West Texas Spinal Injury Attorney

While spinal injuries vary widely, they are often severe. They may even be life-changing, leading to a lifetime of treatment, pain, inability to work, and partial or full paralysis. The spinal injury lawyers at the Hanna Law Firm understand how these injuries affect victims and their families emotionally and financially — often for the long term. When they calculate the cost of your injuries, they take into account every variable, including your future expenses. If you’ve suffered a spinal injury and it’s the fault of another party, we will seek compensation for the following types of damages:

• All medical bills and expenses. This includes hospital bills, medication, medical devices and equipment (such as a wheelchair or crutches), therapy and rehab, and all other medical costs you face because of your accident.
• Lost wages. If you’ve been seriously hurt, you will not be able to work for a period of time. Often, this means you do not bring home a paycheck at a time that you need it most. The spinal injury lawyers at the Hanna Law Firm will help you recover these lost wages.
• Lost earning capacity. If your injuries are so bad that you will not be able to return to work, you may be compensated for the money you would have earned in the future, if you hadn’t been hurt.
• Disability modifications. If your spinal injury causes permanent disability, you may have to modify your home or vehicle to accommodate your limitations.
• Physical, emotional, and mental pain and suffering. Not all losses are as clear cut as a hospital bill. Emotional damages include pain and suffering, loss of consortium, diminished quality of life, and psychological trauma.
• Property loss or damage. If you lose physical property due to the accident (for example, your car in a motor vehicle wreck) you may receive money to repair or replace it.

When it comes to spinal injury claims, each one is different. We cannot tell you exactly how much yours is worth dollar-wise without investigating the details of your case. We have to take into account many variables, including your pre-accident salary, your medical costs, your future medical costs, how much work you will miss, your pain and suffering, and more.

To learn more about the value of your claim, call a West Texas spinal injury attorney at the Hanna Law Firm. You can count on us to always look at the whole picture and understand the full cost of your accident.

Not every spinal injury is reason to file a spinal injury lawsuit. If your own carelessness or negligence caused the accident, there is no one for you to sue. Like all personal injury claims, a spinal injury case must have a few elements in place in order to move forward.

• You must have been injured and suffered actual damages.
• We must prove that someone had a duty to exercise reasonable care.
• We must prove that the person with a duty to exercise reasonable care failed in that duty.
• We must prove that the failure to exercise reasonable care was the cause of your accident.

The spinal injuries lawyers at the Hanna Law Firm will figure out who is responsible. This could be a distracted driver who caused you to suffer a spinal injury in a car accident. An employer who did not train workers properly. A business owner who failed to notify customers of a slip-and-fall hazard. Or a manufacturer of faulty equipment that caused injury. Every case is different, and you need an excellent lawyer on your side to make sure the negligent parties are held accountable.

Maybe you just don’t think hiring a lawyer is necessary. Maybe you don’t want to share any money. Maybe you are just the type of person who likes to handle things on your own. But when it comes to bringing a spinal injury suit against another person or company, going it alone could end up with you leaving a lot of money on the table. An experienced lawyer will look out for your interests every step of the way and make sure you are not shortchanged.

• A representative of the at-fault company or an insurance company may try to pressure you into accepting a settlement early on. This can be tempting, especially since you may have a lot of bills to pay and no income coming in. But these offers are lowballs, meant to save the company money. You should never speak or negotiate with these people without consulting a lawyer first.
• It is hard for a lay person to know exactly how much their injury will cost them. Not only do you have to take into account current bills, but you have to think about the long-term financial impact, as well as pain and suffering. An experienced attorney understands how to calculate the full scope of your losses.
• It is not always easy to figure out liability. Sometimes multiple parties share fault. A good lawyer will conduct thorough research and make sure every responsible party is identified.
• As you or your loved one heals, the last thing you need on your plate is all the work required for pursuing a lawsuit. A lawyer will do all of the legwork for you. He or she will conduct research, gather evidence, handle all communication, negotiate, and advise you along the way. All you have to do is focus on getting better.