Category: Injuries

I’m very sorry to hear about your daughter’s dog bite and her scar. Dog bites are very common in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year. Fortunately, the majority of those bites are minor and require no medical treatment or very minor medical treatment. However, many of the bites are very serious and can cause problems for decades for the victim.

If your son or daughter suffered a serious dog bite that caused scarring, there may be not only physical effects, but also psychological effects. If there was extensive scarring, your child likely required not only normal medical treatment, but also plastic surgery in order to repair the scars. If your child’s appearance was greatly changed, he or she most likely had emotional trauma and may need counseling to heal. Many victims of dog bites also develop a fear of animals after the attack.

Legally, your best option may be helping your daughter to pursue a lawsuit against the dog’s owner or the owner of the property where the accident occurred. Unfortunately, in many dog bite cases, the dog’s owner is never found, or there may not be enough assets or insurance to pay for damages. If you can find the responsible party, and there are assets or insurance to cover the damages, your child can possibly recover compensation for past and future medical expenses (including plastic surgery), counseling, future scarring, pain and suffering, and more.

If your child has been attacked by a dog in the Los Angeles area, you need to speak with an attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney at 310-385-0567. My team can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

Yes, you may be able to hold the school responsible for your child’s allergic reaction, if the school was aware that the child had an allergy and fed your child that food anyway. Studies have shown that more and more students are reporting food allergies, and schools have a responsibility to keep their students safe. If teachers and administrators do not put policies and procedures in place to help manage allergies, and do not take appropriate actions to protect their students, children can be harmed.

Under federal law, schools and daycare centers must accommodate students with food allergies. This must be done in order to reduce the risk of an allergic reaction that could cause death or serious injury. Some common food items that contain allergens include peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, milk, eggs, and soy. If children who are allergic to those foods are exposed to them, they have may have a potentially serious or even fatal reaction.

Ideally, parents will work closely with teachers and school administrators to figure out a plan to help provide a safe environment for students. There may need to be certain policies in place covering emergency procedures, general policies for food handling and consumption, and hand washing policies.

If your child has suffered a serious allergic reaction to a food, which you believe was caused by the negligence of a school or a daycare facility, you should speak with an attorney. You may be able to seek damages against the school for your child’s damages. If you are in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I’m sorry to hear about your spinal cord accident. Any type of trauma can result in an injury to the spinal cord. How severe the impact and how the force is focused on the spinal cord can impact the type of injury, and the victim’s odds of recovering from the injury.

There are roughly over 10,000 new non-fatal spinal cord injuries in the U.S. each year. Tragically, less than one percent of spinal cord injury victims ever fully recover from their injuries. The most common causes of spinal cord injuries are falls, motor vehicle accidents, and sports accidents. Generally, the closer the spinal cord injury is to the brain, the more significant the injury. Spinal cord injuries can be either complete or incomplete. If there is no feeling or function below the area of the injury, the injury is complete. If there is partial feeling or function below the injury, the injury is incomplete.

Spinal cord injury victims typically have a number of medical needs for which they will need treatment for the remainder of their lives. Medical costs are astronomical for most spinal injury victims – it’s been estimated that a person who becomes a quadriplegic at the age of 25 will have over $5 million in medical expenses over their lifetime.

Normally, a spinal cord injury victim can expect to receive a large amount of compensation in a personal injury case. The victim is entitled to compensation for his or her medical expenses. The victim’s ability to earn a living is also typically impacted, so the victim may be entitled to compensation for permanent disability or temporary lost wages. The victim is also entitled to compensation for pain and suffering and the loss of quality of life. The victim’s family members may also be entitled to compensation for the impact of the spinal cord injury on their lives.

If you have suffered a spinal cord accident, you should speak to an experienced personal injury attorney who has handled large cases. If you’re in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles spinal cord accident attorney at 310-385-0567. My team can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I’m sorry to hear about your accident. An injury to the eye which affects vision can be extremely damaging and can be a lifelong condition. If you have suffered from a loss of vision because of a blow to the eye, you should speak with an attorney. You may be entitled to compensation for your accident.

A serious blow can cause an eye disorder in which the retina peels away from the supportive tissue surrounding it. When this occurs, this can often leave the victim with significant vision loss or even blindness. Normally, when the condition is diagnosed, immediate medical treatment is necessary. If the condition is not treated as a medical emergency, the patient can lose vision in the eye permanently.

One common cause of a detached retina is an accident, such as an automobile accident or an on-the-job accident. Many serious accidents involving retinal detachment often leave the victim with permanent vision loss or blindness. If a surgical repair option is available, it often requires multiple surgeries, rehabilitation, and extensive medical care. The victim may be unable to continue working at the same job or enjoying the normal activities of daily life.

Any victim who believes they may have suffered from retinal detachment should seek medical help immediately. The victim should also speak with a personal injury attorney. He or she needs to show how another party was negligent and caused the accident. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. My team can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I am so sorry to hear about your workplace accident. Unfortunately, railroad workers have a higher risk of injury on the job than most other occupations. The fatality rate for railroad workers is over double that of all other work-related deaths.

