Paraplegia and Quadriplegia Claims
Paralysis Injury Lawyer for Paraplegia and Quadriplegia in Birmingham
Paralysis rewrites your work, your home, and your family's future overnight. Since 1967, Forstman & Cutchen, LLP has fought for injured Alabamians who need lifetime care and full compensation.
Why Legal Help Matters
How a Catastrophic Injury Lawyer Protects Your Future After Paralysis
Paraplegia takes away movement and feeling below the waist. Quadriplegia affects all four limbs and often breathing, bladder function, and blood pressure. Both conditions bring costs that last for decades, and insurance companies know a lowball settlement in the first few months can save them hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A catastrophic injury lawyer makes sure your claim is valued for the life you will actually live, not the bills you have today. Alabama workers' compensation law caps how long you can receive benefits unless your injury qualifies as permanent and total, which paraplegia and quadriplegia almost always do.
Our attorneys document every medical record, vocational assessment, and life care plan needed to secure that classification. A missed deadline or an incomplete filing can cut off benefits a family counts on for decades.
Paralysis Injuries We Handle
Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer Help for Every Type of Paralysis
Paralysis is the most severe form of spinal damage we handle, and many paralysis cases in central Alabama start on the job. We represent people facing these injuries and accidents:
Paraplegia
loss of movement and feeling below the waist, with medical and care costs that last for decades.
Quadriplegia
paralysis affecting all four limbs and often breathing, bladder function, and blood pressure.
Incomplete or undiagnosed spinal damage
if you are still waiting on a diagnosis, our spinal cord injury lawyer page explains those claims.
Workplace falls and collapses
a fall from steel at a Fairfield mill or a roof collapse in a Walker County mine.
Crush injuries
being caught or pinned on a Tuscaloosa County assembly line or similar industrial job.
Defective equipment
a defective machine that may make a third party responsible for damages beyond workers' comp.
How We Build Your Claim
Workers Compensation Attorney Help Securing Work Injury Benefits for Paralysis
As a workers compensation attorney team, we press for every dollar of work injury benefits Alabama law allows. We also look for a third party, such as a negligent driver or a faulty equipment maker, who may owe you damages that workers' comp never covers. You can read how the full process works on our workers' compensation page. Our work on your claim includes:
We coordinate with Social Security Disability and Medicare set-aside requirements so your settlement is not later reduced to repay government benefits. Our team works alongside your treating physicians at facilities like UAB and Children's of Alabama, when applicable, to build a record insurers cannot dismiss.
Lifetime medical care
pushing your employer's insurer to authorize surgery, rehab, and follow-up at facilities like UAB's Spain Rehabilitation Center.
Permanent total disability benefits
documenting why you cannot return to gainful work so weekly checks continue as long as the disability does.
Home and vehicle modifications
ramps, widened doorways, roll-in showers, and wheelchair-accessible vans tied to your medical needs.
Attendant and nursing care
accounting for the daily help a person with quadriplegia often needs, including care a spouse has been giving for free.
Equipment that wears out
power wheelchairs, pressure-relief cushions, and breathing support replaced on a realistic schedule.
Third-party lawsuits
pursuing pain and suffering and lost earning capacity when someone outside your employer caused the injury.
Client Experiences
What Injured Clients Say About Our Paralysis Injury Representation
Families who come to us after a paralyzing injury are often exhausted, scared, and buried in paperwork from adjusters and hospitals. We take that weight off them, return their calls, and fight for the benefits that keep their households running. Read what clients across Birmingham and central Alabama have shared about working with our firm.
A 5-star review from a client of Forstman & Cutchen, LLP.
Where We Serve
Paraplegia and Quadriplegia Claims Across Central Alabama
Our office sits at Perimeter Park South off U.S. 280, a short drive from the major trauma and rehab centers where many paralysis patients spend their first months. When travel is hard, we can meet you at the hospital, at a rehab facility, or at home. We represent people with paralysis injuries throughout these communities:
Unrelenting Advocacy. Proven Results.
Talk With a Paralysis Injury Lawyer This Week
You should not have to argue with an adjuster about whether you need a wheelchair van or a home nurse. Tell us what happened, and we will explain what your paraplegia or quadriplegia claim may be worth and what we will do next. Consultations are free, our office is open 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, and we meet after hours and on weekends by appointment, including bedside visits for clients who cannot travel.