Recovering Compensation for Spinal Cord Injuries
A spinal cord injury is one of the most devastating injuries that can befall a person. Its effects can be immediate and catastrophic, resulting in:
- Quadriplegic paralysis (loss of use of arms and legs and even the ability to breathe on one's own)
- Paraplegia (loss of use of legs and lower body, including bowel and bladder control and sexual function)
- Severe, ongoing pain
Even with less severe injuries, a person may experience impaired movement, ongoing weakness in legs, arms or hands, and chronic pain. Clients also face high medical bills as well as costs for rehabilitative care, changes to their home for improved accessibility and transportation needs such as wheelchairs, specially outfitted vans, home access ramps, and other quality of life issues.
If you or a loved one has sustained a spinal cord injury:
It is extremely important to retain an attorney who can thoroughly investigate your case and develop an effective courtroom presentation in order to help you obtain the compensation you need to go forward. This will require access to highly specialized medical experts and rehabilitation specialists who can provide a complete picture of the impact of your injuries now, and the physical limitations you may have to tolerate over the course of your lifetime.
Attorneys Martin Blake and David Baum regularly work with top medical specialists, both in the U.S. and abroad, to prove the nature, extent and consequences of spinal cord injuries. Both David and Martin have achieved excellent outcomes for clients with all levels of spinal cord injuries, which we invite you to review below and in our newsletter, the Baum & Blake Report.
Please contact the law office of Baum & Blake, in San Francisco, California, for a free initial consultation about your spinal cord injury.
Case Example:
Client: Nationally ranked softball league pitcher
Accident: Head-on auto crash at 100 m.p.h.
Injury: Head and back injuries that impacted the pitcher's range of movement and ability to lift.
Challenge: Insurance company ordered a private investigator to secretly tape pitcher in rehab activities in order to dispute extent of injuries.
Creative Response: Martin Blake exposed the errors behind the insurance company's defense: they had videotaped the wrong person playing softball and the investigator's observations of the pitcher's rehab session confirmed his disability rather than disproved it.
Outcome: Settlement for $400,000
Attorney: Martin Blake
Case Example:
Client: Successful clothing designer
Accident: Knocked down by a taxi rolling downhill
Injury: Initial injuries appeared minor but progressive arm weakness, neck and back pain developed over time, limiting client's ability to work. A herniated disk, ulnar nerve injury and fractured spine were discovered a year later.
Challenge: The taxi company claimed the conditions were pre-existing.
Creative Response: David Baum prepared a detailed storyboard exhibit to explain to the jury how the multiple impacts to the plaintiff's body were the cause of the injuries.
Outcome: Settlement during trial for $950,000
Lawyer: David Baum
