Major accidents can have a lasting impact on your life, which is why it’s so important to have legal representatives on your side. The lawyers at Harrell & Nowak have the know-how and experience necessary to help you in your time of legal need. Based in New Orleans, our car accident lawyers have helped countless clients receive just compensation while also holding negligent parties responsible for their actions.
Severe accidents of different kinds can result in quadriplegia. We would like to take a few moments right now to consider this kind of injury and why our legal team takes these matters so seriously.
About Quadriplegia
Also known as tetraplegia, quadriplegia refers to the loss of sensation and function of all of the extremities. In other words, the arms and legs of the accident victim are no longer able to move and sensation in those limbs is either very limited or non-existent.
The most serious kind of quadriplegia occurs when higher parts of the neck are affected. In C1 and C2 cases, the most serious, this means that injury victims have limited (if any) ability to move their head and will have problems breathing as well.
Serious Incidents That Can Lead to Quadriplegia
Quadriplegia occurs generally when severe injuries affect the upper portion of the spine, particularly the cervical vertebrae (the vertebrae in the neck). Some of the following incidents can lead to quadriplegia:
- Auto accidents
- Bike accidents
- Major falls
- Assaults
- Sports injuries
- Medical/surgical mistakes
Drastic Changes In Your Life and the Lives of Those Closest to You
When a person is rendered quadriplegic, the injury victim will face major changes in overall quality of life. The injury victim will be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his or her life. Basic tasks such as eating, drinking, and basic grooming will require the help of others. Employment is unlikely simply given the lack of mobility and the difficulties that the injury victim will face getting around. Given the major change to the overall quality of life, injury victims will often experience depression as well as major emotional pain and suffering.
Long-Term Care and Assistance Is Necessary
In order to live, quadriplegics will require long-term medical care and assistance. In C1 and C2 cases, this means the need for a ventilator device simply to help with regular breathing. These are serious medical expenses, and it can place a major burden on loved ones in terms of their daily lives as well.
Helping the Injured and the People They Love
We understand just how serious quadriplegia can be for the injured and for the people that they love, which is why we take all cases such as these so seriously. We will fight to ensure you receive just compensation to cover the hardships ahead, from the initial medical bills to the cost of long-term care and assistance. This will help injury victims and their loved ones with coping and moving forward as best as they can.
Learn More About Legal Options Following Catastrophic Injury
If you or someone that you love has been seriously injured in a serious accident of any kind, it is imperative that you contact our personal injury attorneys today. Our legal team will fight to ensure that you receive just compensation to help cover current losses and make up for the struggles that lay ahead. We are here for victims and their loved ones each step of the way.