Winning Compensation For Your Spinal Injury Is Our Priority

In spinal cord injuries, you have experienced fundamentally traumatic events that will most likely affect the remainder of your life. It is important that the attorney you choose to help you with your claim is compassionate and knowledgeable about New York State law. The tort laws that affect your case will apply to the monetary and emotional trauma that you have experienced during the spinal cord injury and the amount of compensation that you are afforded for your injuries.

A spinal cord injury can be an enormously distressing, paralyzing injury leading to a lifetime of suffering, loss of income and huge medical expenses. A spinal cord injury can occur in motor vehicle collisions, slips and falls, acts of violence, sports-related injuries, and many other incidents that cause injury or compression to the nerve cells of the spinal cord.

Spinal cord injury-related costs can be astronomical as an example, individuals who sustain spinal cord injuries at the age of 25, the average lifetime medical costs for quadriplegia is $1.35 million. This figure doesn’t take into account the overwhelming emotional costs, loss of wages, special equipment and physical alterations within the home. New York laws attempt to compensate a victim of a wrongful spinal cord injury; however, it is best that your consult a qualified spinal cord injury attorney who can utilize the medical and legal support of a strong law firm like the law office of Jacob Fuchsberg.

The lawyers of the Jacob Fuchsberg Law Firm provide legal help to clients seeking compensation for spinal injuries due to negligence or wrongful acts. Our law firm focuses on client service, integrity, compassion, and attaining favorable results for our clients.

Spinal Injury Cases Are Complex

Spinal injury cases can be complex and they require knowledgeable attorneys that are capable of skilled negotiation and superb trial advocacy; however, they also require in-depth medical investigation from experts in their field. We have the experience and the connections in the medical field to attain favorable results for our clients.

In New York spinal injury lawsuits, the law office of Jacob Fuchsberg is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims – even if they are unable to communicate due to the injuries they have sustained.

A spinal cord injury as defined by law is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Contrary to popular belief, the spinal cord doesn’t have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. On the other hand, a person can break their back or neck yet not sustain a spinal cord injury if only the bones around the spinal cord are damaged. Spinal cord injuries are very different from back injuries such as ruptured disks or pinched nerves.

In general, the higher in the spinal column the injury occurs, the more dysfunction a person will experience but the effects of spinal cord injuries depend on the type and extent of the injury. Spinal cord injuries can be separated into two types of injury – complete and incomplete. A complete injury means that there is no function below the level of the injury and both sides of the body are equally affected. An incomplete injury means that there is some functioning below the primary level of the injury. The level of injury is very useful in a trail.

Once Negligence is Established

Once negligence is established, New York spinal cord injury laws factor in the type and level of injury in determining damages in a spinal cord injury case. These factors along with the circumstances in the case will determine the likely hood of punitive damages being rewarded as well as the amount of income loss to compensate for.

With spinal cord injuries the need to find the right lawyer is exponentially greater as the ramifications of your case are increased. While feeling comfortable with the person is important in the case of New York spinal cord injury attorneys the resources that they have available to them is more vital. The lawyer you choose must have exceptional connections and resources available in the medical field that can work with your case exclusively and will be as dedicated to your case as the attorney that your choose.

When you are deciding on a New York spinal cord attorney that will work with you during your case, it is important to interview the attorneys that you are considering. While the basic interview questions that apply to every attorney interview process will apply to a New York spinal cord injury lawyer, ask if the lawyer is also connected to an exceptional medical team. In fact, a superior medical team could weigh as heavily as the qualifications as your attorney, so be sure to ask appropriate questions about both the attorney and their medical staff.

The process of choosing an attorney and the medical connections being used in your spinal cord injury lawsuit is just the start of a potentially long relationship. It is important that you do your due diligence prior to hiring a New York spine injury attorney to represent you. Be comfortable that the decision you are making is an informed one and that the law firm you are considering will provide the complete support needed.