A spinal cord injury can result in permanent physical limitations, impacting your career, your relationships, and other important parts of daily life. If you were recently involved in an accident that caused damage to your spine, you could benefit from contacting a Parker spinal cord injury lawyer. A well-practiced personal injury attorney could help you determine the liable party and hold them accountable for your losses
Proving Defendant Liability
For a claimant in a spinal cord injury claim to recover compensation, they need to prove that someone owed them a duty of care, violated that duty, and that their spinal injury was a direct result of the breach of duty. Texas law also makes stipulations in cases where a claimant is partially responsible for their spinal cord injury.
If the claimant was negligent in some way and contributed to their injury, the amount of compensation they can collect in a successful lawsuit would be reduced by their percentage of fault. Further, if the claimant in a spinal cord injury case is more at fault then the defendant they are suing, they are no longer entitled to damages. An accomplished attorney could build a case that proves the defendant is the primary cause of the spinal cord damage suffered by the claimant.
