Head Injury and Other Serious Injuries: Contact a Pennsylvania Attorney
When a serious car accident or slip and fall accident results in a head injury, paralysis or any other type of catastrophic injury, victims and their families often realize that someone else's negligence has caused them great harm. Personal injury law provides a way to hold people and organizations accountable when carelessness causes injury or death.
At the law offices of Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc., in Erie, Pennsylvania, our lawyers' dedication to the well-being of our injury clients does not end with a verdict or settlement. Our clients benefit from an integrated approach that includes advice from our estate planning and tax law attorneys in creating wealth preservation vehicles to maximize their awards. Contact us to schedule a free initial consultation regarding a serious personal injury.
We accept these cases on a contingency basis, meaning that we are not paid unless we obtain a verdict or settlement on your behalf. However, you may incur some out-of-pocket costs as we develop your case.
We take seriously the intent of a personal injury lawsuit or claim — namely, to ensure that the injured person's medical needs and structural support (including ramps and wheelchairs, home remodeling and special transportation) are provided for long term. We take an integrated approach to the practice of personal injury law when representing catastrophic injury victims.
We recommend that our traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury clients spend time with our estate planning and tax law attorneys to talk about special needs trusts and other safeguards that will make their settlements and verdict awards last as long as they are meant to.
Detailed regulations involving Medicaid and Medicare benefits may make such planning complex — and we take our role as "advocate" seriously enough to make every attempt to protect our clients' best interests after a head injury or other serious injury. We advise people who are awarded personal injury verdicts and settlements of ways to minimize the impact of those funds on Medicare or Medicaid benefits. We will take every precaution to protect our clients' rights and long-term well-being using all the resources of our firm.
We also recognize that the nature of a head injury may make it difficult for the victim to devote the necessary focused attention to this type of long-range planning. When a spouse or other close family member tells us that a brain injury victim's personality has changed dramatically, we recommend steps such as appointing a guardian if that is appropriate.
Call or e-mail Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc. to schedule a free initial consultation after a head injury (traumatic brain injury), a spinal cord injury (paraplegia or quadriplegia) or any other serious injury including loss of sight (acquired blindness), loss of hearing (which may lead to a potential workers' compensation claim for hearing loss in the workplace) or amputation.
