If you live in and around Albuquerque, you likely drive on I-40, maybe to get to work each day or to travel in and out of the city proper. Unfortunately, major highways can carry a risk of an accident and serious injury, and an injury to the head or spine could lead to paralysis.
An Albuquerque paralysis injury lawyer from our firm could help you make a claim for compensation. With a local history and focus, our catastrophic injury attorneys can work with you and on your behalf to help you recover.
A sudden impact affecting the head, neck, or spine can cause a paralysis injury. A car crash or a slip and fall with enough force can damage the central nervous system and negatively affect mobility.
Paralysis injuries can vary by type and degree, depending on the location of the injury and the extent of the damage. Usually based in the spinal cord, a disruption or severing of the nerve signals traveling to and from the brain can lead to paralysis below the injury’s location.
For example, an injury to the cervical region (head and neck) can cause quadriplegia or paraplegia, depending on if nerve signals can make it below the neck or to the arms. An injury farther down may only affect the lower abdomen and below, or just the legs, and leave the upper body functioning normally.
Paralysis can also be complete or partial, depending on if function is lost or only partially diminished. Extensive medical care and long-term accommodations may be required after such an injury, and a person’s ability to provide for themselves can shift dramatically. An Albuquerque attorney can help with recovery from a paralysis injury by pursuing a claim for compensation.
After suffering a paralysis injury, a person may not be able to pursue compensation on their own. Fortunately, an attorney can act on a person’s behalf to bring a claim.
At first, an attorney can gather evidence of how the injury occurred: did another driver cause a car crash? Did a business fail to make their premises safe for customers, leading to a fall? Or was there another cause entirely beyond the obvious? By interviewing eyewitnesses and obtaining documentation of what happened, a lawyer can piece together the facts necessary to support a compensation claim.
The claim may involve the negligence of another person, a legal concept holding a person responsible for causing injuries and damages to another person. Proving negligence usually requires proof of a duty of care, breach of that duty, causation, and damages.
A claim also must begin within the statute of limitations, or a plaintiff can risk losing the ability to recover at all. As set by New Mexico Statutes § 37-1-8, a plaintiff has three years to file their claim. An Albuquerque attorney can get the process of filing a paralysis injury claim started to stay within the three-year window.
Paralysis, even if not total, can realign your reality with hardly any warning. In the wake of a paralysis injury, you can reach out for help with claiming compensation for your damages.
With the aid of an Albuquerque paralysis injury lawyer, you can recover and provide for your future with a compensation claim. Located in the heart of the city, we can meet you where you are and support you and your family as you continue moving forward. Contact our office for a free consultation of your case as soon as possible.
