Top Houston Amputations Injury Attorney

If an amputation was the result of a work-related accident, the victim is usually covered by workers’ compensation to provide both temporary and permanent disability benefits. When a non-employer party is responsible for an amputation, however, the victim can seek compensation through a personal injury lawsuit. The Stano Law Firm can review the facts of your particular case and advise you on the best way to seek compensation for your loss of a limb or extremity.

Compensation in Houston Amputation Cases

The goal of Texas personal injury law is to fully compensate the victim for their losses arising from the defendant’s reckless, negligent, or intentional conduct. Determining the full amount of damages in an amputation case is often complicated, however, by the severe and permanent nature of the injury itself. The victim is entitled to both economic and non-economic damages, which require consideration of a number of different factors.

Economic damages reflect the amputation victim’s financial losses. Put another way, this is compensation for losses that can readily be quantified in terms of dollars and cents. Some examples of economic damages include:

• Medical Bills: Amputation injuries usually require emergency medical treatment such as surgery. Indeed, it is not uncommon for an amputation victim to require multiple surgeries over an extended period of time. The victim will also require extensive physical rehabilitation, therapy, and even medical devices such as prosthetics to help try to regain some of their lost functionality. The victim can seek full reimbursement of all these medical bills–including an estimate of all future expenses–through a personal injury claim.
• Loss of Income and Earning Power: Amputation victims usually cannot return to their jobs right away. In many cases, they are never able to resume their pre-injury job or vocation. The victim can therefore seek compensation for the lost wages they would have earned had they not been injured. They can also demand reimbursement for their diminished future earning capacity and the expenses of re-training them for a different career.
• Modifications to Property: A person who can no longer use their arms and/or legs may need to modify their home or other property so they can get around properly. The victim can seek reimbursement for these modification costs as part of their personal injury claim.

Amputation victims can also seek non-economic damages as compensation for their pain and suffering, emotional trauma, and other intangible losses. And in cases where the amputation was the result of especially egregious–or even criminal–misconduct, the victim may also be allowed to seek substantial punitive damages under Texas law.

Contact The Stano Law Firm in Houston Today

An amputation is always a life-altering event. Victims often struggle for years to come to terms with their situation. So if your amputation injury was the result of a work-related accident or someone else’s negligence, you have a right to take appropriate legal action. Contact The Stano Law Firm today to speak with our Houston amputation lawyer.

Amputations are most common in a catastrophic injury as experienced in a car accident. If you were injured this way, call us today!