After suffering severe harm in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, you may be unsure of what to do next. To avoid complications from undiagnosed injuries, you should always have a medical exam as soon as possible after an accident. Then, you should contact a Brownsville catastrophic injury lawyer from the Javier Villareal Injury Law Firm.
Our catastrophic injury legal team has recovered almost $500,000 in damages throughout our nearly 30 years of representing injured accident victims. Our personal injury attorneys use the full breadth of our knowledge and experience to get the compensation you deserve for the catastrophic injuries you suffered, whether your case involves a car crash, slip and fall accident, or other negligent incident.
An injury is catastrophic when it is life-altering and permanent, particularly if it leaves the victim with irreversible disabilities, significant scarring, or loss of eyesight or other senses. Injuries that shorten an accident victim’s lifespan are also generally deemed to be catastrophic.
Under applicable state law, the following injuries are always considered to be catastrophic:
More generally, any injury that does not give the victim a path to full recovery is catastrophic. The characterization of an injury as catastrophic inevitably justifies larger damages awards to accommodate the victim’s necessary lifestyle changes, need for full-time care, or altered mobility. Our Brownsville attorneys can help you pursue compensation in a catastrophic injury claim.
Under state law, a catastrophic injury victim can recover reimbursement for medical costs and expenses, lost wages, and other direct economic expenses associated with the injury.
An experienced Brownsville lawyer will also fight for significant non-economic damages based on the victim’s pain and suffering and other emotional harm caused by the permanent injury. State law does not cap non-economic damages, except in cases where injuries result from medical negligence or liability by an arm of federal, state, or municipal government. The state’s courts typically set non-economic damages as one-and-one-half to five times the victim’s economic losses. The catastrophic injury team at Javier Villareal Law will have greater success in recovering substantial damages based on higher multiples of economic damages.
Under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 33.001, a catastrophic accident victim can recover damages only if they are not more than 50 percent responsible for causing the accident that resulted in those injuries. Their final damages award might also be reduced in proportion to their relative contribution. For example, if a victim is found to be 20 percent at fault and a jury awards them $10 million in damages, a court might reduce that award by 20 percent, to $8 million.
A seasoned Brownsville catastrophic injury attorney will use all available facts and evidence to shift full blame away from the victim and recover the largest available damages award.
If someone else’s carelessness has left you with a catastrophic injury, call the Javier Villareal Injury Law Firm to speak with a Brownsville catastrophic injury lawyer about how you can recover maximum compensation for the harm and losses you suffered. Injured accident victims in South Texas know that when you call Javier Villareal, the Law Champ, you win by a knockout!
