Memphis Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers Protect Your Rights

Fighting for justice for those with spinal cord injuries in Memphis, Jackson and throughout the state

A spinal cord injury is one of the most devastating injuries you can survive. You may have been involved in a motorcycle injury, a car or a truck accident, or you may have fallen at a construction site in a workplace injury. Regardless of how you received your injury, damage to the spinal cord will have long-term consequences for your life. You may require ongoing medical care, you may not be able to do the work you once did, and your leisure activities will be affected as well.

The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center reports that there are about 54 cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) per million in the United States or about 17,000 new SCI cases each year. In 2016, there were approximately 282,000 people in the U.S. who were living with spinal cord injury. About 30% of people with SCI will require re-hospitalization one or more times during any given year following their injury. The life expectancy of a person with SCI remains below the life expectancy of a person without a spinal cord injury.

At the law firm of Baily & Greer, PLLC, we are committed to helping our clients recover the compensation they need if they are going to take on life with a devastating spinal cord injury. We help you file a claim or a lawsuit, and we hold the responsible party accountable for your injuries. You do not pay any attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you. We will consult with you for free, review your case, and advise you of the legal options available to you.

What is a spinal cord injury?

The Christopher & Dana Reeves Foundation describes spinal cord injury as damage to the nerves within the bony protection of the spinal canal. The Reeves foundation says that the spinal cord does not have to be severed for a loss of function to occur, and in most spinal cord injuries, the spinal cord is bruised but intact.

The spinal cord works with the brain to coordinate movement and sensation in the body, so when the spinal cord is damaged, it interrupts the spinal cord's ability to communicate with the brain to control autonomic function.

Levels and types of spinal cord injury

According to the Mayo Clinic, the ability to control the limbs after a spinal cord injury depends on both the location of the injury along the spinal cord and the severity of the injury. The lowest, uninjured part of the spinal cord is the neurological level of injury and is referred to by its level of "completeness" which is either complete or incomplete.

With a complete spinal cord injury, all feeling and ability to control movement below the level of injury is lost. With an incomplete spinal cord injury, there will be varying degrees of feeling and movement below the point of injury.

Paralysis from a spinal cord injury may be described as quadriplegia, which affects the arms, legs, hands, feet, trunk, and pelvic organs or paraplegia, which is loss of feeling and motor control of all or part of the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs.