When you or a loved one rides a motorcycle on a regular basis, on or around the area’s busy roads that are full of dangerous drivers, a Houston motorcycle injury is a near inevitability. More than 96 percent of all motorcycle wrecks lead to an injury to the rider.
If you or a family member has been injured in a motorcycle accident Texas, you know that there are numerous different types of injuries that can occur, ranging from minor to severe or life threatening. One of the worst types of injuries that can occur in an accident is a spinal cord injury.
A human’s spinal cord is approximately 18 inches long. It runs from the base of your brain down your back to your waist. The purpose of the spinal cord is to carry signals from your brain to the rest of your body.
In effect, the spinal cord is the messenger that allows the brain to communicate with the rest of your body. The spinal cord is what tells your legs, feet, arms, hands, toes and fingers what to do.
After you have sustained spinal cord damage, which can easily occur in a motorcycle wreck with a negligent driver, you may be seriously disabled. You may be unable to move some or all of your body parts, relegated to a wheelchair or full time assistance.
The costs of this catastrophic injury go deeper than the initial medical bills. You also have to contend with ongoing care or physical therapy, expensive home renovations and the prospect of being unable to work. This is even before the very real instances of pain and emotional suffering that usually follow these injuries.
The long-term effects of a spinal cord injury truly go beyond the injured person. Not only are the lives of those in their immediate circle turned upside-down, but for family members of the injured person this injury can seem like the end of the world.
The physical, emotional and financial costs of a spinal cord injury can be that much more difficult to deal with if it was a negligent driver, and not the injured person, who caused the motorcycle wreck to begin with. In these instances, you may be eligible to recover damages to put your life back together and get justice.
For more information about your legal rights in these cases, we invite you to call the Houston motorcycle accident attorneys of Denena & Points today at (877) 307-9500 to schedule a free consultation. You can also fill out the form on this page and we will contact you within 24 hours.