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If you’ve suffered an accident, any resulting injury can seriously harm your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. But spine injuries can be particularly catastrophic because they can lead to paralysis, an inability to control your body, and chronic pain. A back injury can cause immense pain and stress. And if your accident was caused by the negligent act of someone else, it can be difficult to know how to go about seeking justice.
Christensen Law knows how damage to your spine can forever alter your life, and we know what it takes to seek justice. A Detroit spine injury lawyer with our firm can help you hold the negligent party accountable so you can get the compensation you need. Call us now to get started with a member of our team. Our Detroit catastrophic injury attorneys are ready to help now.
Compensation for a Spinal Cord Injury in Detroit
After a back injury, your expenses may completely overwhelm you. A qualified spine injury lawyer will seek to get you a full settlement that accounts for all of your hardships, including the following:
- Lost ability to earn money
- Medical expenses
- Ongoing rehabilitation and care
- Assistive devices, such as motorized wheelchairs
- Chair lifts, stair ramps, and other necessary home modifications
- Decreased quality of life
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional anguish
The depth of your loss is immense and often hard to quantify, especially those noneconomic damages that address your emotional harm. Even damages with a direct financial value can be hard to calculate with try to account for a life-long or long-term injury. That’s why we ask you to leave these tough tasks to our Detroit personal injury lawyers. We have the experience and resources necessary to seek the full range of your losses.
Our Detroit Team Is Equipped to Handle Many Types of Spinal Cord Injury Cases
Spinal cord trauma can happen anywhere and at any time. Sometimes, however, someone’s actions are to blame for this major injury. Here at Christensen law, our team is dedicated to helping catastrophic injury victims seek just compensation from negligent parties. Some of the cases we handle include:
Car and Truck Accidents
In the United States, there are approximately 18,000 new spinal cord injury cases each year, according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC). Vehicle accidents cause nearly 38 percent of spinal cord injuries.
Additionally, Detroit residents are no strangers to vehicle accidents, unfortunately. Local reports state that southeast Michigan has approximately 128,000 accidents in 2022 alone. Data from Michigan Traffic Crash facts shows that Detroit saw over 24,000 crashes in 2023, with over 8,600 injuries and 130 fatalities.
Major highways cut through most parts of Detroit, and busy surface streets mean that all drivers are at risk of crashes. Our Detroit car accident lawyers and Detroit truck accident lawyers are used to fighting against negligent drivers and other liable parties for fair and full compensation. Some of the awards we’ve won for our clients include:
- $3.2 million for a couple involved in a car accident. One of the victims passed away, while the other was left with multiple injuries, including spinal cord fractures.
- $1.625 million for a gentleman who suffered serious spinal cord injuries after being rear ended by a commercial van. He needed surgery for his injuries, but later passed away.
- $1.6 million for a truck driver who was severely injured in an accident with another truck. His herniated discs left him unable to work, but our team helped him fight for a settlement to help secure his future.
These auto accidents can cause serious harm, so let us fight on your behalf.
Motorcycle Accidents
Here at Christensen Law, our Detroit motorcycle accident lawyers know the risks bikers face every day. As riders ourselves, we make it our mission to help injured motorcyclists who are hurt by careless drivers who don’t respect the rights of bikers. We helped countless riders seek justice—we have even helped one biker with resulting back, shoulder, and neck injuries win a $1.25 million settlement.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Accidents
Pedestrians and bicyclists have just as much right to Detroit streets as motorists do, but they are at an increased risk of harm. While the city works on making improvements to dangerous roads like the Gratiot corridor, the fact remains: pedestrians and cyclists deserve advocates who fight back against negligent drivers. The team at Christensen Law, having serving Detroit and Michigan for the last 30 years, is just the team to do it.
Slip and Fall Accidents
Slip and falls can happen anywhere around Detroit. Whether you were in someone’s home, around downtown, at a local Tigers game, at the local Meijer, someone’s negligence on a property can cause you serious harm. If your slip and fall left you with devastating spinal cord injuries, our Detroit slip and fall attorneys are here to hold property owners and managers liable for your injuries.
Liability in a slip and fall is often complex to prove, but our team is absolutely capable of holding negligent parties to account.
Workplace Accidents
While people can injure themselves in any workplace, construction and industrial worksites present extreme hazards for workers. While workers’ compensation typically covers employees, there may be cases where a personal injury claim or lawsuit is the option for seeking compensation.
If you think you might have a case, our Detroit construction accident attorneys and industrial accident lawyers are eager to hear from you and fight for damages to address your spinal cord injuries and other losses.
These are not the only cases that might leave victims dealing with spinal cord damage. Whatever the cause, please reach out to our team. We look forward to listening to your story and fighting for a settlement or verdict on your behalf.
You Might Face Resistance When Seeking Damages for a Detroit Spinal Cord Claim
Whether your spine injury was caused by a vehicle accident, fall on a construction site, defective product, or some other factor, your Detroit back injury attorney will seek to hold the negligent party accountable.
The responsible party may try to deploy common defenses against you in a spine injury case. If you were involved in a car crash, the defendant may try to prove that you were intoxicated. If you sustained your injury during a recreational activity like bungee jumping or windboarding, a defendant may claim that you were assuming a certain level of risk by performing that activity.
The negligent party may attempt this defense because Michigan follows a modified comparative negligence system. Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.2959 allows personal injury victims to claim damages, even when they are partly at fault for the injury, However, if they are at fault, their damages are decreased by their percentage of fault. Those who are more than 50 percent at fault, however, can lose out on non-economic damages.
Your attorney will know how to combat these defenses and make sure the negligent party is held responsible.
Act Fast to Pursue Damages for a Spinal Cord Injury in Detroit
Unfortunately, you only have a limited to time file a lawsuit for a personal injury case that result in your spinal cord injury. Per Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.5805, victims only have three years to file their lawsuit for damages. This period starts on the date of the accident, which means the clock is already running on your case.
If you don’t file your suit in this window of time, you could lose your ability to seek damages, leaving you dealing with the financial and emotional fallout of the accident all by yourself.
Even if we end up resolving your case in negotiations and never see the courtroom, we want to be prepared for every possibility. The sooner you can reach out to the Detroit spinal cord injury lawyers at Christensen Law, the sooner we can get to work on your case.
About Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are categorized as either complete or incomplete. In an incomplete injury, the brain is still able to relay messages below the affected area of the spine; some sensation and movement is possible below the location of the injury.
In a complete injury, there is a total loss of sensory function or movement below the affected area. It is possible to break your back and not sustain a spinal cord injury. In these cases, the vertebrae around the spinal cord are damaged, but the actual spine is not injured.
Some effects of spinal cord injuries can include but are not limited to:
- Loss of mobility
- Chronic pain
- Sensory loss
- Bladder and bowel dysfunction
- Respiratory issues
- Sexual dysfunction
- Psychological distress
No matter the severity of your injuries, let our team review your case. We can evaluate your claim to see if you can seek damages from a negligent party.
Contact a Detroit Spine Injury Attorney from Our Team to Get Started
Spine injuries have the potential to significantly alter the rest of your life. If your spine injury was someone else’s fault, you deserve justice, and our Detroit spinal cord injury lawyers can help you get it.
The injury lawyers with Christensen Law will work hard to get you the compensation you need to restore your peace of mind. To schedule a consultation, give us a call today, 24/7.
