The loss of limb will have a dramatic effect on your life. So many things will change, and you and your family are forced to adjust. The pain, the surgeries and the distress are among the initial obstacles. Whether the situation occurred in a motor vehicle crash,...
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of personal injury in the United States. While some people are fortunate to walk away from a car accident with minor injuries, the results for others are catastrophic. Few injuries have more of an impact on a person’s...
Suffering a catastrophic injury is life changing in several ways. Severe injuries can require lifelong medical care or physical therapy, which are costly and emotionally demanding. They often result in a loss of quality of life. At Bowles & Verna LLP...
A spinal cord injury is a devastating injury, typically requiring a lifetime of ongoing medical care. Quadriplegia accidents involve extensive damage to the spinal cord, leaving a victim paralyzed from the waist down. The condition can be the result of a severe...
Burn injuries are among the most painful types of injuries, and the damages from burn injuries are even more catastrophic when the victim suffers from a third-degree burn. Third-degree burns reach beyond the outermost layer of skin and cause damage to underlying...
Blows to the face or head can lead to serious health and wellness problems. Chief among these issues is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). If a person sustained a traumatic brain injury during an accident, it can gave long-term effects on cognition, sensory...
Any injury has the potential to cause severe physical pain and significant financial losses due to medical expenses. Burn injuries in particular cause long-lasting, catastrophic side effects. This is especially true of third-degree burns, which can be caused by gas...
Our law firm stands by accident victims living in the San Francisco Bay Area. We fight for clients in Oakland and the East Bay, and have also represented injury victims from San Jose and the South Bay. When someone suffers a severe or catastrophic injury, they can...
Serious burn injuries require a lengthy, painful recovery and can leave victims permanently disabled or disfigured. Burn injury victims may be entitled to seek compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, and other damages through a personal injury...
Catastrophic injuries occur suddenly and unexpectedly. They are often serious and permanently debilitating, and may include burn injuries, trauma to the head or brain, spinal cord injuries, amputations, and other serious injuries. These injuries generally prevent the...