Neck and Spinal Cord Injuries Attorney

Legal Expertise Serving Victims Nationwide

As an avid motorcycle enthusiast, you understand the value of freedom and being able to live life on your own terms. However, when this freedom becomes in peril because of a neck or spinal injury, you may need help beyond that of medical professionals and loved ones.

The types of trauma experienced to the spinal cord, brain and neck typically precipitate long-term or even permanent physical and/or mental disabilities such as paralysis that can strip a motorcycle enthusiast of the autonomy and robust quality of life they cherish. Often the victim’s family or support network must undertake a permanent rehabilitation and care regimen for the one they love.

The team of highly experienced Houston personal injury attorneys at the Doan Law Firm fully grasps how life altering these types of injuries can be and the challenges they present to those who endure them as well as their family, friends and associates. Our firm has demonstrated a strong track record of helping victims like you expediently receive the compensation and justice they deserve under the law.

Should you or a motorcycle enthusiast in your life suffer from acute neck or spinal injury in an accident on the highway or due to negligence or poor judgment of someone else, the compassionate team of attorneys at the Doan Law Firm will help. Proudly assisting motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the state for decades, our firm possesses the expertise, dedication and experience to ensure you and your family receive the highest compensation guaranteed to you by law.

Origins of Neck and Spinal Cord Injury

A bevy of circumstances often precipitate neck and spine injuries, including car accidents, truck collisions, blunt trauma, slip and fall accidents, sports, recreational activities, motorcycle accidents and medical malpractice, among other forms of trauma or collision. They may also arise as the result of defective safety products and equipment. When induced by the poor judgment or negligence or another, spinal cord injuries (SCI) and neck problems fall under the mandates of personal injury law.

Health Risks Related to Spine and Neck Injuries

Depending on the severity of the injury a person endures to their neck and spine, they may never be able to produce income again and, in fact, may become completely dependent on others. This can be particularly challenging if the person injured was the primary income provider of a family. Please note that many of the symptoms stemming from spinal cord and neck injuries fail to manifest themselves until the damage has reached an acute level in terms of severity.

Neck, spine and affiliated brain injury may erode a person’s psychological, physical and cognitive capacities. These types of injuries often precipitate a change in the victim’s physical prowess, mental capacities as well as his or her personality. Incidents of stroke, seizure, failed memory, uncontrollable bodily functions, internal bleeding, reduced thinking capacities, loss of speech and failed comprehension and awareness may result. More severe cases of injury related to the neck and spine may precipitate more acute physical and emotional challenges related to erosion of strength, movement, impotence, bladder control, gastrointestinal failure, pneumonia, blood clots, spasms and chronic pain. Spinal injuries in particular present a great risk for leading to paraplegia or quadriplegia.

From a technical standpoint, paraplegia refers to the paralysis of a person’s lower limbs, while injury has taken place also on the lower vertebrae of the spine. In contrast, quadriplegia, or tetraplegia, refers to the paralysis of all four human limbs. Trauma has taken place, in this condition, at the upper vertebrae of the spine.
Ultimately, each victim presents a unique set of symptoms and ailments based on their case, but will require, nevertheless, tremendous assistance emotionally, financially and physically as they embark upon a new chapter in their lives.

Costs of Long-Term Healthcare

The injuries and health conditions described above related to neck or spinal cord risk costing families and support networks of victims upwards of millions of dollars throughout the time of disability. The costs for treatment, medication, in-home nursing care, rehabilitation facilities and home rehab, medical equipment, transportation or skilled nursing home care, depending on the needs of the victim, can be substantial.
Many victims and their loved ones have been forced into severe financial hardship and even bankruptcy because of the burden caused by the medical costs and, in many cases, loss of income.

Rest assured the Doan Law Firm fully appreciates these costs related to this type of injury and what its implications are for a family. Given the risks affiliated with this type of injury, it is paramount that you protect yourself legally now. Our team of expert attorney have decades of experience in Texas in pursuing catastrophic injury suits in the state related to these types of accidents for motorcycle enthusiasts.

Working with the Doan Law Firm

Our team of attorney coordinate seamlessly with a committed team of experts to determine what our client will require immediately and down the line to manage their lives and those they have been entrusted to care. Specific to each case, we consult with trusted experts in the medical profession in the fields of neck, spinal cord and affiliated brain injuries as well as financial experts, life care specialists and rehabilitation practitioners. We work diligently to provide the most comprehensive and nuanced picture of what your needs are and will be so that you receive the maximum compensation you are entitled to under the law.

Our formidable neck and spinal cord injury attorneys possess the skill, experience and desire to leverage decades of experience. We work tirelessly to secure for you the medical services and financial allocations you justly deserve based on your case.

Ultimately, if you or a motorcycle enthusiast dear to you has experienced neck and spine suffering or injury because of negligence, rest assured you will not be burdened with potentially devastating financial and medical obligations that will undermine your ability to thrive. The cruse lawyers at Doan Law Firm will strive vigorously to ensure that the proper entities are held responsible within every code of Texas law to ensure you receive the compensation you deserve.

Capitalize on our decades of experience in this aspect of law to secure your financial and medical future. Contact us today for a complimentary consultation and we will develop a strategy for you based on your case without charging you a dime. In fact, as we provide our services on contingency, you will not be obligated to pay for any of the services we provide to you unless we win what you deserve in negotiations and/or a formal legal trial.

The Doan Law Firm is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a free telephone consultation. Again, no fees are ever charged of our clients unless we win your claim. Our firm has been ranked number 1 in Texas in customer service, and has been featured on major media outlets such as NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX and Univision. With locations throughout the state, we easily can help you regardless of your location. Contact us today!