Texas Lawyers Experienced in Paralysis Cases Each year in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and across Texas, many people suffer traumatic injury as the result of accidents. These accidents often leave their victims with permanent physical injuries and disabilities-including paralysis-that will impact the lives of not only the victim, but the victim's family. An experienced lawyer can often help these victims receive compensation.

Paralysis causes a person to lose strength in one or more parts of their body. The paralysis can affect different areas of the victim's body and can cause total or partial paralysis, depending on the type of accident and its severity. Doctors assign categories to paralysis, depending of which and how many areas of the body were injured in the accident:

• Paraplegia is when both of the victim's legs are partially or completely paralyzed.
• Quadriplegia is when both of the victim's arms and both of the victim's legs are paralyzed.
• Monoplegia is when one arm or one leg is paralyzed.
• Diplegia is when the same areas of the body, on both sides of the body, are paralyzed.
• Hemiplegia is when one side of the body is paralyzed.

Health professionals estimate that nearly 200,000 people in the United States will have a spinal cord injury each year. Sadly, these spinal cord injuries will often result in one of the paralysis categories listed above. Spinal cord injuries and paralysis may be caused by many different types of accidents, including:

• Automobile and trucking accidents,
• Football, cheerleading, gymnastics, and other sports accidents,
• Swimming pool and diving accidents,
• Falls, including construction falls and injuries,
• Assault and other forms of violence, and
• Medical malpractice

Paralysis is a life-changing event that can cause the victim to incur large medical bills for emergency room and hospital visits, doctors' consultations, physical therapy and rehabilitations, and nursing and home care. The personal injury lawyers at Noteboom can help paralysis victims receive the compensation they deserve.

The Paralysis Resource Center, founded by the late actor Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana, offers a wealth of information for paralysis victims and their families, including information on Health, Rehabilitation, Research, Caregivers, and other important topics.