If you need a Columbia spinal cord injury lawyer after a car wreck on US-98, US-13, or at the US-98/US-13 intersection in Columbia, the insurance company covering the driver who caused your spinal cord damage has a team working your file right now. Spinal cord injuries from vehicle crashes on the US-98 corridor through Columbia range from incomplete injuries that produce partial paralysis and chronic pain to complete injuries that result in permanent paraplegia or tetraplegia. The insurance company on your spinal cord case is not working quickly because they are eager to be fair. They are working quickly because they want to reach you before you understand what your case is worth and before you have a lawyer who will build the lifetime damages picture. The TV lawyer at a charity gala in New Orleans with no experience presenting spinal cord injuries to Marion County juries is not who you need right now. His secretary opened your file and is waiting for the adjuster to lead.

The Lifetime Cost Of A Spinal Cord Injury From US-98 Or US-13 Is A Number The TV Lawyer’s Secretary Has Never Built

A complete cervical spinal cord injury resulting in tetraplegia from a high-speed crash on US-98 or US-13 in Columbia will require lifetime care that includes attendant care for daily activities, specialized medical equipment and home modifications, specialized wheelchair, medical management of secondary complications including pressure wounds, urological issues, respiratory complications, autonomic dysreflexia, and spasticity, and periodic hospitalization for complications. The lifetime cost of that care can exceed several million dollars in present value terms. The adjuster’s first offer on your Marion County spinal cord case does not reflect that lifetime care cost. It reflects the hospital bills from Marion General and the transfer to Forrest General in Hattiesburg. The lifetime cost stays in the insurance company’s account until a lawyer who knows how to build a life care plan forces them to account for it.

Building the damages case on a spinal cord injury requires a physiatrist to assess current and future functional capacity, a life care planner to project lifetime medical and attendant care costs, a vocational rehabilitation expert to calculate loss of earning capacity, an economist to calculate present value of future losses, and treating physicians who can testify about permanency and causation. The TV lawyer’s secretary does not retain any of those experts. She looks at the current bills and waits for an offer. The future is never built. The future is what a spinal cord case is worth.

The Eggshell Plaintiff Doctrine And Your Marion County Spinal Cord Case

Under Mississippi law, the eggshell plaintiff doctrine requires that a defendant take the plaintiff as they find them. If you had spinal stenosis, prior disc disease, osteoporosis, or any other condition that made your spinal cord more vulnerable to injury from the crash on US-98 or US-13 in Columbia, the driver who hit you is still responsible for the full extent of your actual spinal cord injury. The insurance company will argue that your pre-existing spinal condition was a substantial contributing cause of your paralysis. A lawyer who understands spinal cord medicine and the eggshell doctrine defeats that argument with the right expert testimony. The TV lawyer’s secretary does not know the argument exists. She accepts whatever the adjuster tells her about the pre-existing condition and settles accordingly.

The Fee Betrayal Math On Your Columbia Spinal Cord Case

His fee is 40 percent. His itemized costs come off the top before the fee calculation. On a Marion County spinal cord case where the lifetime care cost was never built because no life care planner was retained and no future damages case was made, his 40 percent of that reduced settlement plus his itemized costs: medical records fees, filing fees, charity gala ticket fees he was paying in New Orleans when your life care plan needed to be built, fee fi fo fum fees, fees for fees, fees on top of fees, fees to calculate the fees, fees for the Lamborghini, fees for the New Orleans gala where he was accepting an award when your spinal cord case needed a lawyer, fees to rob you blind, scam fees, handling fees, convenience fees, fees to make absolutely certain he walks away with more money from your Columbia spinal cord case than you do. That math can easily leave the paralyzed crash victim with less take-home money than the lawyer. The lawyer ends up with more than the person who got hurt. That is arithmetic on real spinal cord cases.

Every Columbia spinal cord injury case I take is covered by the Foster Fair Fee Guarantee. Written. In your contract. Before I do a single thing on your case. You walk away with more money than I receive in fees. Every case. No exceptions. No other Columbia spinal cord injury lawyer advertising in Marion County will put that in writing. I will. The TV lawyer will not.

What A Real Columbia Spinal Cord Case Investigation Looks Like

On the day you call me about a spinal cord injury from a crash on US-98, US-13, or at the US-98/US-13 intersection in Columbia, I immediately send preservation demands to every business with camera coverage of the crash location and retain a crash reconstruction expert. I retain a physiatrist to assess functional capacity. I retain a life care planner to project lifetime medical and attendant care costs. I retain a vocational rehabilitation expert to calculate loss of earning capacity. I retain an economist to calculate present value of future losses. I build the full lifetime damages case before any demand goes out to the insurance company. No demand goes out until I know what the full case is worth for the rest of your life.

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What Experts Are Needed On A Spinal Cord Injury Case In Marion County?

A physiatrist to assess current and future functional capacity, a life care planner to project lifetime medical and attendant care costs, a vocational rehabilitation expert to calculate loss of earning capacity, an economist to calculate present value of future losses, a crash reconstruction expert, and treating physicians who can testify about permanency and causation. The TV lawyer’s secretary does not retain any of those experts. She looks at the current bills and waits for an offer. The lifetime damages that make a spinal cord case worth what it is worth are never built.

Can I Recover For A Spinal Cord Injury Made Worse By Pre-Existing Spinal Disease?

Yes. Under the eggshell plaintiff doctrine under Mississippi law, the driver who caused your spinal cord injury on US-98 or US-13 in Columbia must take you as they find you. If pre-existing spinal stenosis or disc disease made your spinal cord more vulnerable to injury from the crash, the at-fault driver is responsible for the full extent of your actual injury. The insurance company will argue your condition is attributable to the pre-existing disease. A lawyer who retains the right spinal cord medicine experts defeats that argument with testimony. The TV lawyer’s secretary accepts it.

Does Jay Foster Handle Spinal Cord Injury Cases From US-98 And US-13 Crashes In Columbia?

Yes. I handle spinal cord injury cases from car wrecks on US-98, US-13, at the US-98/US-13 intersection in Columbia, and throughout Marion County. Cases file in Marion County Circuit Court at 250 Broad Street. Get the free book using the form on this page before you talk to the other driver’s insurance company or sign anything.

P.S. The insurance company on your Columbia spinal cord case knows what lifetime care costs look like. They have actuaries and life care planners on their side. They are not volunteering that information. They are waiting for you to accept an offer that does not include the future. Get the FREE book right now before you talk to the adjuster about your Marion County spinal cord injury case.

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