The railroad industry has its own special compensation program, which is called FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act). FELA was created by the federal government in the early 1900s as a way to pay railroad workers for their injuries above and beyond regular workers’ compensation. Because of the high amount of employee injuries and deaths caused by the railroads, the government decided that the railroads should be burdened with the costs of these injuries.

FELA is different from workers’ compensation in several ways. First, under workers’ compensation laws, the injured employee does not have to prove that the employer was at fault in order to make a claim. Under FELA, the employee must prove that the employer was at least partially to blame for the accident. Under workers’ compensation laws, employees cannot recover anything for pain and suffering. Under FELA, the injured employee can be awarded damages for pain and suffering.

FELA is a unique set of laws that applies only to the railroad industry, and it’s important that an injured railroad employee have legal representation, particularly since the employee must be able to prove that the employer was negligent in some way. Having an attorney who is educated on FELA cases can help the employee a great deal.

If you have been injured on the job as a railroad worker, you should speak to an attorney. You have extra legal rights that a qualified attorney can help you protect. If you are in Los Angeles call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. I will provide you with a free consultation on your case. Call today to learn more.

I am sorry to hear about your eye injury. Eye injuries, while not usually life threatening, can be very frightening for most people. There are a number of causes for a loss of vision. Vision loss can be temporary in some cases, or permanent, and may only be partial or complete. The good news is that for many victims of vision loss, there are options for treatment, and research continues to lead to solutions for restoring vision. There are also aids that can help victims of vision loss live full lives without their vision.

Vision damage can be caused by several factors. In most cases, the cause is an injury to either the brain or the eye. Even if the eyes are functioning properly, if the brain is injured the brain injury could result in a loss of vision. If the vision loss is caused by an injury to the eye or brain, there may be options for treatment including therapy and surgery. Some research has shown promising new therapies using stem cells and other medical procedures to treat vision loss.

If you have suffered vision loss suddenly in an accident, it will take time to learn to cope with the vision loss. You may need physical and emotional therapy, as well as other forms of assistance in learning to live with the vision loss. You may be dealing with dizziness and problems with balance. You will likely be unable to work, at least for a time, and may have mounting medical bills and other expenses.

If you have suffered an eye injury in the Los Angeles area, and it was due to an accident caused by someone else’s wrongdoing, you should speak with an attorney. It’s important that you receive compensation for your injuries, which can help you live as normal a life as possible. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I am very sorry to hear about your workplace accident that resulted in an amputation. As an amputee, I understand the new physical challenges you are facing, as well as the emotional issues that can accompany an amputation.

You may be able to recover compensation from your employer after the accident, but you may not be able to sue. Although there are exceptions, often, when an employee is injured on the job, he or she is limited to recovering benefits allowed under workers’ compensation laws. Workers’ compensation laws typically provide for three types of payments to those workers who are injured on the job: compensation for lost wages, compensation for medical expenses, and a lump sum payment to workers who have a permanent disability as a result of their injuries. Normally, you cannot sue your employer directly for the injury, even if his or her negligence was directly at fault for your injuries.

If, however, you are injured on the job, and another party that is not your direct employer or a co-worker causes or contributes to an injury, you are normally entitled to collect workers’ compensation from your employer, and pursue other forms of compensation with a lawsuit against the other party. Normally, cases that are pursued under civil law, as opposed to workers’ compensation, have a greater value, since the available damages normally far exceed those available under workers’ compensation laws. Some of the types of damages that are recoverable in third-party lawsuits include money for pain and suffering, lost wages, medical expenses, and more.

If you have suffered an amputation because of the negligence of your employer or another party, you should speak with an attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Amputation Attorney, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I’m sorry to hear about your car accident and about your scars. You may have a legal right to damages after your injuries – it depends on the facts and circumstances of the accident.

Scarring is what happens when the skin is healing itself from an injury. The body produces collagen, which is a protein that is used to close up a wound. Collagen breaks down as the wound heals, which results in scars becoming less visible and smoother. If the wound was a severe one, the scar may not easily fade and can make it difficult for the victim to move. Some common causes of scars include cuts and lacerations (such as from a car accident), burns, dog bites, and surgery.

There are medical treatments now that can help reduce scarring. In some cases, the scar can be surgically removed. If the scar is a very serious one, a skin graft may help. Dermabrasion can also help, which refers to removing the upper layer of skin. However, even with the best medical treatment, scars cannot be completely removed.

If you have been harmed by another person’s actions, which has resulted in a scar, you should speak with an attorney. In most situations, the most difficult part of the case is proving how much damages you are entitled to. The scar may not involve large amounts of tangible medical expenses, but can be devastating for the victim.

Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney at 310-385-0567 if you have scarring from an accident. I may be able to help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.