Alpharetta
Back and Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

If a serious spine injury has affected your ability to work and manage everyday activities, an Alpharetta back and spinal cord injury lawyer at John Foy & Associates can help you determine what compensation you may be entitled to pursue.

Since 1999, our firm has represented injured people throughout Georgia, recovering more than $1 billion for our clients. We investigate the circumstances surrounding back and spinal injuries, document the financial and personal losses they cause, and deal directly with insurers on our clients’ behalf.

If you were injured because of someone else’s negligence, contact us for a free consultation with an Alpharetta personal injury lawyer.

How Back and Spinal Cord Injuries Happen

Back and spinal cord injuries can result from sudden trauma, crushing force, a violent impact, or a fall. Depending on how the accident occurs, the damage may involve the spinal cord, nerves, discs, vertebrae, muscles, or other tissue surrounding the spine.

In Alpharetta, these injuries commonly result from car crashes, truck accidents, motorcycle wrecks, pedestrian accidents, falls, construction incidents, and unsafe property conditions. Even an accident that initially appears moderate can cause substantial back pain, nerve damage, reduced mobility, or spinal cord trauma.

When another person or company caused the accident, our Atlanta back injury lawyers can investigate who may be liable and what evidence supports your claim.

Common Types of Back and Spinal Injuries

Back and spinal injuries range from painful soft-tissue damage to permanent loss of movement or sensation. The type and severity of your injury can affect the treatment you require, your ability to return to work, and the compensation available through an injury claim.

Common injuries include:

• Herniated or bulging discs.
• Fractured vertebrae.
• Spinal cord compression.
• Nerve root damage.
• Partial paralysis.
• Complete paralysis.

You may also experience chronic pain, reduced range of motion, numbness, weakness, inflammation, or loss of bladder or bowel control. Severe spinal cord injuries can cause paraplegia, quadriplegia, or other permanent disabilities that require extensive medical treatment and ongoing assistance.

Compensation for a Back or Spinal Cord Injury

A successful personal injury claim may compensate you for financial losses as well as the physical and personal effects of your injury. The amount available depends on the severity of your condition, your treatment needs, your income losses, and how the injury affects your life.

Compensation may include:

• Emergency medical care.
• Hospitalization and surgery.
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Lost wages.
• Reduced earning capacity.
• Pain and suffering.
• Ongoing disability or impairment.
• Assistive equipment.
• In-home care.
• Future medical treatment.

For someone with a permanent spinal cord injury, future losses can represent a substantial part of the claim. Our Alpharetta spinal cord injury lawyers assess both the expenses you have already incurred and the reasonably anticipated costs of future treatment, care, mobility assistance, and reduced earning capacity.

How Liability Is Proven in a Back or Spinal Injury Case

To pursue compensation through a negligence claim, you generally need evidence showing that another person or entity failed to use reasonable care and caused your injury. The specific evidence needed depends on how the accident happened.

Evidence may include:

• Police or incident reports.
• Photographs and video footage.
• Witness statements.
• Medical records.
• Diagnostic imaging.
• Employment and wage records.
• Testimony from treating physicians.
• Accident reconstruction or other technical evidence.

Medical evidence can be particularly significant in back injury claims because insurers may argue that your condition existed before the accident or was caused by age, degeneration, or another event. We work to document your medical history, diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, and prognosis so the evidence clearly shows what changed after the accident.

How Georgia Comparative Negligence Can Affect Your Claim

Georgia uses a modified comparative negligence system. If you are partly responsible for the accident, your compensation can be reduced according to your percentage of fault.

For example, if you were found 20% responsible, an award would generally be reduced by 20%. Under Georgia law, you cannot recover damages if you are found 50% or more responsible for the injury.

An Alpharetta back injury attorney can examine allegations of shared fault and the evidence being used to assign responsibility.

How Our Alpharetta Back and Spinal Injury Attorneys at John Foy & Associates Can Help

A serious back or spinal cord injury may leave you managing medical appointments, missed work, household expenses, and calls from insurance companies at the same time. We handle the legal work so you have a clear understanding of your claim and what is happening with it.

Our team can:

• Investigate how the accident occurred.
• Identify people or companies that may be legally responsible.
• Collect medical records and other evidence.
• Communicate with insurance companies.
• Document current and future financial losses.
• Evaluate how the injury affects your ability to work.
• Negotiate for a fair settlement.
• Prepare and pursue a lawsuit when necessary.

John Foy founded our firm in 1999 on the principle that clients and employees should be treated with respect, open communication, and personalized care. We continue to apply those principles while representing people with serious back and spinal cord injuries throughout Georgia.

Georgia Deadline for Filing a Back Injury Lawsuit

Georgia generally gives you two years from the date a personal injury claim accrues to file a lawsuit. Exceptions can shorten, extend, or otherwise affect the applicable deadline, so you should not assume every injury case follows the same timetable.

Acting earlier can also help preserve evidence. Witnesses can become harder to locate, video may be deleted, physical evidence may be lost, and records can become more difficult to obtain as time passes.

Speaking with a lawyer early gives us more time to investigate the accident, evaluate your injuries, and determine which filing requirements apply to your case.

Speak With a Back and Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer in Alpharetta Today

John Foy & Associates offers free consultations, is available 24/7, and represents personal injury clients on a contingency fee basis, so attorney fees are not owed unless we recover compensation for you. The fee percentage is agreed upon before representation begins.

Contact us today to discuss your case with an Alpharetta back and spinal cord injury lawyer and learn how we can help you pursue compensation under Georgia law.