Baltimore, Maryland Paraplegia/Quadriplegia Attorneys

Lawyers Addressing Medical Malpractice Related to Quadriplegia or Paraplegia in Baltimore

Any form of paralysis, whether it be paraplegia (paralysis from the waist down) or quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and legs), is a severely debilitating and life-altering condition that can only be truly understood by the injured party themselves. In addition to physical debilitation, a person may experience untold pain and suffering, loss of freedom, dependency on others for the most trivial of daily living activities, a loss of income and/or diminished earning capacity, medical bills and expenses, rehabilitation costs, and a lifetime of medical costs that may include around–the–clock nursing care.

Injuries resulting in quadriplegia or paraplegia may occur because of multiple forms of medical malpractice. Some of these cases may involve surgical errors that result in damage to the nerves in the spine, leading to paralysis. In others, a misdiagnosis of a patient's condition may cause a back or spine injury to go untreated, resulting in paralysis that could have been avoided if the proper treatment had been provided.

At Silverman Thompson, we have decades of experience in representing clients who, through the negligence of others, have suffered some form of paralysis. Whether paralysis occurred as the result of an automobile accident, medical negligence, or an on-the-job accident, our catastrophic injury team is fully versed in working effectively to obtain a full measure of compensation for all effects of paralysis and other injuries.

We work regularly with experts in the fields of life care planning and economics to forecast what each individual client who has suffered some form of paralysis will require to not only compensate them for their injuries and repay them for medical expenses but to ensure that they will receive the best medical care for the remainder of their lives.

Successful Results in Cases Involving Paralysis

For example, our lawyers resolved a multi-million-dollar lawsuit for a client who became paralyzed from the waist down following back surgery. Her settlement enabled her to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in past medical expenses, provided compensation for her remaining lifetime medical costs, including an option for in-home care as she advanced in age, and permitted her the financial ability to retrofit her own home to make it more accessible to her.

In addition, our lawyers resolved a quadriplegia case in which a patient became paralyzed after experiencing typical signs and symptoms of a spinal cord injury that went undiagnosed by physicians over several days. The injuries suffered because of these physicians' failures to timely diagnose the spinal cord injury and subsequently treat it by decompressing the patient's spine led to the patient requiring a lifetime of care and future medical expenses totaling millions of dollars.

In this case, the victim faced a life punctuated by numerous visits to health care providers on an ongoing basis, a shortened life expectancy, and a higher risk of developing pneumonia, pressure sores, urinary tract infections, and other health-related complications associated with his sedentary lifestyle because of his paralysis. He also experienced psychological effects, struggling daily with feelings of isolation, depression, and an inability to do things with his children like he used to. With our help, he was able to receive compensation addressing all of these damages.

Contact Our Baltimore, MD Paralysis Injury Lawyers

When paraplegia, quadriplegia, or other forms of paralysis occur because of medical negligence, the team at Silverman Thompson, including Andrew G. Slutkin and Ethan S. Nochumowitz, can help injury victims take steps to address the damages they have suffered and obtain compensation that will provide for their ongoing needs. Contact our Baltimore paraplegia/quadriplegia injury attorneys at 410-385-2225 and set up a free consultation.