Catastrophic injuries take many forms, but every one shares a common characteristic: they are all life-altering. Catastrophic injuries change how victims and their families experience life and their plans for the future.
These changes are unexpected, unwanted, and financially devastating. A Wheaton personal injury lawyer from Therman Law can help.
Our team has recovered over $100 million for injury victims in Illinois. We are ready to add your case to this history of success and will provide compassionate support in the process.
Our Wheaton catastrophic injury lawyers are prepared to fight to secure your financial future and restore your peace of mind.
The Overwhelming Effects of Catastrophic Injuries
After a catastrophic injury, you move through life differently. You may not be able to live independently, requiring constant or near-constant care from others or from medical apparatus.
Your relationships are likely to change as loved ones take on caregiving roles, and friendships built around activities you can no longer engage in may fade away.
A catastrophic injury can limit your opportunities. Your working and earning capacity may diminish or disappear altogether, as can educational plans.
Even opportunities to enjoy life through vacations, attending special events, or participating in recreational hobbies may not be available to you anymore.
Your changed situation has a direct impact on your physical capabilities and equally devastating implications for your financial and emotional health.
Victims often experience depression, grieving for their lost abilities and future plans, a sense of isolation, and fear for their financial future. We will stand with you and fight for you, helping you find a way through.
How Catastrophic Injuries Occur
Catastrophic injuries can result from violent accidents or seemingly minor ones. Even a slip, trip, or fall can cause devastating head trauma. No matter what causes your injury, Therman Law is here to help.
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Motor vehicle crashes are a common cause of catastrophic injuries. Riders or passengers may sustain spinal cord injuries in motorcycle accidents, and pedestrians, cyclists, or car occupants can experience brain injuries in car accidents. Truck, bus, and boat crashes can also produce these devastating outcomes.
Premises Liability
Accidents occurring on someone else’s property can prompt premises liability claims. Through this type of injury claim, victims hold negligent property owners accountable for failing to keep their properties safe for visitors.
Dog bites, slip-and-fall incidents, and elevator injuries are among the many types of situations that could lead to premises-related catastrophic injuries.
Work Accidents
We spend hours of our days at work, so the probability of sustaining an injury at the workplace is significant. While workers may receive some compensation for their injuries through the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act established in the Illinois Compiled Statutes, they may also have grounds to pursue damages through a third-party personal injury claim.
A catastrophic injury lawyer in Wheaton from our team can help you with both claims. Whether you have experienced vision loss, crushing injuries, or any other type of catastrophic injury at work, we can fight to get you fully compensated for your losses.
Any Other Accident
If you or someone you love has sustained a catastrophic injury from any type of accident, connect with our team right away. Defective product design, packaging, or malfunctioning products can cause these injuries, as can nursing home abuse or neglect and many other preventable incidents. You are not without legal recourse and have the right to seek justice.
A Wheaton Catastrophic Injury Attorney Will Fight for Justice
To pursue compensation, victims cannot be more than 50% to blame for the accident causing their injuries, per Chapter 735 Section 2-1116 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS). If you are assigned a smaller percentage of blame, your compensation will be reduced proportionally.
You must file your claim within two years of the accident, according to ILCS Chapter 735 Section 13-202. Prompt filing protects your day in court, giving you the right to fight for justice at trial.
By connecting with us quickly, you give your catastrophic injury attorney in Wheaton time to investigate, determine the negligent party, and file appropriately within the deadline.
With early access to your case, we also have a better chance of collecting strong evidence. Witnesses are more likely to remember important details in the time soon following the incidents. Physical evidence and camera footage are less likely to get lost or erased. Plus, the sooner you take action, the sooner you can hope to see results.
We Know What Your Case is Worth
Our team will value your care carefully. The other side will work to minimize your injury and its effects. We will challenge those attempts and work to prove every detail of the injury’s consequences. We will account for every financial cost and loss, as well as for your physical and emotional suffering and lost enjoyment of life.
Your lawyer will negotiate aggressively to secure compensation through an out-of-court settlement agreement. We are familiar with tactics the other side may use to try to convince or intimidate you into accepting an inadequate amount. We know what your case is worth and do not want you to settle for less than you deserve.
Usually, cases settle through the negotiating process, but if the other side will not engage productively, you may need to consider going to court.
You can trust your attorney for sound guidance and a clear explanation of the possible outcomes of going to court versus settling. You will not have to make this important decision on your own.
Catastrophic Injuries Demand Serious Compensation
Catastrophic injuries incur high physical, emotional, and financial costs. When someone else’s negligence causes you to suffer this level of severe harm, that party is responsible for paying you compensation so that you can achieve maximum recovery and enjoy the best quality of life possible.
The Wheaton catastrophic injury lawyers at Therman Law have over 75 years of combined experience, and we will fight tirelessly to secure that compensation, and we are ready to get to work.
Connect today to arrange a free consultation.
