Spinal cord injuries resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia are among the most devastating and costly injuries a person can sustain. Lifetime care costs for a spinal cord injury can reach into the millions of dollars, encompassing medical treatment, in-home care, adaptive equipment, home modifications, and lost career earnings. Our attorneys work with spinal cord injury specialists and life care planners to build a case that reflects the true, full scope of your lifetime needs and losses.

Severe traumatic brain injuries — including those resulting in coma, permanent cognitive impairment, personality changes, and loss of functional independence — require long-term medical management, rehabilitation, and often full-time care. Our attorneys work with neurologists, neuropsychologists, and rehabilitation experts to document the complete impact of a catastrophic brain injury and pursue compensation that reflects your family’s lifetime needs.

Severe burn injuries require immediate emergency care, multiple reconstructive surgeries, skin grafting, and years of rehabilitation and psychological treatment. The physical pain, scarring, disfigurement, and emotional trauma associated with serious burn injuries can be profound and permanent. Our attorneys pursue the full range of damages — including future medical costs, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, and disfigurement — on behalf of burn injury victims and their families.

Traumatic amputation or the surgical loss of a limb following an accident results in immediate and lifelong consequences — including the cost of prosthetic limbs, repeated fitting and replacement, physical and occupational therapy, and significant impacts on a person’s career and quality of life. Our attorneys calculate the full lifetime cost of limb loss and pursue every available avenue of compensation to support your future needs.

Crush injuries, multiple fractures, and severe joint damage can result in permanent disability, chronic pain, and the inability to return to prior employment. When these injuries result from another party’s negligence — in a vehicle accident, workplace incident, or premises liability event — our attorneys build a comprehensive case for both current and lifetime damages including surgical costs, physical therapy, and lost earning capacity.

Severe trauma can cause life-threatening damage to internal organs — the liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, and heart — requiring emergency surgery, extended hospitalization, and long-term medical management. When internal injuries result from a serious accident caused by another party’s negligence, our attorneys pursue full compensation for the extensive medical costs and life impact these injuries create.

Permanent loss of vision or hearing following an accident has far-reaching consequences for a person’s career, independence, and quality of life. These injuries often require adaptive technology, specialized training, ongoing medical care, and significant vocational rehabilitation. Our attorneys work with vision and hearing specialists and vocational experts to fully document and quantify these losses for compensation purposes.

High-speed collisions involving passenger vehicles, commercial trucks, motorcycles, and 18-wheelers are among the most common causes of catastrophic injuries in Louisiana. When a crash results in permanent disability, our attorneys pursue the full range of available compensation from all responsible parties — including the at-fault driver, the vehicle owner, and any applicable commercial entity or insurer.

Louisiana’s industrial, construction, and offshore sectors are among the most dangerous work environments in the country. Explosions, falls from height, heavy machinery accidents, and chemical exposures can all result in catastrophic and permanently disabling injuries. When a workplace injury is catastrophic in nature, injured workers may have significant claims beyond standard workers’ compensation — including third-party negligence claims against equipment manufacturers, contractors, and property owners.

When a child sustains a catastrophic injury, the lifetime implications are especially profound — encompassing decades of medical care, educational support, loss of future earning capacity, and an entire lifetime affected by disability. Our attorneys work with pediatric specialists and life care planners to build comprehensive cases that reflect the full magnitude of a child’s lifetime losses and secure the resources they will need for the rest of their life.

As of July 1, 2024, you have two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit in Louisiana. Because catastrophic injury cases require extensive medical documentation, life care planning, and expert testimony, we strongly recommend contacting an attorney as soon as possible so we can begin building your case immediately.

Catastrophic injury cases involve permanent, life-altering injuries that require a far more comprehensive approach to damages — including lifetime medical cost projections, life care planning, vocational impact analysis, and economic modeling of lost earning capacity over a full career. Expert witnesses play a central role in establishing the full value of these claims. The stakes are higher, the evidence requirements are greater, and the fight for fair compensation is typically more intense.

Louisiana follows pure comparative fault. Even if you were partly responsible for the accident, you can still recover compensation — your total award is simply reduced by your percentage of fault. In catastrophic injury cases, defense attorneys and insurers frequently try to exaggerate the victim’s share of blame to reduce a potentially enormous damages award. Our attorneys push back hard against these tactics.

Valuing a catastrophic injury claim requires a multidisciplinary team of experts — including physicians who project future medical needs, life care planners who develop comprehensive care cost models, vocational experts who assess the impact on your earning capacity, and economists who calculate the present value of future losses. Learn more about how economic losses are calculated in Louisiana. Our attorneys have established relationships with the leading experts in each of these fields.

Nothing upfront. Our catastrophic injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis — you pay nothing unless we recover compensation for you. There are no upfront costs, no hourly fees, and no out-of-pocket expenses. If we do not win your case, you owe us nothing.

Catastrophic injury cases typically take longer to resolve than standard personal injury claims — because the full extent of the injury and its lifetime impact must be thoroughly established before any settlement should be considered. Settling too early can leave you without the resources you will need for decades of future care. Learn more about the timeline of a personal injury case. We will never pressure you to settle before the time is right.

Yes. Spouses and immediate family members may have claims for loss of consortium — compensation for the impact the injury has had on their relationship with the injured person. Learn more about quality of life damages in Louisiana. When the injured person cannot manage their own affairs, a family member may also bring the primary injury claim on their behalf. Our attorneys evaluate every available claim for both the injured person and their family.

Do not accept any settlement offer before speaking with an attorney — especially in a catastrophic injury case. Insurance companies are trained to offer quick, low settlements before the full scope of a catastrophic injury is understood. Once you accept a settlement and sign a release, you typically cannot pursue additional compensation — even if your condition worsens or your future care costs far exceed what was offered. Contact us before signing anything.