Houston Personal Injury Attorney - Lawsuit Information

The spinal cord is vulnerable to various injuries resulting from accidents and activities. Activities that often have spinal injuries associated with them include skiing, riding ATV's, riding motorcyces, or slip and fall accidents.  Sadly, many of these spinal cord injuries can be caused by another person’s negligence.

The spine is an extremely delicate part of your body, and is home to a vital bundle of nerves and muscles. Accidents thathurt the spinal cord can leave you temporarily disabled or even permanently paralyzed.

Recent statistical data shows that over 11,000 cases of spinal cord injuries occurring from accidents are reported in America each year. Unfortunately, a great number of people die from severe spinal cord injuries. Even more people can lose their ability to lead a normal life due to these injuries they have sustained.  A common result among spinal injury sufferers is the development of a lifelong pain due to a herniated or slipped disc.

There are multiple types of spinal cord injuries for which financial compensation is sought. These spinal cord injuries are often one of the following types: broken back, herniated disc, spinal fracture, paralysis, paraplegia, fractured vertebrae, spinal cord compression and quadriplegia. Such injuries can involve loss of bladder and bowel control and loss of sexual functioning.

If you have suffered a spinal cord injury and believe you may be entitled to compensation, contact a Houston personal injury lawyer to determine your rights.

The Houston personal injury lawyers of Fleming & Associates have extensive experience handling brain and spinal cord injury lawsuits in Texas. Brain and spinal injury cases can often times be extremely complex. For that reason, you need the experience and expertise of our Houston personal injury attorneys. A brain injury occurs when the head is hit, causing the brain to bounce or shift around inside the skull potentially wreaking havoc to the fragile tissue. Many times, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can seriously affect a person's ability to reason, it can affect them physically and it can affect them psychologically. Some of the effects include:

Ambulation - being able to get around on their own
Balance - feeling unsteady on their feet
Coordination - a feeling of being "all thumbs" or not being able to do multiple things at once like you used to
Fine Motor Skills - needle work can become clumsy, or even tying bows on your shoes can be difficult
Strength - no longer able to move the chair to vacuum or lift stacks of paperwork or books
Endurance - many people find they can't walk as far or climb the stairs like they used to
Memory - remembering events clearly or recalling names of people you know can become a problem
Language - some people experience trouble in speaking, forming words properly
Information Processing - it may take longer to understand concepts or situations you are in
Coping - difficulty accepting and dealing with having a disability


While traumatice brain and spinal injuries can be caused by a variety of situations, the most common is when the head strikes a hard surface such as a wall, the ground, etc. Other causes may include a lack of oxygen for an extended period of time, poisoning or infection.

Certain types of brain injuries are called "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" (MTBI). The characteristics of an MTBI include one or more of the following:

Brief loss of consciousness
Loss of memory immediately preceding or following the injury
Any alteration in one's mental state at the time of the accident

In many MTBI cases, the individual may appear normal at firste, yet they will have continuing functional problems. Long-term affects can include Postconcussion Syndrome (PCS), cognitive and even personality changes.

If you have suffered a traumatic brain injury and believe you may be entitled to compensation, contact a Houston personal injury attorney to determine your rights.