Catastrophic Personal Injury Attorney
Any injury can be a difficult situation for individuals and their families. Resulting medical treatments, therapies, medications, and other expenses can put a strain on finances, sometimes even breaking the bank.
Missed work, or difficulty getting back to work, not only costs money but can be incredibly stressful. Recovery can be a slow process, and the overall disruption to everyday life may create lasting hardships.
There is a specific injury category; however, that is far worse, referred to as “catastrophic injury.” These are particular injuries that prevent individuals from performing any gainful work whatsoever. Catastrophic injuries refer to long-term, severe, and often permanent circumstances that can drastically affect a person’s life.
If an injury was caused or even partially caused by the negligent actions of another individual or entity, a personal injury lawyer can assist in your situation. By nature, these types of cases are accompanied with massive financial implications, and most times a successful catastrophic injury lawsuit is the only hope a family can have for obtaining the compensation, and justice that they need to survive.
Our attorneys counsel and represent injured clients who have been forced to contend with intractable pain, suffering, and disability, as well as medical bills and procedures, lost wages, and concerns regarding insurance coverage. We work in harmony with our clients on their specific issues and present to them all options and recourses they have available to them.
Unique Cases Involving Catastrophic Personal Injury
Corporations, hospitals, and professionals, as well as individuals have a duty to help ensure the safety of the public. When this duty is violated, serious and sometimes permanent injuries arise that should have been avoided had the proper level of care been taken. Our firm works with injured individuals and their families in South Florida and other parts of the state in cases involving:
- Automobile Accidents
- Airplane Crashes
- Bicycle Accidents
- Burn Injuries
- Bus Crashes
- Child Injuries
- Construction Accidents
- Elder Abuse
- Eye Injuries
- Head Injuries
- Industrial Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Off–Road/Recreational Vehicles
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Slip and Fall Accidents
- Spinal Cord Injuries (Quadriplegic, Paraplegic, Paralysis)
- Trucking Accidents
- Workplace Accidents
- Wrongful Death
Collect Damages After A Catastrophic Personal Injury
Our team represents injured individuals and their families to help them in establishing legal responsibility for injuries against companies and individuals and collect damages from them while holding them responsible for their negligent actions. When a court or jury determines that a company or person is liable for the injuries, they may be forced to pay compensatory damages, which are awarded to the injured party to help restore them financially to where they were before the injury. Punitive damages are also sometimes awarded by the courts, and these are intended to punish the responsible party for egregious behavior in the hope that they will avoid injuring others in the future.
Contact a Miami personal injury attorney at Gamba Herrera Trial Lawyers for a free and confidential consultation if you or a member of your family has been wrongfully injured.