Types of Catastrophic Injury Accidents
How to Know if it is a Catastrophic Injury?
Causes of Catastrophic Injuries
What Type of Damages Can I Receive for Catastrophic Injuries?
Can I Sue for a Catastrophic Injury?
California Catastrophic Injury Lawyers
A Catastrophic Injury Accident is an injury that has long-term serious effects that change one’s life for the worse because of someone else’s negligence.
Types of Catastrophic Injury Accidents
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Birth Injury
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Amputation
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Spinal cord injury
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Loss of hearing or sight
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Eye injury
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Facial injury
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Nerve damage
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Paralysis
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Brain injury
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Neurological damage
How to Know if it is a Catastrophic Injury?
These injuries can come from any serious accident that affects you for at least a few months or even up to your entire lifetime. A catastrophic injury may have one or many of the following results:
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Paralysis
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Inability to work full-time
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The need for medications for life
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Permanent disability or loss of function
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Spinal cord injury
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The need for lifelong assistance
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
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The need for prosthetics or assistive devices
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Severe scarring or disfigurement
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Loss of sight
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Amputation
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Loss of hearing
Causes of Catastrophic Injuries
A serious injury can be caused by just about anything, but they are most often caused by activities with large vehicles combined with lots of momentum or any high-impact sport or when construction companies use large machinery. Here is a list of a few causes:
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Car accidents
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Trucking accidents
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Pedestrian accidents
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Sports accidents
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Jet ski accidents
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Boating accidents
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On-the-job accidents
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Fires and explosions
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Defective products
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Trampoline accidents
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Motorcycle accidents
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Horseback riding accidents
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Falls from heights
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Bicycle accidents
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Medical malpractice
What Type of Damages Can I Receive for Catastrophic Injuries?
The amount of compensation for damages you can receive will be determined according to a combination of factors in the list below and that the injury was caused by someone else’s negligence. Each injury case is different depending on the specific circumstances but the damages to be recovered on these serious catastrophic injuries can be quite large to try to make the victim whole again.
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Medical costs related to the injury
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Lost wages
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Shortened life span
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Loss of income because of the injury
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Costs of extra care
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Loss of quality of life
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Pain and suffering
Can I Sue for a Catastrophic Injury?
If the accident was caused by another person’s or companies negligence you may have a good case for a catastrophic injury claim. You could reclaim all damages listed in the paragraph above to be made whole as much as possible. If you hire an experienced attorney they will make sure you receive maximum compensation for your claim.
California Catastrophic Injury Lawyers
The attorneys at Smith Trial Group have over 40 years of experience in dealing with injury accidents. We can help you obtain the compensation you deserve.
Contact us for a free case evaluation or call anytime at 855-202-2232.
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