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Legal Help for the Injured
Few injuries are as serious as those involving the spine. Your injuries can make it impossible to live normally and the damage can be permanent.
Do not hesitate to contact our Toledo injury lawyers. A Toledo spinal cord injury lawyer can help you seek compensation from the party who caused you harm, and our local team works with the firm’s Ohio spinal cord injury lawyers on these cases across the state. Victims often cannot return to work after spinal trauma and the medical bills are usually very high.
Kisling, Nestico & Redick has helped many clients and their families after accidents that changed their lives. We strongly advise you to contact our legal team to discuss your options for recovery after suffering a spinal cord injury.
Contact our office in Toledo at (419) 324-8205 to schedule your free consultation.
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Your spinal cord relays messages between your brain and your body. Running from the base of your brain and down your back, it is protected by the spinal column which consists of 33 vertebrae bones. Unfortunately, an injury can result in devastating and permanent damage.
Unlike other body parts, the spine does not heal easily after an injury. Every spinal cord injury is unique, but medical professionals categorize spinal damage as:
Doctors also classify a spinal cord injury as complete or incomplete. With a complete injury, the cord can no longer carry signals past the point of damage, so there is no feeling or voluntary movement below it. With an incomplete injury, some signals still get through, and the person keeps some sensation or movement. How high on the spine the damage occurs decides how much of the body is affected.
Paraplegia affects the legs and lower body and usually follows an injury to the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral spine. Many people with paraplegia keep full use of their arms but need a wheelchair and help with bladder and bowel function. These are lifelong injuries, and a paralysis lawyer needs to plan for decades of care.
Quadriplegia, also called tetraplegia, affects the arms and hands as well as the legs and trunk. It follows an injury to the cervical spine in the neck. The higher the injury, the greater the need for help with daily life, and the highest injuries can affect breathing.
Incomplete injuries are more common than complete ones, and the outlook varies widely. Some people regain a great deal of function with therapy over months or years, while others see little change. Because no one can predict recovery at the start, a claim should not be settled until doctors have a clear picture of the long-term outlook.
The most common consequences of an accident that damages your spinal cord are:
According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, about 18,000 people in the United States suffer a new spinal cord injury each year. Vehicle crashes are the leading cause, followed by falls. Our Toledo spinal cord injury lawyers have represented many clients with severe spinal damage from:
Spinal cord injuries need specialized care from the first hour. In Toledo, ProMedica Toledo Hospital and Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center are the region’s major trauma centers. We help clients document their medical care and its costs from the emergency room through rehabilitation, because those records are the foundation of the claim.
Fight for Everything You’re Owed
An accident that damages your spine will have a long-lasting impact. You will likely need to see many medical professionals, and it can be difficult or impossible to return to work.
The cost of a spinal cord injury is immense. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, first-year costs for a person with high tetraplegia average about $1.37 million, with roughly $238,000 more every year after that, before counting lost income.
For these reasons, you must seek a skilled and experienced spinal cord injury law firm. The other parties and their insurance providers will work hard to pay you as little as possible. Your spinal injury attorney must understand how to investigate your accident and work closely with your doctors to fully document what you deserve.
As Toledo spinal cord injury attorneys with years of experience, we understand how your entire family can be affected after your accident. Compensation that you recover after a spine injury can help you with the following:
If you suffered a spinal injury in Lucas County because someone was negligent, you deserve to hold the liable party accountable. KNR can guide you through the legal process, help you get treatment, negotiate with the insurance company, and fight for everything you deserve.
We have helped numerous spinal injury victims recover what they need. For example, KNR reached a $100,000 settlement for the policy limits for a Greyhound bus passenger when the bus was struck from behind, causing a severe spinal injury.
The bills that arrive in the first few months are only the start of a spinal cord injury claim. Most of the cost comes later, sometimes over a lifetime, and a settlement has to cover it because a case cannot be reopened once it settles. To put a number on the future, we work with life care planners who list every service, treatment, and piece of equipment a person will need and what each will cost over time:
Insurers often push for a settlement before these future medical costs are known. We make sure they are counted first.
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Since our inception in 2005, Kisling, Nestico & Redick has been dedicated to helping personal injury victims fight for the compensation they deserve after an accident affects their way of life. We have helped more than 10,000 people, and we’re ready to keep fighting for Ohioans and anyone who deserves compensation for their personal injury claims.
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The legal team at Kisling, Nestico & Redick can assist with every part of a spinal injury case and protect your long-term interests. This means maximizing what you lost and what you will miss out on because of your injury.
For instance, any settlement or compensation you receive for a spinal injury should account for the long-term care and support you will need. Likewise, if you suffer spinal cord damage because a negligent driver hit you while they were making a delivery, their employer may share liability.
In addition, spine injuries are major health events and usually require significant medical insight and economic knowledge. Therefore, working with an attorney experienced in these complicated injuries is crucial.
A skilled lawyer can illustrate what you endured and how a spinal injury impacted your life, making the harm apparent to a judge or jury. Your attorney will work with your physicians and medical experts to delve into the consequences of this injury on your life, including the effects on your functioning and ability to live independently, work, and interact with others.
A strong spinal cord injury case rests on two things: proof of how the injury happened and proof of what it will cost. To build that proof, we:
When the evidence is in place, we negotiate from strength and are ready to take the case to trial in Lucas County if the insurer will not pay what is fair. Call 1-800-HURT-NOW for a free consultation.
Every case is different. Value depends on how severe the injury is, whether it is complete or incomplete, your age and work, the cost of future care, and the insurance available. Serious spinal cord injury cases often involve large future medical costs, which is why a life care plan matters. A lawyer can give you a realistic range once the medical picture is clear.
In Ohio, workers’ compensation usually covers on-the-job injuries, and you generally cannot sue your employer directly. But if someone other than your employer caused the injury, such as a driver, an equipment maker, or a contractor on the site, you may have a separate injury claim against that party in addition to workers’ compensation.
Most personal injury claims in Ohio must be filed within two years of the injury. Some claims have different deadlines, such as medical malpractice claims and claims involving a work injury, so it is best to talk to a lawyer soon after the injury.
A life care plan is a detailed report, prepared by a specialist, that lists the medical care, therapy, equipment, home changes, and personal help someone will need for the rest of their life, along with what each will cost. It is one of the most important pieces of evidence in a spinal cord injury case.
For a serious spinal cord injury, yes. These claims involve large future costs that insurers work hard to reduce, and proving them takes medical experts, life care planners, and economists. A Toledo spinal cord injury lawyer can handle that work while you focus on recovery, and you pay nothing unless we recover compensation. Call 1-800-HURT-NOW to get started.
