Injury to the Spinal Cord
Your spinal cord runs from the base of your brain at the back of your neck, down your spine to your waist. It carries messages from your brain to the rest of your body.
A spinal cord injury can be caused by a sudden blow to your spine that damages your vertebrae. A spinal cord injury can also have a nontraumatic cause, such as arthritis, an infection, cancer, or disk degeneration. Spinal cord injury can result in partial paralysis, paraplegia or quadriplegic injuries.
Personal injury lawsuits in which the victim has suffered a partial or total spinal cord injury are medically complex. They involve many issues of medical proof, as the plaintiff will often have to prove that the spinal cord was undamaged prior to the accident that is the basis of the lawsuit.
The Experienced Personal Injury Lawyers of Betras, Maruca, Kopp, & Harshman, LLC
At Betras, Maruca, Kopp, & Harshman, LLC, our attorneys have advanced experience obtaining large settlements in personal injury cases involving victims with spinal cord injury.
Your lawyer will retain medical experts to review all the medical records in your case and develop expert opinions regarding the cause of your spinal cord injury.
In cases where the spinal cord injury results in long-term disability, your lawyer will also work with a life care planner to build a complete picture of your financial damages so that we can make a financial demand that covers all your current and future medical needs.
Our goal is to achieve a settlement or jury verdict that will give you the financial resources to obtain the best possible medical care and rehabilitation services to return you as nearly as possible to your pre-accident level of wellness.
Contact Betras, Maruca, Kopp, & Harshman, LLC
We do all our personal injury work on a contingency fee basis. This means there are no upfront fees, and you do not pay attorneys' fees unless and until you receive a settlement or a jury verdict.
Initial consultations are always free and always confidential. We will be able to evaluate your case and let you know the range of legal options you may have.
To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-457-2889 or send us an e-mail. Our main office is located in Canfield, Ohio, and we have branch offices in Niles, East Liverpool and Sharon, PA.
