Spinal Cord Injury? Barrie's Injury Lawyers Can Help You Get Compensation.

Spinal cord injuries are one of the most serious injuries a person can suffer after an accident. If you have recently suffered a spinal cord injury, it may seem to you that it has affected every aspect of your life, you may feel the effects of the injury mentally, emotionally, and socially and this, in turn, creates worries for both you and your family along with many financial difficulties.

This is why injury lawyers in Barrie would like to let you know the main signs of a spinal cord injury so that you, in turn, can know what you can claim when it comes to filing a compensation claim.

What are the most common symptoms when you suffer a spinal cord injury?

The most notice able signs that a person with a spinal cord injury may have are: loss of movement and difficulty with balance and walking, severe back pain or pressure in the neck, head, or back, weakness, in coordination, or paralysis in any part of the body, strange or twisted position of the neck or back.

Other symptoms that may appear are loss or alteration of sensation, loss of bowel or bladder control, exaggerated réflex activities or spasms, pain or intense stinging sensation, difficulty breathing, coughing, or clearing secretions from the lungs.

What damages can a Barrie injury lawyer claim when seeking compensation for spinal cord injury?

The claim for spinal cord injury compensation includes payment for economic suffering and payment for intangible damages.

The economic loss payment includes expenses that are related to the accident itself and the diagnosis of the spinal cord injury, i.e., payment for transportation, medical bills for consultations, medications and therapies, use of Wheel chairs to prevent further damage, and lost wages and other expenses that can be proven.

The payment for intangible damages includes all those problems associated with the quality of life that the patient will have after the accident, such as emotional suffering and in ability to perform daily activities and even the moral damage that affects the family members due to loss of quality of life.

If you have suffered a significant head or neck trauma, you should immediately under go a medical evaluation to rule out a spinal cord injury. Regardless of the outcome, the recommendation immediately there after is to contact a Barrie personal injury lawyer to claim them onetary compensation that your case deserves, as it is generally assumed that the victim is only entitled to compensation for medical expenses incurred and there fore undermines important factors including the long-term consequences that most affect the victim and his or her family circle.

To this end, the team of lawyers at Makaronets Law will help you get the compensation you deserve.