New Mexico Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers

If You Were Paralyzed in a Serious Accident, We Are Here to Help You Find Justice

Coming to terms with the effects a spinal cord injury will have on your life and future can be challenging. Partial or full paralysis can curtail your ability to work, participate in hobbies, enjoy life, and care for your family. It can cause permanent pain and suffering and lead to countless other conditions that require lifelong medical care. If another person or party caused your accident and injury, you have the option to file a claim for compensation.

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA understands your situation and wants to help. Our attorneys have been fighting for accident victims since 1985, with some of the biggest verdicts and settlements in New Mexico. We can investigate your case, identify all potentially liable parties, and take care of filing your claim, so you can focus on your health. With the support of a skilled legal team, you will have more time and energy for the most important things in your life.

Our New Mexico spinal cord injury attorneys can help you file a claim if you were hurt in an accident. Call us at (505) 405-4441 to schedule a free consultation with one of our caring team members at our Albuquerque office.

Types of Spinal Cord Injury Claims

Depending on the cause of your spinal cord injury, you may be filing a lawsuit against an individual, an insurance company, a large corporation, or all of the above. We are not afraid to stand up to big companies or work on complex injury cases.

If negligence was a role in your injury, you deserve a team dedicated to finding justice for you. Our attorneys, all skilled litigators, work together to prepare every case for trial to make sure your best interests are protected, which is one of the reasons we often obtain large settlements.

The majority of spinal cord injuries are caused by trauma, which can arise in any number of ways including:

• Auto accidents
• Dangerous products/product defects
• Trucking accidents
• Industrial accidents
• Mining accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Violent attack
• Sports accidents

If you or a loved one suffered a spinal cord injury, we can investigate liability and help you file a claim. Whether an injury was caused by inattention, recklessness, or malice, those who were behind it should be held accountable. We are here to explain your legal rights after your life has been changed by a serious accident and injury.

How a Spinal Cord Injury May Affect Your Future

Filing a claim after a spinal cord injury is partially about holding wrongdoers accountable, shining a light on continuing hazards, and making sure you have the resources you need to care for the injuries caused through no fault of your own. By filing a claim, you can seek compensation for the multiple challenges and needs likely to follow a spinal cord injury.

They may include:

• Medical bills
• Future medical needs
• Accommodations & personal aides
• Loss of wages
• Loss of household services
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of society
• Nature, extent, and duration of the injuries

We are ready to do everything we can for you, but it is essential you do not accept any settlement before talking to an attorney. Doing so could jeopardize your chance to receive full and fair compensation. Our lawyers partner with medical experts nationwide to help determine the true cost of a catastrophic injury on a client’s life.

Considering Injury Type and Severity

While spinal cord injuries are overwhelmingly likely to result in a loss of motor function, patients may not suffer complete paralysis. Paresis (partial muscle control) still allows a patient some voluntary movement. Additionally, spinal cord damage will not impact any muscles or bodily systems above the highest lesion. A patient may be diagnosed with:

• Incomplete paraplegia, or diminished voluntary use of the legs
• Complete paraplegia, or functional paralysis of the legs
• Incomplete quadriplegia (tetraplegia), or diminished voluntary use of all four limbs
• Complete quadriplegia (tetraplegia), or functional paralysis of all four limbs

Spinal cord injury can also cause complications with the body’s involuntary functions such as the lungs, the digestive tract, and the circulatory system. Though treatment may be able to help a patient regain some motor control (and some patients experience spontaneous recovery), anyone with a spinal cord injury will likely suffer related symptoms for the rest of their life. All these factors must be considered in your injury claim.