Catastrophic Injury

Generally, catastrophic injuries are severe personal injury cases that often involve permanent disabilities and have long-term adverse effects. Catastrophic injuries can cause you and your family great distress physically, financially, and emotionally. Catastrophic injuries can change the entire course of a person’s life, often leaving them permanently disabled and, in the worst cases, in need of 24-hour care.

Unlike other injuries, catastrophic injuries are likely to affect an accident victim’s entire family adversely. It can be difficult for victims and their families to see a way forward after this type of devastating incident. We understand the hardships our clients are facing when they are dealing with a catastrophic injury.

In dealing with the physical, emotional, and financial devastation surrounding a catastrophic injury, we will stand by your side, provide support, and advocate fiercely. While compensation cannot change what happened or undo the harm caused, it can provide the financial assistance you need to effectively manage your injuries and help you live as well as possible with your disability or injury.

If you or a loved one has suffered a catastrophic injury, it is important to understand your rights and seek legal counsel immediately.

Types of Catastrophic Injuries

Any injury that leaves an individual permanently disabled could be considered a catastrophic injury. Catastrophic injuries can occur from workplace accidents, playing sports, slip and fall accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, or pedestrian accidents.

Our Chicago and Illinois catastrophic injury attorneys handle various types of claim, such as:

• Amputation Injuries – Any accident in which you lost one or more of your limbs. Damages from amputation injuries may include rehabilitation, medical bills, lost wages, and prosthetic expenses.

• Blindness & Deafness – If the incident resulted in your becoming blind or deaf, your life will dramatically change and be severely impacted. You will have to learn to cope with your injuries and will need extensive rehabilitation and occupational therapy.

• Brain injuries – There are many consequences that stem from brain injuries, including decreased motor skills, personality changes, and diminished cognitive skills. If you or a loved one has suffered from a brain injury, it may require a lifetime of treatment.

• Burn injuries – There is extensive medical care and treatment that burn injury victims require, which may include surgeries and rehabilitation.

• Paralysis – Some catastrophic injuries result in partial or complete paralysis. Partial or complete paralysis is a significant life-changing event that requires dramatic changes and adjustments. 

• Spinal Cord Injuries – Partial or complete paralysis can result from spinal cord injuries. In most spinal cord injury cases, extensive medical treatment is required, along with rehabilitation.

Catastrophic injuries are likely to cause substantial damages, permanent injuries, and disfigurement. Additionally, catastrophic injuries may require extensive medical care, physical therapy, medical equipment, and other expenses.

Catastrophic Injury Compensation

Adjusting to life with a permanent disability or injury is hard enough without worrying about how you are going to afford the care you need. As a result of the catastrophic injury, you might not be able to work much anymore. Also, the cost of medical treatment and ongoing care could easily be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of your life.

At Kasan Law, our Chicago and Illinois catastrophic injury attorneys can help you recover the compensation you need to cover many expenses, including:

• Physical therapy to manage pain and help improve function
• Durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, braces, crutches, and other mobility aids
• Prescription drugs to manage pain and other side effects of the injury
• Speech therapy
• Ongoing medical treatment
• Full or part-time caretaker
• Surgery

If the injury caused you to miss work or prevents you from working in the future, a catastrophic injury lawyer could assist in recovering compensation.

Free Consultation

At Kasan Law, we take all personal injury cases on a contingency basis, which means you will not pay any legal fees unless we get you compensation for your case. Our consultations are free and carry no obligations.

As with any personal injury case, you must act quickly to protect your legal rights. If someone else’s negligence or recklessness caused you or a loved one to suffer a catastrophic injury, you could be entitled compensation for your medical care, injuries, lost wages, and other damages.

Contact our Chicago and Illinois catastrophic injury attorneys to schedule your free consultation and case review by calling (312) 300-6724, e-mailing us at Info@LawKasan.com, or schedule your consultation online.