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Spinal Cord Injuries

The Ben Law Firm represents persons in South Florida who have suffered different types of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Various tpes of SCI can result from trauma to the spinal cord, such as contusion (bruised spinal cord), compression (pressure on the spine), laceration (detachment or ripping of nerve fibers), and central cord syndrome.

Spinal cord trauma poses severe complications to those who have been injured. Extreme spinal cord injury may result in paralysis, numbness, and diminished reflexes below the injured area. Other conditions that may occur over a longer period of time include pain, oversensitivity to stimuli, muscular spasms or tightness, and sexual dysfunction.

Automobile accidents are the main cause of spinal cord injuries to people under age 65. For the elderly, most spinal cord injuries were received in a fall.

The following are also major causes of SCI:

• work-related accidents,
• athletic or aquatic accidents,
• electrocution,
• gunshot or knife wounds, and
• severe rotation of the trunk.
• motorcyle accidents 

Spinal cord injuries are serious and life-changing events. This firm understands that your priorities after surviving the trauma of a spinal cord injury are to make sure your financial obligations are covered, pay your medical bills, avoid further suffering due to lost wages, and ensure that additional injury-related treatment will be paid by the person responsible for your injuries. Our attorneys are experienced and well-versed in the effects of spinal cord injuries and the issues that arise with such injuries, and will explain all your options to you after reviewing your situation. We will also work with insurance companies and the other individuals involved in your case to fairly compensate you for your injuries as quickly as possible.

If you live in the South Florida area and would like to meet with one of our attorneys and discuss your legal options, contact us online or call us at 954-961-2055 to set up a FREE consultation.