Wilmington Personal Injury Law Blog

As a previous post on this blog discussed, although all spinal cord injuries are permanent since the spinal cord itself does not heal, not all such injuries will land a victim in a wheelchair. If the injury is in the lower back, a person may still be able to walk and do some of the things they used to do, although they could experience incontinence and difficulty walking without some sort of help.

While in some sense a Wilmington resident is probably relieved to walk away from an injury still being able to move all four limbs, in another sense, these injuries can be difficult to get full and fair compensation for since they aren't the classic type of spinal cord injury, that is, the type that leads to paralysis.

Three people got hurt recently in a multi-vehicle accident on a Delaware state highway. Although the full extent of the victims' injuries is not known, police did indicate that all three victims were expected to survive.

The accident involved three passenger vehicles and one semi. The driver of the semi did not, however, appear to be at fault for the accident. Police say that, instead, one of the other vehicles was heading north and driving the vehicle recklessly, and, from the police account, may have been weaving in and out of traffic.

Wilmington residents and people who live in other part of Delaware most likely know that a spinal cord injury is a very serious matter. If someone's spinal cord gets damaged significantly in an accident, then he or she may struggle to walk or even be able to move his or her arms and neck again. This will obviously affect their ability to go to work, do the activities they enjoy or even perform basic daily functions.

What some might not realize, however, is the economic impact of a spinal cord injury. In a sense, they are a special type of personal injury case. Even if the person or business responsible for the injury is willing to admit that their negligence caused the accident, there are often significant disputes about how much compensation is appropriate.

Although there are widespread public announcements warning of the dangers of fatigued driving, many people in Wilmington, Delaware might not think of it as a big deal. After all, we all have to go to work sometimes on little or no sleep, and, generally speaking, the only result is feeling exhausted and groggy by the end of the day.

Many truck companies may even share this attitude and therefore encourage their drivers to wink at the federal hours of service rules, if they even apply to a particular trucker, and instead push drivers toward longer hauls and therefore, supposedly, greater profit.