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If you or a loved one suffered life-altering injuries due to negligence, our Wyoming catastrophic injury lawyer is here for you. We represent individuals and families with major injuries following a personal injury accident or incident.
A Wyoming, MI, personal injury lawyer at Christensen Law will manage your case and secure your future. Since 1991, we have been advocating for the rights of those with catastrophic injuries. We will help you and your family recover the money you need and deserve. Let us review your case and explain your options for compensation. Contact us for a free, confidential case assessment today.
What Damages Will a Wyoming Catastrophic Injury Lawyer Recover for Me?
The damages you could recover money for in a personal injury case depend greatly on your expenses and losses incurred. With catastrophic injuries, these costs often reach overwhelming and terrifying amounts.
However, you should not have to pay for medical care or other expenses and losses related to your accident or injuries. Under Michigan law, the at-fault party is usually held accountable for severe injuries and associated losses. We file a claim with their insurance company and demand compensation for:
Economic Damages
Your economic damages represent the current and future financial expenses and losses suffered. This could include almost any related cost, such as medical bills, care costs, income losses, and out-of-pocket expenses.
Non-Economic Damages
Your non-economic damages are the intangible losses you experienced because of an accident. They include emotional and physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, and much more.
Wrongful Death Damages
Our attorneys also handle wrongful death actions in Wyoming, Michigan. If you lost a loved one in a catastrophic injury accident, you have rights. Your family could recover damages and get justice. Contact us today to learn about this process and find out who can represent your family as the plaintiff in these cases.
How Christensen Law Attorneys Approach a Wyoming Catastrophic Injury Case
Christensen Law has more than 30 years of experience managing catastrophic personal injury cases. We understand why it is so important to you to recover maximum compensation based on your case and know how to navigate the process necessary to do so. We will take the necessary steps to manage your legal case while you focus on healing and rehabilitation.
At Christensen Law, we are the voice of the unheard. We listen to you and let you tell your story. We believe this bolsters the claim or lawsuit and also helps you heal the psychological wounds that often come with suffering serious injuries in a preventable accident.
We are here to protect you and fight to secure your future. We will do what it takes to get justice, even if that means litigating your case and going before a judge and jury. Some awards and settlements we recently recovered for our clients include:
- $17.8 million for a client with a traumatic brain injury in the largest-ever personal injury settlement in the state
- $9.5 million after a client suffered life-altering injuries in a motorcycle accident
- $4.55 million after a cable technician died while working on lines
- $3 million for a client who suffered a brain injury and spinal injury after being hit while walking in a parking lot
- $2 million for a bicyclist who suffered a traumatic brain injury that required inpatient residential care for the rest of his life
We are a contingency fee law firm, so you will never need to pay anything until we secure a payout for you. You only pay when we win. Learn more during your free and confidential consultation with our team.
Our Wyoming, MI, Lawyers Handle Catastrophic Injury Cases Every Day
The cases we handle stem from negligence. When one party acts carelessly or recklessly and causes injuries to another, this is negligence. Some of the most common ways we see negligence cause catastrophic injuries include:
- Car accidents
- Truck collisions
- Motorcycle crashes
- Pedestrian accidents and bicycle collisions
- Bus crashes
- Construction accidents
- Workplace accidents
- Slip and falls
- Dog bite injuries
- Other premises liability injuries
Our Wyoming, MI lawyers manage a wide range of personal injury cases, and we are especially passionate about helping people with catastrophic injuries. Some of the injuries we help victims with include:
- Traumatic Brain Injuries: TBIs are serious head injuries that cause lasting damage to the brain, potentially leading to memory loss, cognitive impairment, and physical disabilities.
- Spinal Cord Injuries: Damage to the spinal cord often results in partial or complete paralysis, affecting mobility, sensation, and other critical body functions.
- Amputations: Amputation injuries involve the loss of a limb or body part, resulting in significant physical limitations, emotional distress, and lifestyle changes.
- Burns: Serious burn injuries often lead to severe pain, scarring, and potential complications like infections or organ damage.
Seek Care Immediately After a Catastrophic Injury
Many of our clients who suffer injuries in Wyoming receive care locally. University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming, MI, is a verified Level II trauma center and handles most catastrophic injuries that occur in the area.
While this hospital is well-equipped to manage most traumatic injury cases, some people may be transferred to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids for its Level I facilities. Regardless of the facility where you are getting care, we can communicate with all parties to make sure we have a full understanding of your losses when seeking damages.
We will provide a free consultation with our team so we can learn your story and you can ask questions about our services and your next steps. Contact us today to discuss your case with us for free.
How Our Wyoming, MI, Attorneys Build a Catastrophic Injury Case
Like most other personal injury cases, the catastrophic injury cases we handle are usually based on negligence. One party makes a mistake or acts carelessly, and it causes another to suffer harm. Negligence is the most common cause of traffic accidents, falls, and many other types of accidents and incidents that frequently lead to significant injuries.
In general, negligence is carelessness or recklessness. Proving that the other party’s actions were negligent involves four key elements:
- Duty of Care: We frequently owe others a duty of care. For example, drivers must follow traffic laws and property owners must keep their premises free from dangerous hazards.
- Breach of Duty: When someone fails to uphold their duty of care, it puts others in danger. The best example of this is obeying traffic laws.
- Causation: A breach of duty often causes an accident or incident, just like violating a traffic law will cause a crash.
- Injuries: Victims in negligence accidents suffer physical, emotional, and financial harm.
Only when these four elements are present will we be able to show that the other party is liable for our client’s injuries. This means we need strong evidence to prove these four elements to win compensation in your case.
Hire Our Wyoming Catastrophic Injury Lawyer to Handle Your Case from the Start
We encourage you to enlist our help as soon as possible after the accident and injuries. We will take your call from the hospital or speak to family members whose loved ones are still unable to communicate because of their injuries. If you believe negligence caused catastrophic injuries in your Wyoming, MI, accident, you want us on your side.
When you hire our team to manage a catastrophic injury case from the start, you are bringing the best resource available to your team. Our attorneys will answer your questions and manage your legal case from day one, and we work to secure a full range of compensation, all while you focus on rest and recovery.
You can count on our attorney to:
- Identify, preserve, and analyze evidence that might disappear quickly after an accident, such as video of the crash and eyewitness statements
- Continue gathering robust evidence to support your claim
- Take all phone calls and manage all communication with the insurance carriers
- Focus on protecting your rights and securing your future
- Take the necessary steps to ensure you can pursue maximum compensation based on your case facts
- Answer your questions and provide regular case updates
If we must sue the at-fault party in your case, you likely have up to three years to begin this process. The Michigan statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death is determined by Michigan Compiled Laws § 600.5805. This three-year deadline applies to filing the complaint in the correct jurisdiction for your Wyoming, MI, lawsuit.
Exceptions to this law could mean you have less time. The sooner you discuss your case with our team, the better.
Talk to Our Wyoming, MI, Team About Your Catastrophic Injury Case
Christensen Law gives injured victims and their families a complimentary case review. You can discuss your potential case with our team during a free, confidential consultation. Learn how our Wyoming catastrophic injury lawyers approach these cases and how we will help you. Call us today to get started.
