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(864) 582-0416 (864) 582-0416 Catastrophic injuries change you forever. You are physically impaired, but also financially compromised when you cannot work, and emotionally impacted if you are left paralyzed, physically limited, or disfigured. You may need help with daily tasks such as bathing and housekeeping. The worst factor is if someone else acted irresponsibly and caused your catastrophic injury.
You shouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of a devastating injury alone. A Gaffney catastrophic injury lawyer at Holland & Usry offers you a FREE case review to determine your legal journey. Your injury attorney will fight for compensation and justice if you are injured by someone else’s negligence.
The federal government classifies catastrophic injuries as those that preclude you from taking or continuing gainful employment. The medical community looks at them as injuries that permanently impair people physically or cognitively. These can include traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), partial or complete paralysis, severe burns, loss of any of the five major senses, and numerous broken bones. These injuries are caused by a variety of catastrophes, such as:
A Gaffney catastrophic injury attorney will piece together the circumstances of your injuries to determine if someone else caused them. A lawyer from Holland & Usry listens to your story, reviews police and medical reports, interviews witnesses, and if needed, gets expert witnesses involved to reconstruct your accident.
If a defective product is involved, an attorney will delve into complaints and whether the product contained a warning, was not cleared for use, or had an inherent flaw. For a FREE consultation to review your case, call now.
Catastrophic injuries are often caused by negligence, a legal term meaning careless: the distracted or drunk driver, the hurried trucker, the careless business owner, the understaffed assisted living facility, or nursing home. Your attorney must prove four elements of negligence: duty, breach, cause, and damages. Basically, that means your attorney has got to prove the at-fault party had a legal responsibility to keep you safe, they broke a safety rule, and breaking the safety rule caused you injuries.
In most cases, we give the insurance company an opportunity to offer you a fair settlement value before filing suit.
If insurance negotiations stall, your lawyer can file an injury lawsuit asking for compensation for what you have lost.
All cases seek settlements based on the same basic grounds- compensation for damages caused by the accident. Compensatory damages come in two forms. There are economic damages if a price can be applied, such as what you must pay for medical care, your lost wages, the cost of retrofitting your home and vehicle, and property damage.
Non-economic damages are harder to put a dollar value on. That’s where a talented personal injury attorney can add value, telling your story of what you went through. The jury will assign a value to your pain and suffering, the emotional trauma of becoming disabled and disfigured, and your loss of the enjoyment of life and intimacy with your spouse and children.
In certain cases, especially nursing home neglect, medical malpractice, and cases against state agencies, the amount you can recover will be limited or “capped” by law. South Carolina also permits punitive damages in limited cases. These are awarded when the at-fault party acts recklessly- with total disregard for the person injured- and are meant as punishment. They, too, are capped.
Catastrophic injuries are life-altering; a Gaffney lawyer can seek compensation that will cover all of your losses since they will affect you for a lifetime.
Catastrophic injuries caused by someone else devastate you and your loved ones as you struggle to adapt to physical or cognitive impairment for a lifetime, which also impairs your financial stability. The at-fault party owes you compensation for what they have done.
This is where a Gaffney catastrophic injury lawyer from Holland & Usry steps in to support your cause. Do not delay calling for your FREE case review, because you are limited in the amount of time you have to file a lawsuit, two to three years, depending on who the at-fault party is. Call now, and let’s sit down and talk.
