost wages, lost earning capacity, home modifications, rehabilitation, medications, medical equipment, skilled nursing
- Non-economic losses: Pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional anguish, loss of consortium and other very personal losses
How a Catastrophic Injury Attorney in Tacoma Can Help
You have the legal right to compensation when you have suffered severe losses due to another party’s negligence, and our attorneys are relentless advocates for the individuals we represent. We offer a wide range of services in these cases, including the following:
- An investigation to identify all liable parties
- Collect and preserve all relevant evidence, including police reports, medical records, and financial information
- Interview any witnesses to the accident
Get help from expert witnesses, including medical experts and financial experts - File all paperwork within the time limits imposed by state law
- Take the at-fault party to court if the insurance company fails to offer a fair settlement. Filing an insurance claim is difficult, even at the best of times.
- You should not have to deal with legal issues when trying to recover from a catastrophic injury. Let us do the hard work instead.
Contact Park Chenaur Injury Lawyers for Compassionate Legal Support
At Park Chenaur Injury Lawyers, we are more than a tenacious legal team ready to fight for your rights. We are also human. Treating our clients with dignity, compassion, and respect is part of our company culture. We are focused and driven to achieve success when assisting those who have experienced life-changing, catastrophic injuries. Contact us for a free consultation; we want to hear your story. You do not need to worry about the cost, as we operate on a contingency fee basis: you won’t owe any fees unless we win.