Paralysis and Spinal Injury
An accident or malpractice causing paralysis will require a lifetime of medical treatment and rehabilitation. It is important that you are represented by a qualified attorney with extensive experience in assisting persons who have suffered paralyzing injuries. Determining future needs, treatment and care requires superior knowledge and experience. We work with leading experts including physical medicine specialists, disability planners, certified rehabilitation experts and life care planners to make certain that all of your future needs will be determined and that you will receive adequate compensation. When the negligence or wrongful acts of a person cause paralyzing injuries, we have the knowledge and expertise to help you recover damages for past and future medical services, recover lost income and take care of your lifetime needs. Contact our office to learn more about our experience in making recoveries for persons suffering spinal injuries.
Examples of our successes:
Protective scaffolding removed causing fall -- $6,000,000
A Fremont, California construction worker, doing plastering work on an apartment building in San Leandro, California, was paralyzed below his waist when he fell 40 feet because safety scaffolding had been removed to allow the owners to start condominium sales before the work was completed. The worker was not wearing a safety line because the scaffolding had protected the workers until it was unexpectedly removed. The apartment owners and the general contractor claimed that our client should not have been working at that location and, if there was negligence, it was all the fault of the plaster employer. We were able to prove that the owner and general contractor were responsible and made a recovery that allowed our client to purchase a home with handicap modifications and live independently.
Pickup truck roof crushes driver -- $3,100,000
A 35-year-old mother from Lathrop, California, driving her 1989 Ford F-150 pick-up truck on the Altamont Pass Road, a rural two lane road in Alameda County, was paralyzed when her vehicle went off the road on a curve, traveled down a steep embankment and rolled over, crushing the roof over her head. We contended that the road was in a dangerous condition for failure to install a guardrail at the curve and that her injuries were greatly increased by the roof collapse during the rollover. The case against Alameda County and Ford settled at the beginning of the trial. The settlement funds were used to purchase a handicap accessible home and vehicle for the mother of two and pay for her living expenses.
City failed to install left turn lane -- $3,300,000
In the largest out-of-court settlement in its history, the City of Fremont, California paid $3,300,000 to a 17 year old boy who was paralyzed when he was thrown from a pick-up truck that was rear ended by another vehicle when it was stopped to turn left. We alleged the City knew for over two years before the accident that the busy intersection was in need of a left turn lane.
