Category Archives: Personal Injury
Traumatic Amputation Injuries: Medical Needs, Rehabilitation, and Compensation
A traumatic amputation can change a person’s life in a matter of seconds. A serious car crash, construction accident, industrial machinery incident, or other violent event can cause the loss of a hand, foot, arm, leg, or other body part. Survivors often face emergency surgery, lengthy rehabilitation, prosthetic fitting, and difficult adjustments to work,… Read More
How Catastrophic Injuries Change a Family’s Need for Home Care and Accessibility
A catastrophic injury can change nearly every aspect of a person’s daily life, including where they live, how they move around their home, and how much assistance they need from family members or professional caregivers. After a severe spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputation, or other life-altering accident, a home that once felt… Read More
Severe Burn Injuries: Long-Term Treatment, Scarring, and Financial Losses
Severe burn injuries can change a person’s life in an instant. A serious burn can damage skin, muscle, nerves, and other tissues, requiring emergency treatment, multiple surgeries, lengthy rehabilitation, and years of follow-up care. Even after wounds heal, survivors can face permanent scarring, limited movement, chronic pain, and emotional trauma. For many families, the… Read More
How Are Future Medical Expenses Calculated After a Life-Altering Injury?
A life-altering injury can create medical expenses that continue for years or even for the rest of a person’s life. A serious spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe burn, or other catastrophic injury may require repeated surgeries, rehabilitation, prescription medications, assistive equipment, and help with everyday activities. The cost of care can extend… Read More
Secondary Complications After a Spinal Cord Injury
A severe spinal cord injury can change nearly every aspect of a person’s life. Damage to the spinal cord may affect movement, sensation, breathing, bladder and bowel function, and the body’s ability to regulate other essential processes. Even after the initial trauma has been treated, a person may face additional medical problems that require… Read More
What Is a Life Care Plan in a Catastrophic Injury Case?
A catastrophic injury can change nearly every aspect of a person’s life, from the ability to work and live independently to the need for ongoing medical treatment and daily assistance. While emergency care and hospital bills can be substantial, the financial impact of a serious injury may continue for decades. Kalfayan Merjanian, LLP represents… Read More
Preparing a Catastrophic Injury Case for Trial
Catastrophic injury cases are among the most complex personal injury claims to prepare and litigate. The injuries may permanently affect a person’s ability to work, live independently, and enjoy life, while the financial losses can extend for decades. At Kalfayan Merjanian, LLP, our California trial attorneys regularly litigate serious injury and wrongful death cases… Read More
Why Insurance Companies Fight High-Dollar Injury Claims
When someone suffers a catastrophic injury, the financial consequences can be enormous. A spinal cord injury may require lifelong medical care and assistance. A traumatic brain injury can affect a person’s ability to work, communicate, or live independently. Severe orthopedic injuries may require multiple surgeries and permanently limit someone’s earning capacity. These losses can… Read More
Catastrophic Injuries Caused by Defective Products
A defective product can cause far more than a minor accident or temporary injury. When a product fails in a critical moment, it can cause traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, amputations, severe burns, paralysis, organ damage, and other catastrophic injuries that permanently change a person’s life. Product defects can affect almost any type… Read More
Orthopedic Experts in Catastrophic Injury Litigation
Catastrophic injuries can change virtually every aspect of a person’s life. A severe fracture, spinal injury, joint injury, traumatic amputation, or other orthopedic injury may require multiple surgeries, extensive rehabilitation, assistive devices, and long-term medical care. Even when treatment has stabilized, an injured person may continue to experience pain, restricted mobility, loss of strength,… Read More