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Few injuries are as life-altering as a traumatic amputation. When an accident or injury victim suffers the traumatic loss of a limb or an injury damages the limb to the extent that a surgeon has to remove it, it’s a catastrophic permanent injury. If the injury was preventable if only another party had taken reasonable precautions, it’s even more traumatic for the victim who now faces life with a substantial disability.
While a successful personal injury claim through an amputation attorney in New Haven cannot bring back a lost limb, it does provide relief from the resulting financial consequences and a sense of justice for the injury victim and their family.
Call (203) 888-8888 for a free consultation today from an amputation injury lawyer in New Haven.
When an individual suffers a medical condition such as cancer or diabetes, an amputation sometimes becomes necessary to save the patient’s life. Although this is a distressing, life-altering medical event, it’s also carefully planned and scheduled.
When an amputation happens as the result of an accident, the individual may suffer shock, severe blood loss, and a severed or nearly severed limb without clean margins, requiring life-saving measures and further surgery. Causes of traumatic amputation in Connecticut personal injury claims include the following:
When one party’s negligence, reckless actions, or wrongdoing causes a traumatic amputation, the injury victim has a right to seek compensation. Some claims, such as dog bite injuries and defective product accidents do not require proving negligence due to the direct liability standard that applies in some cases.
Manufacturers and dog owners are held to strict liability standards. These cases do not require evidence of negligence to prove liability. Dog owners are responsible for their pet’s actions from the moment they take ownership. Manufacturers are strictly liable for injuries caused by their product if the injury occurred due to a design defect, manufacturing mistake, or marketing error.
Although these cases require careful handling, the evidence doesn’t have to prove negligence. In other accidents, such as car accidents, or amputations caused by a hazard on commercial property, an injury victim must show evidence of the following:
An experienced catastrophic injury lawyer in New Haven will thoroughly investigate the accident or incident that caused the limb loss injury and document compelling evidence of liability to recover the injury victim’s damages.
In catastrophic injury cases in New Haven and elsewhere, the damages are extensive. Losing a limb requires surgeries, prosthetics, and often physical and occupational therapy. The injury victim may not be able to return to a former job, making it difficult to earn a living or provide for a family. A successful traumatic amputation claim in New Haven brings compensation for damages such as the following:
While compensation for pain and suffering and emotional trauma following an amputation does not erase the injury, it provides injury victims with a sense of justice and financial accountability.
Dealing with the aftereffects of a sudden traumatic amputation can feel overwhelming. You shouldn’t have to take on the legal complexity of an injury claim or lawsuit while trying to focus on maximizing your physical recovery and adapting to necessary changes.
Call (203) 888-8888 or contact us online for a New Haven amputation injury attorney at Weber & Rubano today so we can take prompt action to recover the compensation you deserve.