One of the most devastating injuries a person can suffer is a serious spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injuries often occur when a traumatic event causes damage to the cells in the spinal cord or when the nerve tracts are severed that relay signals within the spinal cord. Most commonly, cord injuries include contusions (a bruising of the spinal cord), compressions (pressure put on the spinal cord), lacerations (nerve fibers which are severed or torn), and central cord syndrome (damage to the corticospinal tracts in the cervical region of the spinal cord).
Spinal cord injuries may occur for many reasons, including:
Our attorneys represent clients with a wide range of spinal cord injuries to the spine and neck, as well as their associated complications, which include:
crushed vertebra
quadriplegia
nerve damage
paraplegia
spinal cord tissue tears
spasticity
breakdown of the skin
spinal stenosis
pressure ulcers & bed sores
heterotopic ossification
bruised ligaments
In all of our spinal chord injury cases, the personal injury attorneys of Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC advance all costs. No attorney fees apply unless we are able to obtain a recovery on your behalf.