Opelousas Catastrophic Injury Attorney

What is a Catastrophic Injury?

A catastrophic injury is any type of injury that completely disrupts the life of a victim. Catastrophic injuries can cause physical and/or mental impairment. An injury may impact the entire body or a specific body part. Often, the term “catastrophic” is used to describe injuries to major organs (such as the brain), but a devastating injury to any part of the body can be considered as a catastrophic injury.

Causes of Catastrophic Injuries

Catastrophic injuries can result from any kind of injury-causing accident. While these types of injuries are certainly more common in cases of severe motor vehicle collisions, for example, catastrophic injuries can also result from seemingly less serious incidents, like a slip and fall accident. In addition to the type of accident, the possibility of a catastrophic injury resulting depends on many details of a situation, such as a person’s health and any aggravating factors.

Catastrophic injuries can be caused by accidents such as:

• Car accidents
• Bus accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Slip and fall accidents and other premises liability claims
• Truck accidents
• Accidents involving defective products

Types of Catastrophic Injuries

A catastrophic injury can impact any part of the body. An accident may permanently disrupt the function of an essential organ or involve a situation such as limb loss in which a part of the body is removed entirely.

Some of the most common types of catastrophic injuries include:

• Spine injuries
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Burn injuries
• Amputation

How Catastrophic Injuries Impact the Lives of Victims & Their Families

Because catastrophic injuries are so disruptive, they have the potential to change nearly everything about a person’s life and the lives of their family members. An injury victim may need round-the-clock medical care and assistance with daily tasks, which takes an understandable strain on the people in their life.

As emotionally and physically taxing as a catastrophic injury is, it is just as financially draining. Victims and their families are often responsible for paying for long-term medical care, which can include additional costs for travel to and from medical appointments, physical therapy, medical devices, in-home modifications, live-in caregivers, and more. People with catastrophic injuries are often not able to work (or at least not return to their previous employment), which adds the extra financial burden of lost wages.

For these reasons and more, it is important to contact an attorney as soon as possible after you or a loved one have sustained a catastrophic injury. We can help you understand the full scope of damages resulting from your injury, including both present and future costs, and fight to get you compensation from the people responsible.

Get in Touch with Our Team

You likely have a lot of questions — we have the answers. Reach out to Doran & Cawthorne, P.L.L.C. today for informed insight into the circumstances surrounding your case.

Our catastrophic injury lawyers in Opelousas can be contacted online or via phone at (337) 222-3526.