Legal Help for People With Spinal Cord Injuries
A spinal cord injury (SCI) can be caused by trauma or by medical malpractice. At Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Chartered, in Wheaton, Illinois, our attorneys seek financial compensation for clients no matter what type of negligence caused their injuries.
Traumatic Injuries
We are experienced attorneys who have successfully represented people with paraplegia, quadriplegia and other forms of paralysis and nerve damage caused by auto accidents, sports injuries, construction accidents, falls and other events involving negligence.
Medical Negligence
Because of our extensive experience in medical malpractice claims, we are well-positioned to represent people who have experienced injuries to the spine and spinal cord caused by:
- Spine surgery
- Misdiagnosed scoliosis
- Monarch instrumentation
- Errors in placing spinal hardware (screws)
- Errors in spinal fusion surgery
- Removing the wrong intervertebral disc
- Failure to diagnose and treat kyphosis ( dowager's hump)
- Errors in laminectomy procedures
- Errors in spondylolisthesis surgery
- Micro dysectomy errors
- Birth injuries
Our lawyers work with medical experts, vocational economists and certified life care planners to establish the loss of the injured person's functional capacity, and the lifetime costs of injury.
Building a Case for Full Recovery
We analyze the facts of the case and develop a strategy for obtaining the full amount of financial compensation for the damages, from future medical care and vocational training to the costs of a handicapped van, wheelchairs, and remodeling of the home to make it handicapped accessible.
If you or a family member suffered a spinal cord injury because of someone else's negligence, please contact our law firm to discuss your case. The initial consultation is free and you will pay no legal fees unless we obtain money damages in your case.
$7.3 million: Facial paralysis caused by medical negligence
