Charlotte, North Carolina, Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
If you have suffered a catastrophic injury, your life will change as a result. The quality of that life may depend on the recovery you obtain from a personal injury lawsuit or workers' compensation claim.
I'm lawyer Jeffrey Scott and I represent people in North Carolina who have suffered life-changing injuries, such as brain damage, spinal cord damage, amputation and burns, in an accident at work or outside of work. I offer a free initial consultation to discuss your case.
Life planning for severe injuries
If you have suffered a catastrophic injury, there are many issues that need to be considered when preparing your case. As your lawyer, I will look to determine how the injury will affect you not just in the near future but for the rest of your life. Only then can I work to compensate you for what you have lost.
An amputation, which is the loss of a limb or part of a limb, is a serious and complex injury. In 2000, I represented a man who got his foot caught in a machine at work. During the initial surgery, his foot was amputated behind the toe. However, that was not the full extent of his losses.
In the months and years that followed, my client needed 20 additional surgeries due to infections related to his injury. He ended up losing not only his foot but also his leg through the knee. For my client's ongoing workers' compensation case, we needed to consider what types of prosthetics my client will need to help him walk and function as well as possible. We also needed to consider what types of prosthetics may be available in the future that will be better than what my client has today.
You only have one change to resolve your personal injury claims for amputation and other catastrophic injuries. Your lawyer needs to include everything that can conceivably happen to you in the future as a result of your injury. Once your case is tried or settled, it's over.
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Free attorney consultation
To talk to a lawyer about your catastrophic injury case, contact attorney Jeffrey G. Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, at 704.323.7799 (866.699.9703 toll-free). I offer after-hours and weekend appointments.
