Amputation Injury

Negligent Driving

Negligent driving is DUI, speeding, and other reckless behavior that can cause a wreck and change an innocent victim’s life forever.

Personal Injuries

Sometimes a personal injury is so severe that, though the amputation does not happen immediately, doctors realize that they can’t save the limb.

Improper Care

Infection is rampant in some public and private medical care facilities which can cause some patients to lose a limb when they shouldn’t have.

Unsafe Workplace

Improper signage and policies that have worker safety in mind can lead to a devastating amputation injury.

Lack of Training

Many amputation injuries are caused by lack of training on dangerous industrial machines (augers, presses, etc).

Lack of Supervision

Studies have shown that a lack of supervision on a job site can lead to a serious increase in worker injury, many requiring amputation.

Medical Malpractice

Statistics have shown that there are nearly 1,000 botched medical procedures every day in the United States. A portion of these lead to amputation.

Neuroma

Amputation means severed nerves. When nerve ends heal, they can potentially form into a chaotic ball called a neuroma that can send constant pain messages to the brain.

Bad Surgical Technique

Amputations that are performed surgically involve folding the skin over the exposed wound. If this procedure is poorly performed, it can cause a thin pad of skin or fat deposits at the end of the stump, with painful complications arising later.

Bone Spurs

The end of the bone where the amputation occurred sometimes develops tiny spurs, which may cause irritation of adjacent muscles and severe pain with movement.

Age

Aging causes blood flow to decrease to the amputated area, skin gets thinner and your muscles and fat pads become smaller. This can effect the way a prosthesis fits and increases the chance of infection.

Disuse

If the residual limb is not used and exercised, it will get progressively weaker and the bones will get softer and easier to damage.

Phantom Pain

Phantom pain is very common and involves the amputee feeling the limb as if it were there. Amputees feel the sensation on and off all of their lives.

Medical costs

Emergency, hospital, and fees.

Ongoing medical costs

Physical and mental therapy, pharmaceuticals, and speech therapy.

Loss of income

Lost wages and potential income.

Pain and suffering

We seek general damages and special damages.

Lost quality of life

Due to permanent personal injury or other factors.