San Antonio Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
Some injuries do not just hurt. They change the entire trajectory of a life. If you or someone you love suffered a severe, permanent injury because of someone else's negligence, you need a legal team built to handle the scale of what you are facing. At San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyers®, catastrophic injury cases are what we do.
What Is a Catastrophic Injury?
A catastrophic injury is a severe, often permanent injury that prevents a person from returning to the life they had before. These injuries typically require extensive medical treatment, long-term or lifelong care, and result in a significant loss of function or independence.
Catastrophic injury cases carry higher stakes than typical personal injury claims, and insurance companies fight them harder. Proving the full lifetime cost of a catastrophic injury requires medical experts, life care planners, and economists working together to build a case that reflects what you are actually facing.
Common Types of Catastrophic Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
A brain injury can permanently affect memory, cognition, personality, and motor function. See our dedicated brain injury page for more on how we handle these cases.
Spinal Cord Injuries and Paralysis
Damage to the spinal cord can cause partial or complete paralysis, permanently altering a person's mobility and independence.
Amputation and Loss of Limb
Whether caused by a crash, a workplace accident, or a medical error, amputation permanently changes how a person moves through the world and often requires a lifetime of prosthetic care.
Severe Burn Injuries
Third and fourth-degree burns can cause permanent scarring, nerve damage, and require multiple surgeries, skin grafts, and years of treatment.
Multiple Fractures and Crush Injuries
High-impact crashes and workplace accidents can cause crush injuries and multiple fractures severe enough to require reconstructive surgery and result in permanent disability.
Organ Damage
Blunt force trauma can cause internal organ damage requiring emergency surgery and, in some cases, long-term or lifelong medical management.
Common Causes of Catastrophic Injuries
Trucking accidents: The size and weight of commercial trucks make catastrophic injury far more likely in a collision.
Workplace and industrial accidents: Falls from height, equipment failures, and unsafe job sites can cause life-altering injuries when employers fail to prioritize safety.
Car and motorcycle accidents: High-speed and high-impact collisions are a leading cause of catastrophic injury on San Antonio roads.
Defective products: A dangerously designed or manufactured product can cause severe, permanent harm even when used as intended.
Falls from height: Falls on construction sites or from unsafe structures can cause spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and multiple fractures.
How We Handle Your Catastrophic Injury Case
We bring in the right experts. Life care planners, economists, and medical specialists help us document exactly what your injury will cost over a lifetime.
We calculate the full lifetime cost of your injury. Catastrophic injuries do not stop costing money when the case settles. We account for decades of future care, not just today's bills.
We identify every liable party. Catastrophic injury cases often involve more than one responsible party. We investigate thoroughly so no source of compensation is missed.
We fight the insurance company's attempt to lowball your claim. Insurers know catastrophic cases are expensive, and they fight accordingly. We prepare every case to withstand that pressure.
We go to trial. Attorney Steven Nunez is an experienced trial lawyer and is ready to take your case in front of a jury when it matters most.
Indemnizaciones que podrías reclamar
Catastrophic injuries come with a lifetime of costs. When we take your case, we fight to recover compensation across every category of loss, present and future.
Daños económicos
Lifetime Medical and Future Care Costs: Ongoing treatment, surgeries, medication, and specialist care can stretch for decades. We account for all of it.
Home and Vehicle Modifications: Wheelchair ramps, modified vehicles, and accessible living spaces are often necessary and recoverable costs.
Assistive Devices: Wheelchairs, prosthetics, and other adaptive equipment are part of what we pursue on your behalf.
In-Home and Long-Term Care: Many catastrophic injuries require around-the-clock care. Those costs are real, ongoing, and recoverable.
Lost Wages and Loss of Earning Capacity: If your injury has ended your ability to work in your prior field, we fight for compensation that reflects that loss.
Daños no económicos
Pain and Suffering: Compensation for the ongoing physical and emotional toll your injury has caused.
Loss of Enjoyment of Life: When an injury permanently takes away activities and independence, the law recognizes that loss.
Disfigurement: Permanent scarring or physical changes from a catastrophic injury may entitle you to additional compensation.
Loss of Consortium: Spouses and family members may be able to pursue compensation for the impact your injury has had on your relationship and household.
Los resultados anteriores no garantizan resultados futuros. El valor de cualquier caso depende de sus hechos y circunstancias específicos.
¿Por qué elegir a San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyers®?
We Are Built for Catastrophic Cases
Steven Nunez built this firm around the cases other attorneys avoid. Catastrophic injury cases require real investigation, real experts, and real trial experience, and that is what we bring to every case.
Las compañías de seguros no pueden desestimar nuestros casos
We prepare every catastrophic injury case thoroughly so a less-than-fair settlement is never the only option on the table.
Nos hemos presentado ante jurados
El abogado Steven Núñez es un letrado especializado en juicios con experiencia en los tribunales y ha conseguido un laudo arbitral de 1,5 millones de dólares para un cliente.
Nuestros resultados gozan de reconocimiento
Steven Núñez es miembro tanto del Million Dollar Advocates Forum como del Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, títulos que ha obtenido gracias a los resultados reales conseguidos para clientes reales.
No pagas nada a menos que ganemos
We handle catastrophic injury cases on a contingency fee basis. You owe nothing upfront and pay nothing unless we secure compensation for you.
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A catastrophic injury is a severe, often permanent injury that significantly limits a person's ability to work, care for themselves, or live as they did before. Examples include paralysis, amputation, severe burns, and traumatic brain injury.
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Case value depends on the severity of your injury, your lifetime care needs, lost income, and the strength of the evidence against the responsible party. We calculate the full value of your case, including decades of future costs.
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We work with life care planners and medical experts to build a detailed projection of your future treatment needs and their cost, ensuring your settlement reflects your actual future, not just your current bills.
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Texas law generally gives injury victims two years from the date of the injury to file a claim. Waiting too long can permanently eliminate your right to compensation.
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Texas aplica una norma de negligencia comparativa modificada, lo que significa que puedes obtener una indemnización siempre y cuando no se te considere responsable en más de un 50 %.
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Many catastrophic injury cases settle, but we prepare every case as if it is going in front of a jury, and we are ready to take your case to court if the insurance company will not offer a fair settlement.
Answers to Common Catastrophic Injury Questions
Catastrophic Injury Attorney San Antonio
Prestamos servicio en San Antonio y las localidades de los alrededores
Representamos a clientes de todo el condado de Bexar y de las localidades vecinas de New Braunfels, Boerne, Seguin, Converse, Hondo, Pleasanton, La Vernia, Schertz, Leon Valley y Helotes. Estés donde estés, si la negligencia de otra persona te ha provocado una lesión, queremos que te pongas en contacto con nosotros.
Get Help After a Catastrophic Injury
A catastrophic injury changes everything, and the legal process has real deadlines that cannot be missed. San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyers® handles catastrophic injury cases on a contingency fee basis, which means no upfront costs and no fees unless we win. The consultation is free. Call us today.