How does the extent of spinal cord injury paralysis affect the damages in a lawsuit?
Your case is typically worth much more if paralysis related to spinal cord injury develops. “Paraplegia,” or the loss of feeling and inability to move the lower parts of the body, is one of the potential permanent disabilities that can be the result of a serious accident. “Tetraplegia” or “quadriplegia” refers to lost feeling and inability to move the upper and lower parts of the body. To lose function in both portions of the body means that an injured person will have long term or permanent rehabilitation needs, diminished life expectancy, an inability to work, and will require complete readjustment to the activities of daily living, which is also devastating on a psychological level. These are all factors that can serve to increase the amount of damages available in a given spinal cord injury case.
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