Zinda Law Group believes that you have the right to recover damages after a spinal cord injury accident. How, though, can you hold the person liable for your accident financially responsible for your recovery? You can work with a San Antonio, TX, spinal cord injury lawyer to bring your losses to a judge’s attention.
Our personal injury lawyers throughout Texas can put their experience to work on your behalf. We can help you compose a personal injury claim and file it within your applicable statute of limitations. Should your case move forward, you can count on us to advocate for your right to accident compensation in either private negotiations or a public trial.
Spinal Cord Injuries Can Change Your Life
Today’s spinal cord injuries vary in severity, oftentimes based on the kind of accident you received yours in. Car accidents, for example, are as likely to leave you with whiplash as they are a paralyzing vertebrae displacement. Even if you’re able to get your spinal cord injury treated, there’s a chance that you may still find yourself in a degree of pain moving forward.
Taking action after an accident resulting in a spinal cord injury can subsequently prove challenging, especially if you have to seek out long-term medical attention. Fortunately, no one’s asking you to take action on your own.
You can work with family members, a personal representative, and San Antonio spinal cord injury lawyers to take advantage of the legal systems designed to help you get justice for your losses.
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Founder / CEO
Over 100 years of combined experience representing injured victims across the country.
Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationRequesting Help from an Insurance Provider
You can contact an insurance provider about a spinal cord injury within a few days, if not a few hours, of your initial accident. If you’re paying for health insurance or receive some through your employer, you should have the right to file a claim for support. That support may, however, only pay for your immediate and long-term medical care, not your other losses.
Unfortunately, there are times when a provider won’t even help you with your medical expenses. Even if you qualify for support, some insurance providers may try to deny you your right to compensation based on bad faith or biases. You, however, have the right to legal recourse in the face of that kind of mistreatment.
You can work with an attorney to appeal the spinal cord injury claim that your health insurance provider denied. You can alternatively take a health insurance provider to civil court if said provider refuses to recognize your right to post-accident financial support.
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Partner
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Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationFiling a Spinal Cord Injury Claim
You additionally have the right to take the party liable for your spinal cord injury to civil court. So long as you can prove that your injury resulted from another party’s preventable negligence, you can compile evidence of said negligence into a submittable claim. It’s then up to you whether you negotiate for financial support or initiate a civil trial.
If you do choose to initiate civil proceedings against an offending party, make sure your finalized claim makes it to a civil judge within Texas’s personal injury statute of limitations. This statute of limitations, Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code section 16.003, gives you no more than two years to act on your losses.
You cannot, unfortunately, easily file a personal injury claim after your statute of limitations expires. Texas’s civil courts believe that, after that two-year period, the evidence relevant to your arguments no longer accurately reflects the proceedings related to your accident.
The good news is that you can work with the spinal cord injury lawyers in San Antonio to get your finalized complaint in well before your statute of limitations expires.
Spinal Cord Injury Liability
If you want to submit your finalized complaint on time, you need to know who to hold liable for your accident. When in doubt, look at the evidence available at the scene of your accident. What kind of debris are you working with? How do medical professionals believe the damage to your spine may have occurred?
Everything from video footage of your accident to the following police report and medical files can help you establish your right to legal action against a specific party. You must, however, have that data included as part of your complaint when you bring it before a civil judge. A speculation-based spinal cord injury claim may not move forward in Texas’s courts.
Jason Aldridge
Attorney
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Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationRequesting Damages After a Spinal Cord Injury Accident
You can demand damages for your losses in a variety of ways. Once you’ve calculated the value of your spinal cord injury’s economic and non-economic losses, you can present the liable party with that estimate of your case’s value. You can then, should you choose, arrange private negotiations with that party.
Private negotiations allow you to reach a settlement with a liable party without going before a judge. That said, negotiations tend to work best when a liable party recognizes their role in your spinal cord injury accident. Parties who deny responsibility for your losses may refuse to meet with you or may request that you remove certain losses from your request for reimbursement.
Fortunately, there are other courses of action available to you. You can request that a San Antonio spinal cord injury attorney take your case to trial. This process will see you undergo:
- Discovery
- Opening statements
- Examination
- Cross-examination
- Closing statements
- Deliberation and verdict
The stages of the trial process that are most relevant to your interests include examination and cross-examination. The attorney you have representing you can prepare you for these processes. At the same time, our team prioritizes your right to the most compensation possible.
Cole Gumm
Attorney
We are here to ensure you won’t have to face this difficult time alone.
Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationZinda Law Group Stands With Wrongfully-Injured Survivors
The spinal cord injuries that stem from dangerous accidents threaten your ability to take care of yourself and the people you love. Knowing that your new limitations stem from someone else’s negligence can leave you emotionally devastated, especially when the bills for your care start to roll in.
Texas attorneys want to give survivors like you the opportunity to pursue justice for these wrongful losses. That’s why the San Antonio spinal cord injury attorneys with Zinda Law Group try to make it as easy as possible for you to file a personal injury claim within Texas’s civil court system.
If you want to request representation in a civil court case, contact Zinda Law Group today. We’re prepared to help you fight for maximized compensation in the wake of a negligence-based spinal cord injury accident.
Jason Aldridge
Attorney
We have successfully represented clients in a wide variety of cases across the country.
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