Illinois spinal cord attorneys

One of the most devastating injuries a person can suffer is an injury to the spinal cord. A Spinal cord injury often occurs when some traumatic event causes damage to the cells in the spinal cord and/ or when nerve tracts are severed that act to relay signals within a person’s spinal cord. Most commonly, cord injuries include contusions (a bruising to the spinal cord), compressions (pressure put on a person’s spinal cord), lacerations (nerve fibers which are severed or torn), and/or central cord syndrome (damage to corticospinal tracts in the spinal cord cervical region).

Spinal cord injuries may occur for many reasons, including:

• Workplace accidents
• Electric shocks
• Extreme twisting
• Bullet or stab wounds
• Diving accidents
• Sports injuries

Our attorneys represent clients with a wide range of injuries to the spinal cord, involving both spine and neck, and 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