Category Archives: Catastrophic Injuries

I Want to Know -- Can I Sue for a Second Degree Burn? If you’ve been injured in a work or home accident, car crash, electric shock, or chemical spill, you may be wondering, “Can I sue for a second degree burn?”  The answer is yes. Most bu...

Drivers of all vehicle types know just how dangerous big trucks can be. We share the road with commercial vehicles all the time. Even if you’ve never had the misfortune of being involved in a crash with one, it doesn’t take much effort to imagine...

Covering the high costs of a spinal cord injury is an impossibility for most families. The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation states that high tetraplegia costs at least $1 million in the first year, with victims paying an average of $171,000 per ...

When you're facing large medical bills after a severe injury, you may wonder what's the average settlement for a spinal cord injury. People who have suffered a spinal injury in a car accident or other type of accident are facing a potentially catastr...

People who have suffered spinal cord injuries in accidents may have more hope today. For the first time, researchers at the University of California San Diego have used rapid 3D printing techniques to create a spinal cord. Then, they implanted that s...

If you or your loved one has been hurt in a traumatic brain injury accident, it will be important to choose the right lawyer for your TBI case. At Guajardo & Marks, we have the years of experience needed to help you to maximize your potential set...

Every year in the United States, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) kill 50,000 people, and more than 282,000 are hospitalized. A serious brain injury can have a devastating impact on your life. Your life may be forever altered. If the accident was caus...

A first-of-its-kind blood test recently won FDA approval to evaluate patients who had suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). National headlines dubbed the new biomarker test a ‘concussion test.’ However, biomarker experts recently noted in...

The Brain Injury Association of America reports 2.5 million adults and children in the U.S. suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. Another 795,000 people suffer an acquired brain injury (ABI) from a nontraumatic injury. TBIs can have seriou...

In 2012, Texas hospitals reported a total of 14,120 amputations. Severe injuries of this sort are obviously going to be a major event in the lives of both the injured person and his or her loved ones. Especially if the amputation takes place as a res...