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Understanding Catastrophic Injuries
Accidents can lead to various injuries, but some are catastrophic, impacting a person’s life. The distinction between minor and catastrophic injuries lies in their severity and long-term consequences. A catastrophic injury is a severe, life-altering condition that often arises from significant accidents, such as major motor vehicle collisions, truck crashes, and motorcycle accidents. These incidents involve heavier vehicles traveling at higher speeds, resulting in more forceful impacts and serious injuries that are often difficult or impossible to recover from.
Catastrophic injuries may include the following:
- Loss of function or permanent disability
- Need for ongoing care, accommodations, or assistance
- Severe disfigurement and significant scarring
- Long-term dependence on medications
- Inability to work full-time
- Use of assistive devices or prosthetics, such as walkers, wheelchairs, or canes
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Spinal cord injury
- Amputation
- Paralysis
- Severe burn injuries
- Organ damage
- Loss of sight or hearing
Among these, spinal cord injuries are among the most severe types of catastrophic injury, as they can lead to paralysis and require extensive long-term medical care and rehabilitation. Traumatic brain injuries can impact a victim’s cognitive and emotional functioning, resulting in significant memory loss and other debilitating issues.
Common Causes of Catastrophic Injuries
Catastrophic injuries can result from various accidents. Some of the most common accidents that lead to such injuries include the following:
- Boating accidents
- Car accidents
- Construction accidents
- Defective pharmaceuticals
- Product defects
- Fires and explosions
- Medical malpractice
- Motorcycle accidents
- Semi-truck collisions
- Slip and fall accidents
- Sports injuries
- Swimming pool accidents
- Worksite accidents
If you experience one of these accidents, working with a skilled Houston catastrophic injury lawyer can help you determine what happened and establish who was at fault. With our support, you can pursue compensation from all parties involved in your accident.
Expected Damages Following a
Catastrophic Injury in Houston
If you suffer catastrophic injuries due to someone else’s negligence, you can pursue compensation for your damages. You can seek various types of compensation, including economic, non-economic, and punitive damages.
Economic damages represent actual, verifiable losses from the accident. Examples of potential economic damages include the following:
- Medical expenses, encompassing past, current, and future costs (such as ambulance services, hospital stays, prescription medications, and surgeries)
- Lost wages, covering past, present, and future income
Household services, which may include lawn care, child care, grocery shopping, and cleaning - At-home nursing care
- Medical equipment expenses, like wheelchairs and crutches
- Costs for home modifications
- Damages to personal property
- Additional out-of-pocket costs
Non-economic damages refer to subjective losses that can be harder to quantify. Possible non-economic damages involve compensation for the following:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Loss of consortium
- Loss of companionship
- Disfigurement and scarring
- Loss of a limb
- Reduced quality of life
Punitive damages differ from other damages because they aim to punish defendants for harmful actions rather than compensate victims. Courts award punitive damages when they find a defendant’s conduct egregious, seeking to deter similar behavior in the future.
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Catastrophic Injury Damage Caps in Houston
In Houston, even though there are no damage caps in terms of compensatory damages, caps do exist for the following:
- Medical malpractice cases
- Government liability cases
- Lawsuits involving punitive damages
An experienced Houston catastrophic injury attorney can help you determine how much compensation to seek in your case, avoid running into these damage caps, and pursue maximum compensation.
Trust Guss for Catastrophic Injury Accidents
At Stewart J. Guss Injury Lawyers, we fight for our clients to help them secure the compensation they deserve and deliver justice. With extensive experience handling catastrophic injury cases in Houston, we provide compassionate support alongside our expert legal services. Don’t hesitate to trust Guss and contact us today for help.
Our Houston personal injury lawyers have fought for the rights of injured victims for over 25 years. If you suffered catastrophic injuries due to an accident in Houston, call us for a free consultation! You won’t pay us anything unless we win your case, as we operate on a contingency fee basis. We’re here for you 24/7, so reach out now at (281) 317-0883 or click here to take the first step toward justice!
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