If you or someone you love has sustained a spinal cord injury in any kind of accident caused by another’s negligence—such as a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, fall accident, or medical malpractice accident—it is important to that you speak with a personal injury attorney who understands the seriousness of your injury and how it can permanently affect your life and the lives of your loved ones.

At Steven Peck’s Premier Legal, we have Senior Attorneys who specialize in spinal injury cases and can work with you to evaluate your physical symptoms and assess how its long-term effects can be translated into award damages to make sure that you are fully compensated—financially, at least—for your pain and suffering. Often, a spinal cord injury will require lifelong care for you and by your loved ones, and we will aggressively pursue your recovery to make sure that your medical bills, rehabilitation costs, any lost income (past, present, and future), and other expenses are covered.

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is the medical term used for any kind of traumatic injury that affects the nerves in the spinal cord and leads to loss of feeling, mobility, or function in other parts of the human body. The cells within the spinal cord may have become damaged, or the nerve tracts that send signals up and down the spine may have been severed. There may also be compression (pressure) or a contusion (bruising) on the spine. SCI’s are either complete or incomplete. A person who has a complete injury has no motor or sensory function underneath the injury, while the victim of an incomplete injury still has some sensory motor function underneath the injury. Spinal cord injuries usually are caused by a traumatic blow to the neck, back, or head.

Common symptoms that you may have a spinal cord injury include the following:

• Numbness in the extremities or limbs
• Loss of sensation to temperature
• Loss of muscle control
• Pain
• Muscle spasms
• Infection

Some common spinal cord injuries that an injured person might have sustained in a personal injury accident:

• A spinal fracture
• A broken back
• Quadriplegia
• Paraplegia
• Paralysis
• Loss of bladder control
• Fractured vertebrae
• Loss of ability to function sexually
• Loss of bowel control
• Central cord syndrome

Secondary injuries, including heart problems, respiratory problems, urinary tract infections, scoliosis, and spasticity, may also result from a spinal cord injury.

The effects of an SCI will vary, depending on the kind of injury that was sustained and the level of the injury, which is why you need to speak with an experienced personal injury lawyer who can help you.

Steven Peck’s Premier Legal can help you. We represent personal injury clients throughout California, including individuals who have sustained spinal cord injuries because of another’s negligence, in Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange, Encino, San Bernardino, Sherman Oaks, Ventura, West Santa Barbara, San Gabriel Valley, San Diego, West Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley. Steven Peck’s Premier Legal attorneys also represent clients throughout Central California and the San Francisco Bay Area.

To schedule a consultation with a Steven Peck Premier Legal attorney, call us, toll-free at (866) 999-9085 or at (818) 908-0509. We are also happy to answer your questions via phone or contact us online.

Steven Peck Premier Legal personal injury attorneys are paid contingent upon recovery only. This means you pay us no legal fees unless we win your personal injury case for you.