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Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury changes everything. The deadline to act is already running.

Paralysis, nerve damage, and chronic pain carry costs most families never see coming. We handle spinal cord injury claims in Florida, and the first conversation costs nothing.

~18,000new spinal cord injuries
in the U.S. each year

44average age at injury,
up from 29 in the 1970s

$0upfront. No fee unless
we recover for you.

What a spinal cord injury actually is

Damage to the spinal cord interrupts the signals between the brain and the body below the level of the injury. Where the cord is damaged decides what function is lost.

Complete injury

No motor or sensory function below the level of injury. Function rarely returns without intervention early in treatment.

Incomplete injury

Some signal still crosses the damaged area. Recovery varies widely and depends heavily on early, correct medical care.

Level of injury

Cervical (neck) injuries affect arms, trunk, and legs. Thoracic and lumbar injuries affect the trunk and legs.

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Source: National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC), Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Facts and Figures at a Glance.

The lifetime cost of care, for education, not a case value

These are published national averages, shown so a family can understand what care can cost over a life. They are not a promise or an estimate about any individual case.

Severity	Estimated lifetime cost
High tetraplegia (C1 to C4)	Highest published category
Low tetraplegia (C5 to C8)	Second highest category
Paraplegia, injured at 25	Approximately $3.1 million
Indirect costs, all severities	Averaged $97,787 per year

Figures reflect published NSCISC national estimates in 2025 dollars. Individual circumstances vary.

Florida’s deadline to file is set by statute

Florida law sets a time limit to file most personal injury claims. Miss it and the claim is generally barred. A claim against a government body carries a separate notice deadline measured in months, not years.

Do not assume you have time. Confirm your deadline before anything else. See Florida Statutes Section 95.11.

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What drives a spinal cord injury claim

No lawyer can promise a number. What drives a claim is well established, and knowing the drivers helps a family understand a case.

Factor	Why it matters
Level and completeness	A complete cervical injury carries lifelong attendant care. That care is often the largest line item in a claim.
Lost earning capacity	Age at injury, occupation, and documented income history set the size of a future-earnings claim.
Available insurance	A claim cannot collect more than the coverage that exists, unless a second responsible party is identified.
Home and vehicle modification	Ramps, lifts, widened doorways, and an accessible vehicle can be documented by a life-care planner.
Comparative fault	Florida reduces recovery by the injured person’s share of fault, under the state’s comparative fault rule.

Spinal cord injury library

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Talk to a spinal cord injury attorney

The call is free and it takes about ten minutes. If we take the case, you pay no attorney fee unless there is a recovery.

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