Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries are some of the most devastating to the human body. On average, they result in a hospital stay of 11 days followed by 35 days in a rehabilitation facility—a total of more than 45 days of in-patient care. The results of spinal cord injuries are far-reaching, often completely irreversible, and result in millions of dollars of future healthcare expenses.

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SMB has successfully represented hundreds of spinal cord injury victims in cases arising from a wide range of circumstances, including construction accidents, workplace injuries, vehicle collisions, defective products, and medical malpractice. The leading causes of spinal cord injuries include falls, vehicle accidents, and being struck by or against objects.

Spinal cord injuries are some of the most devastating injuries that we encounter in our practice. We make sure that negligent corporations are held responsible for the destruction they cause and compensate spinal cord injury victims for the millions of dollars they almost always require for future medical care.

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Spinal cord injuries involve a traumatic injury to the critical nerve distribution system of the central nervous system. Spinal injuries affect sensory, motor, and reflex capabilities and, in the most severe cases, cause paraplegia, tetraplegia, or quadriplegia. Even less severe spinal cord injuries can have an impact on a person’s ability to control their limbs, motor skills, bowels, and bladder.

According to government and insurance industry statistics, as many as 350,000 Americans are currently suffering from the effects of a prior spinal cord injury, and nearly 17,000 new spinal cord injuries happen in the U.S. each year.

Unmatched Results

SMB’s has secured numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for our clients suffering spinal cord injuries, including:

  • $75,000,000 verdict for a highway construction worker who was left quadriplegic after he was struck by a drunk driver and thrown more than 100 feet
  • $26,500,000 settlement for a lawn care worker who was paralyzed after being thrown from a pickup truck in a single-vehicle accident
  • $12,000,000 settlement for a roofer who was left quadriplegic after falling 40 feet
  • $10,000,000 settlement for a construction worker left paralyzed after injuries that occurred while erecting a pallet rack
  • $8,900,000 settlement for a worker who was partially paralyzed when a mobile office unit crushed him
  • $8,500,000 settlement for worker who suffered from spastic paraplegia as a result of being struck in the head by scaffolding
  • $8,000,000 mid-trial settlement for a framer who fell 18-feet on a residential construction project
  • $7,900,000 settlement for a carpenter who was left paralyzed after a three-story fall
  • $6,100,000 settlement for a construction worker left paralyzed after a joist collapsed during demolition

Unmatched Experience

With decades of experience litigating spinal cord injury claims, SMB is on the short-list of personal injury law firms using the latest methods to develop the evidence needed to maximize recovery in these complex cases:

  • We exhaustively investigate what went wrong and who is responsible.
  • We engage nationally recognized neurologists, neuropsychologist, and neurosurgeons to determine the extent of our clients’ injuries and their long-term prognosis.
  • We create innovative video brochures that powerfully depict in a “mini-documentary” format our clients’ pain and suffering and include excerpts from victim, family, witness, and expert interviews and defendant depositions. These vivid films are often a major factor in convincing jurors to award high-dollar verdicts and defendants to agree to high-value settlements.

Unmatched Compensation

SMB has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for its clients devastated by spinal cord injuries. These cases often have multiple defendants: construction companies, contractors, property owners and managers, product manufacturers and motorists may all be liable. SMB understands that spinal cord injuries are complex, costly to treat, and often require lifelong care.

We cast a wide net for potential liable parties and then work tenaciously to obtain for our clients all the compensation to which they are entitled, including damages for pain and suffering, emotional trauma, past, and future medical costs, lost income, and future earnings.

If you have been injured—or a family member has been injured or killed—as a result of a spinal cord injury, SMB is committed to obtaining all of the results you need and deserve.

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