Colorado Springs Spinal Cord Injury Attorney

An injury to the spinal cord could have a long-lasting and potentially permanent impact on your life. You may need months of treatment and rehabilitation to recover from that injury. Unfortunately, some people with severe spinal injuries never fully recover.

When another party causes your spinal cord injury through wrongful acts or omissions, you may be entitled to financial compensation. A recovery could make up for your economic losses and for the pain and emotional suffering you have endured.

A spinal cord injury claim may be the first step to your and your family’s financial and emotional recovery. Spinal cord injury claims are often factually and legally complex.

That is where a compassionate, experienced lawyer can help.

Give yourself the best chance at securing the maximum compensation you are entitled to. Put a knowledgeable and skilled legal advocate in your corner. Contact Colorado Springs spinal cord injury lawyer Jeffrey Scott Lasswell today. He will schedule at meeting to discuss your rights and options.

Jeffrey Scott Lasswell, PC can help you seek the financial recovery you deserve. He can also ensure that the person or persons who hurt you pay for their negligence. With Jeffrey Scott Lasswell, PC at your side, you can begin your journey on the road to recovery.

When Can You File a Personal Injury Claim after a Spinal Cord Injury?

To file a personal injury claim for a spinal cord injury, you must prove that another person or entity caused your injury, either through willful, reckless or negligent conduct.

• To prove willful conduct, you must show that the other party intended to injure you by his or her acts or omissions.
• To prove reckless conduct, you must show the other party consciously disregarded a substantial risk that you would be injured.
• Most personal injury claims are based on a claim of negligence. Under a negligence claim, you must show that the other party owed you a duty of care but failed to act in a way that met that duty.

Compensation for a Spinal Cord Injury

When you have suffered a spinal cord injury due to someone else’s wrongful conduct, you may be entitled to compensation for the damages you have incurred. Those damages may include:

• Past and future medical expenses
• Costs of long-term personal care
• Lost wages for time missed from work during your recovery
• Lost earning capacity, if your injury prevents you from returning to your job or another job of equal pay
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of enjoyment of life, caused by a disability or the inability to participate in activities you enjoyed before your injury
• Lost quality of life, or the inability to take care of daily tasks

Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries

Any number of serious accidents can cause spinal cord injuries. Some common causes of spinal cord injuries in Colorado Springs include:

• Car accidents
• Truck accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bicycle accidents

• Pedestrian accidents
• Defective product accidents
• Slip-and-fall accidents

How Long Do You Have to File a Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuit?

Under Colorado’s statute of limitations, if you have suffered a spinal cord injury due to the intentional, reckless or negligent conduct of another party, you have two years from the date of your injury in which to file a lawsuit for compensation. If you were injured in a motor vehicle accident, you have three years under the statute of limitations to file your lawsuit.

Failure to file your lawsuit within those deadlines allows the court to dismiss your lawsuit. That means you have lost the right to seek compensation from the at-fault party.

Symptoms of a Spinal Cord Injury

Immediately following an accident or other traumatic incident, these signs and symptoms may indicate you have suffered a spinal cord injury:

• Extreme pressure or pain in your head, neck, and/or back
• Weakness, lack of coordination, or paralysis
• Numbness, tingling, or loss of sensation in your extremities
• Loss of bladder and/or bowel control
• Difficulty with balance and walking
• Impaired or labored breathing
• An oddly positioned or twisted neck and/or back

Other symptoms of spinal cord injury may include:

• Loss of movement
• Loss of or altered sensation, including the ability to feel heat, cold or touch
• Exaggerated reflexes or spasms
• Changes in sexual function, sexual sensitivity, or fertility
• Pain or an intense stinging sensation
• Difficulty breathing, coughing, or clearing secretions from your lungs

Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury

Unfortunately, damage to the spinal cord cannot be reversed. Spinal cord researchers are working on experimental treatments to promote nerve cell regeneration and to improve the function of damaged nerves.

In the minutes and hours after a serious spinal cord injury, treatment may include one or more of these options:

• Immobilization to stabilize the spine and body
• Surgery to remove bone fragments, foreign objects
• Surgery to repair herniated or ruptured discs or fractured vertebrae
• Surgical interventions to permanently stabilize the spine and prevent future deformity

Long-term treatment for spinal cord injuries includes:

• Rehabilitation, including physical therapy and occupational therapy to strengthen existing muscle function, relearn fine motor skills, and learn adaptive techniques that allow a person to accomplish daily tasks
• Medications, which help control pain or muscle spasticity, improve bladder and bowel control, and restore sexual function
• Assistive equipment and technologies, such as wheelchairs or other mobility equipment, computers and electronic aids
• Experimental technology such as electrical stimulation devices and robotic devices that allow spinal cord injury victims to stand, walk or perform fine motor tasks

Talk to a Colorado Springs Spinal Cord Injury Attorney Now

If you have suffered a spinal cord injury in Colorado Springs through no fault of your own, you deserve to be fully compensated for your economic losses and the emotional harm you have suffered.

Do not wait another day. Begin the process today of securing the financial recovery you need and deserve. Attorney Jeffrey Scott Lasswell is a skilled spinal cord injury lawyer in Colorado Springs. His goal is to help you recover by maximizing the compensation you recover. Contact Jeffrey Scott Lasswell, PC today to schedule a consultation and explore your legal rights and options.