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Paralysis

Rebuilding Your Life After a Back Injury

At the Morristown Law Offices of John S. Hoyt, we can put more than a quarter century of personal injury litigation experience behind you, and help you pursue full and fair compensation when an accident, someone's error or medical negligence causes paralysis.

We offer representation backed by more than a quarter century of successful verdicts and settlements for former clients. Jack Hoyt is recognized by peers in the legal profession as one of the top lawyers in New Jersey. When you work with our office, you work with a lawyer who is certified as a trial attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court, and an office that is committed to providing outstanding client service, effective legal advice and tireless representation.

Morristown Personal Injury Lawyer Handling Paralysis Cases

When you say the word paralysis, people naturally think of a broken back or spinal cord injury. There are also many other kinds of injury and nerve damage that can create paralysis in localized areas and even individual limbs.

  • A damaged or severed nerve injured during a surgical procedure.
  • A spinal cord injury from a car accident that isn't immediately recognized.
  • Serious muscle or neurological damage associated with incorrect prescription or treatment.
  • Failure to diagnose a medical condition that leads to localized paralysis or brain injury.
  • A paralyzing back injury resulting from trauma associated with a car accident or construction site accident.

Paralysis can be a relatively temporary or it can be permanent affliction. It can completely shake the foundation of your life. The loss of use of a hand or other localized limb can leave you with unexpected financial and practical challenges, lost wages, expensive rehabilitation and an uncertain future.

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Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents

  •  $650,000 for a computer engineer who suffered a head injury and hand fracture in a car accident when his car was struck at an intersection by a vehicle that ran a red light.
  •  $105,000 for a 40 year-old cook who suffered back injuries in a head-on collision when another vehicle crossed the centerline.
  •  $80,000 for a 50 year-old laboratory technician who suffered a fractured wrist when her vehicle was struck head-on.
  •  $1 million for a tractor-trailer truck driver who sustained neck, hand, and shoulder injuries and became disabled after he was forced off the road by another tractor-trailer.
  •  $90,000 for a 65 year-old executive who suffered torn ligaments in his shoulder when his car was rear-ended by another vehicle.
  •  $2.7 million for a police officer who was struck by a speeding vehicle while directing traffic, resulting in his total disability.
  •  $165,000 for 14 year-old boy who was struck by a car while riding his bicycle and sustained a serious head injury.
  •  $40,000 for a 52 year-old woman who suffered a fractured wrist when her car was struck by teenage driver racing on the highway.
  •  $165,000 for an elderly woman pedestrian who suffered a knee fracture after being struck by a drunk driver.
  •  $295,000 for a 51 year-old man who suffering head injury in a rear end automobile accident.
  •  $650,000 for a client who suffered a head injury and extensive loss of wages due to an auto accident.
  •  $250,000 for a client in a motorcycle accident who suffered a leg injury.

Medical Malpractice

     $350,000 for an elderly victim of medical malpractice on the part of an anesthesiologist during surgery.
  •  $1.25 million for a 55 year-old laborer who suffered partial blindness when a surgeon damaged the blood supply to the patient's eyes during surgery.
  •  $250,000 for a 66 year-old man who suffered severe complications from cancer due to a misdiagnosis.
  •  $200,000 for an infant girl who suffered partial blindness due to medical malpractice.
  •  $800,000 for a client whose knee replacement was improperly installed knee by an orthopedist.
  •  $1 million for a client in a medical malpractice case involving failure to diagnose cancer.

Construction Accidents

     $2.7 million for a 43 year-old construction worker injured in a fall when movable scaffolding collapsed, causing him foot, leg, back, hand, and head injuries.
  •  $112,500 for a 39 year-old woman who fell on defectively constructed steps at condominium complex and suffered an ankle fracture that required surgery.
  •  $142,000 for a construction worker who fell through an unguarded hole due to the negligence of a contractor.

Product Liability Cases

    $3.15 million in a product liability case for an 18 year-old who suffered burn injuries when a cooking machine exploded at work.
  • $75,000 for a 44 year-old woman who sustaining a knee fracture in a horseback riding accident due to equipment failure of a defectively manufactured product.

Premises Liability

     $75,000 for a 45 year-old man who suffered back injuries after being struck by a forklift at Wal-Mart.
  •  $225,000 for a 56 year-old elevator mechanic injured in a parking garage at an Atlantic City casino.