Catastrophic Injuries

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New Orleans Catastrophic Injury Lawyers

Catastrophic injuries caused by accidents can change your life irrevocably. These life-altering injuries can be physical, psychological, or both. Common causes of catastrophic injuries include car accidents, boating accidents, and pedestrian accidents. When such a grave event occurs, you need an experienced New Orleans catastrophic injuries lawyer by your side.


Due to the nature and cost of catastrophic injuries, many insurance companies do everything possible to minimize payouts and deny claims. Insurance companies are more concerned with profits than taking care of their customers or the people their policyholders injure.


What Are New Orleans Catastrophic Injuries?


Severe accidents can cause injuries that permanently alter your everyday life. These grievous injuries are classified as catastrophic.


In some cases, the injuries may require expensive long-term care and limit your ability to work or enjoy life. If your injuries were caused by negligence or recklessness by another party, then you deserve major compensation. Our catastrophic injuries lawyer team has the experience and skill to help you win the highest compensation possible.


Mike Brandner Law has successfully represented clients with all types of catastrophic injuries, including:

  • Multiple bone fractures
  • Internal organ damage
  • Electrical shock injuries
  • Drastic personality changes
  • Severe psychological trauma


Determining What’s Fair After a Catastrophic Injury



Your choice of lawyer in a catastrophic injury case will play a large role in the outcome of your claim. Calculating compensatory damages and non-economic damages in a normal personal injury case is fairly straightforward. Add up all your property damages, medical costs and lost wages, multiply it by your pain and suffering multiplier and you essentially have a fair claim payment or settlement amount. Once that’s determined it’s just a matter of your attorney compiling evidence, building a case, and negotiating and potentially litigating for the best possible outcome.


Calculating fair damages in a catastrophic injury case is a whole different ball game. People with new disabilities will face ongoing medical costs for the rest of their lives (potentially many decades). The cost of certain equipment or continuing care might increase over time.


You might be permanently out of work, which means you’ll lose out on things like health care benefits, retirement benefits, and savings. This can be exponentially more impactful if you were the primary earner for your household and you have a spouse and multiple minor children (who you must feed, clothe, enroll in child care, and eventually send to college).


There’s also the pain and suffering to consider. Normal pain and suffering damages are sometimes based on how long it took you to recover (or the length of time you suffered discomfort or inconvenience). Catastrophic injuries are permanent, meaning there’s no real recovery. At that point, appropriate pain and suffering may be based on life expectancy, which isn’t always easy to estimate.


It takes a skilled and experienced lawyer to accurately calculate appropriate catastrophic injury damages. How compelling your lawyer is at trial may also play a significant role in the way jurors rule in your case.


These cases can become hugely expensive for insurance companies, which is one of the reasons why they often fight brain, spine, burn and paralysis injury claims so aggressively.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Louisiana Catastrophic Injury Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why Are Catastrophic Injuries So Expensive?

    Losing a limb or your ability to walk won’t just impact your career or rob you of your hobbies. You might need to buy special vehicles, spend a small fortune on home modifications (widening doors, installing ramps, redoing bathrooms, etc.) and invest in all types of enhanced mobility equipment. You’ll be forced to bear those types of costs for the rest of your life. 


    You might never be able to return to your career or earn at the same level you were able to prior to losing your ability to walk. A disability might affect your relationship with your spouse and kids, prevent you from participating fully in their lives (going on vacations, hiking, biking) and pursuing your passions. 


    All of these things justify significant compensation for victims and their families. 

  • What Makes an Injury Catastrophic?

    Permanence and irreversibility. The average person can imagine what it’s like to suffer a disability, permanent and visible scarring, or severe PTSD. It’s a terrifying thing to contemplate, and unfortunately a reality for hundreds of Louisiana injury victims every year. If you’re facing this type of new reality, you don’t need us to tell you about all the ways in which it will dramatically change the way you live. 


    Contrast a disability with an injury a person can recover from. Car accidents are traumatic, and lacerations and a concussion can cost you thousands of dollars in medical bills and keep you out of work for weeks. The only silver lining is that those costs are temporary, and you’ll eventually be able to return fully to normal life. The amount of money you should be paid for a catastrophic injury should reflect the permanence and severity of your situation. 

  • What Kind of Compensation Can I Expect for a Catastrophic Injury?

    Since catastrophic injuries can change your life for decades and even permanently, the compensation for them is generally very high. Depending on the type of injury you suffer, you may be entitled to money for:


    • Pain and suffering

    • Loss of future wages

    • Ongoing medical treatments

    • Permanent disability care

    • Assisted living expenses

    • Medical equipment

    • Childcare

    • Educational expenses

    • Psychological counseling


    Mike Brandner Law has extensive experience fighting insurance companies and winning clients the compensation that they deserve.

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Insurance Companies Often Play Hardball Against People with Catastrophic Injuries

You might assume that the insurance company and their defense team would show compassion and understanding toward people who have a disability due to their policyholder’s negligence. In most cases you would be sorely mistaken.


These cases can result in millions of dollars of damages for insurance companies. They will fight hard to avoid having to pay that much to any one claim filer or plaintiff. Don’t expect them to go easy on you just because you and your family have suffered such a tremendous tragedy. Let our team provide the aggressive and competent personal injury advocacy you deserve.

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At Mike Brandner Law, we have extensive experience in all types of catastrophic injury cases. We understand how insurance companies operate, know how to calculate appropriate damages, and excel at developing cases that justify the damages we seek on behalf of clients. Call us at 504-345-1111 for your free case evaluation.

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At Mike Brandner Injury Attorneys, we have extensive experience in all types of catastrophic injury cases. We understand how insurance companies operate, know how to calculate appropriate damages, and excel at developing cases that justify the damages we seek on behalf of clients. Call us for your free case evaluation.

CALL (504) 345-1111 CONTACT US