Spinal Cord Injury

The medical malpractice law firm of Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C. has significant experience obtaining compensation for clients suffering from spinal cord injuries. The spinal cord can be damaged in many ways, producing various symptoms, depending on the location or level of spinal cord damage. The spinal cord can be damaged in an accident, compressed by blood or infection, damaged when its blood supply is cut off, or affected by herniated or bulging discs. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a term used to describe any injury to the spinal cord that results in a loss of sensation or function in the body. Approximately two million people worldwide and nearly 200,000 people in the United States live with a spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injuries can result in conditions such as:

• quadriplegia / tetraplegia
• paraplegia
• loss of motor skills, such as walking
• decline in sexual function
• loss of sensation in limbs or other body parts
• loss of manual dexterity
• loss of bowel and bladder function
• inability to breathe or swallow
• chronic pain
• inability to sweat below the injury
• loss of balance

Consequences of a Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury is the most severe type of back injury that exists. They are often catastrophic, causing not only severe physical handicaps and emotional trauma, but also a complete disruption of your life with expensive long-term care being required. Expenses for medical care, rehabilitation care, attendant care, nursing home care, and medical equipment care can turn a spinal cord injury into a financial disaster. Evaluating the financial damage caused by a spinal cord injury is an extremely complex matter. The experienced medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys at Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C. can help you through this difficult process.

How an Experienced Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer Can Help

Litigating spinal cord injury cases is costly. Often times it is necessary to hire experts, take depositions, and gather evidence to fight the large insurance companies. The Pittsburgh law firm of Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C. has the resources, as well as the experience, skill and dedication to resolve your case successfully. We have two full-time medical doctors on staff to help evaluate your case, and our firm will advance the costs of investigating and pursuing your case. You will owe nothing for expenses or attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you.

If your spinal cord injury was the result of another’s negligence, whether it involved a car accident, construction site accident, swimming pool accident, or was the result of a medical misdiagnosis, no matter the cause of the injury, the attorneys at Rosen Louik & Perry, P.C. will work to make sure you get the compensation you deserve.