Advice About Spinal Cord Injury Claims

The consequences of a back or neck injury — especially a spinal cord injury — can be very serious. The outcome of a catastrophic injury to the neck, back or spine can be paralysis, paraplegia or quadriplegia and severely limit the injured person’s work and daily living activities.

Herniated disks, spinal cord contusions and other injuries causing nerve damage and severe pain can also be life-changing. Severe pain can make life miserable, affecting your ability to sleep, to work, to find joy in life.

Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C.: Handling Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Since 1965

If you or a loved one has suffered a back, neck or spinal cord injury due to someone else’s negligence, you deserve adequate compensation. At Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., in New York City, we have more than 50 years of experience helping injured people to try to maximize the compensation they receive for spinal cord injuries.

Paralysis And Other Injuries

We have handled a wide range of serious back, neck and spinal cord injury cases for clients involved in car crashes, bus and truck accidents, construction accidents and falls. We are ready to handle all types of spinal cord injury claims, including:

Paralysis, paraplegia and quadriplegia
Spinal trauma
Anterior cord syndrome
Central cord syndrome
Brown-Sequard syndrome
Transverse myelitis

Our firm has a reputation for fighting hard for our clients. We’ve earned that reputation by aggressively negotiating for our clients and by taking cases to court if the insurance companies won’t offer fair settlements. Our personal injury attorneys prepare every case for trial and have a long track record of successful verdicts and settlements to show for our efforts.

Sample Spinal Cord Injury Case Results

$2.5 Million settlement for construction accident for 28-year old electrician who fell from ladder and suffered compound fracture of the L1 vertebra requiring surgery to replace vertebra with a rib, and crushed wrist requiring surgery with open reduction and internal fixation.

$1 Million arbitration award for underinsurance for motor vehicle accident for 44-year old motorist whose car was struck by another vehicle that disobeyed a red light and who suffered multiple herniated/bulging discs of the lumbosacral spine and cervical spine requiring epidural injections.

$500,000 settlement for premises liability for woman who slipped and fell on oil in elevator which had been applied to the walls of the elevator to remove graffiti. She suffered herniated disc at L4-5 requiring surgery for fusion.

Schedule A Free Consultation To Discuss Your Case

If someone you love has suffered a spinal cord injury, a herniated disc or another serious back or neck injury, contact Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., by email, call our Manhattan offices at 212-732-4992 or call us toll free at 800-574-4LAW. Your first consultation is free of charge. Additionally, we handle all personal injury cases on a no-recovery, no-fee basis.

Case Results

Since 1965, we’ve recovered over $1 BILLION
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$2.1 million
settlement

for 33-year old electrician who fell from ladder while attempting to fit heavy cable into crown box when cable sprung back and struck him, causing him to suffer left shoulder injury with impingement.

$1.6 million
settlement

for 38-year old electrician who slipped and fell on debris on stairway with resulting cervical herniated disc and aggravation of pre-existing arthritic changes.

$2.55 million
settlement

for 42-year old electrician who fell into an uncovered, unprotected hole and suffered a severe low back injury with herniated disc(s) that required surgery at L4-5 and L5-S1 levels.

$1.75 million
settlement

for 26-year old construction worker who fell through opening in roof and fractured his wrist, requiring surgery with open reduction and internal fixation, external fixation device, and eventual fusion.

$2.5 million
settlement

for 38-year old female electrician (with history of prior neck injury) who tripped on uneven Masonite protective floor covering, and suffered neck injury with herniated discs requiring cervical fusion.

$1.2 million
settlement

during trial for 40-year old sheet metal worker who was struck in the neck and shoulder by an air conditioning unit and suffered herniated cervical discs and cervical radiculopathy.