Eye Injury Lawyers in Louisiana
After a traumatic accident, you may experience a number of different symptoms and side effects, from bruises and scrapes to paralysis and even death. One surprisingly serious injury that can be sustained in an accident is the loss of your vision, either partially or completely. When your sight is damaged, you might find yourself unable to return to work or your hobbies, or even to take care of yourself without help.
Because vision loss has such huge ramifications on the rest of your life, you deserve compensation for your eye injury. A competent Louisiana personal injury lawyer can provide the help you need.
Eye Injury Claims in Louisiana
The team at Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys are here to help you hold those responsible for your loss of vision responsible. We’re a team of eye injury lawyers with an expertise in vision loss injuries.
We’ll work with medical professionals and other experts to gather evidence that your injuries were caused by another party’s negligence. We know what it takes to get you the compensation you deserve after your injury. We will help recoup your losses, so you can pay for your medical bills, costly treatments, and ongoing vision correction.
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Common Eye Injuries
The human eye is one of the most complex organs in the body. Because of their complexity and delicate nature, eye injuries are also complicated to treat. Each patient requires fully individualized attention, because injuries to the eye can manifest in various ways. Not only can direct injuries to the eye cause visual loss and other symptoms, but brain injuries, head injuries, and even spinal cord injuries can cause damage to the eyes and loss of vision too.
Some victims recover completely from their injuries, but eye injuries can also result in permanent impairment, from partial loss of vision to complete blindness. We’ve helped clients with a variety of eye injuries, including the following:
- Blurred vision or double vision
- Retina damage, cornea damage, or damage to the optic nerve
- Reduced peripheral vision, or a reduction in visual field
- Reduced vision in dark conditions
- Loss in visual acuity, or the ability of the eye to distinguish shapes at a distance
- Sensitivity to light
- Partial to total blindness
These injuries have a number of causes, including:
- Blunt Force Trauma: including traumatic brain injury, which can cause vision problems even when the blow doesn’t directly affect a victim’s eyes. Slips and falls, car accidents, truck wrecks, and other accidents can cause blunt-force trauma, and it’s not always immediately obvious that an injury has occurred. That’s why it’s so important to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
- Burns: including electric burns, chemical burns, radiation burns, explosions, and more can all cause eye damage that can be irreversible.
- Workplace accidents: like falling materials, factory explosions, sharp objects, dangerous chemicals, slips and falls, and others can all cause eye trauma. A workers’ compensation case can recover damages for injuries sustained while on the job.
- Foreign Objects: can become lodged in the eye, leading to injury and even subsequent infection. Both of these can cause irreversible damage to the victim’s vision, including total blindness.
- Infections: can quickly spread to the eyes from elsewhere in the body. Victims of medical malpractice, including hospital infections or missed diagnoses, might have claims for damages for their eye injury. In addition, employees of healthcare fields such as nursing are more susceptible to infection due to their line of work.
- Defective Products: can very easily injure the user and people around them. Tools, sports equipment, household items, cleaning products, and even toys that move can all cause eye damage, loss of vision, and other injuries if the item is defective. Defective medication, such as Elmiron, can also cause vision loss, retinal damage, and even permanent blindness.
Eye Injury Medical Treatment
Depending on the circumstances of your eye injury, the medical treatment you need may vary. Sometimes, the injury requires invasive surgery to keep you from going blind, or you might need multiple operations. You might also need long-term physical therapy to fully recover your sight. In addition, some eye injuries are unable to be completely cured, leaving you with a partial or complete loss of vision.
Compensation to Expect After Your Eye Injury or Vision Loss
After a vision loss injury, you could be entitled to a number of damages depending on your situation. However, defendants and insurance companies fight personal injury claims to reduce their own liability and decrease the available compensation victims can recover, which is especially true if your injury occurred at work. If your eyes have been damaged at work, be sure to consult with a workers’ comp lawyer to ensure you get what you need to recover.
Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys are committed to holding negligent parties accountable in your vision loss injury claim. You could be entitled to compensation for the following damages:
- Emergency room and other medical bills
- Surgical costs and the cost of physical therapy
- Long-term disability
- Lost wages from the inability to work while healing
- Lost earning capacity due to the disability resulting from your vision loss
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Reduced quality of life
Why You Need an Experienced Eye Injury Attorney
If you or a loved one has suffered a serious eye injury due to another party’s negligence, you deserve compensation. Insurance will try to get you to settle for the smallest possible amount, but you need more than that to move on with your life.
Our team of personal injury lawyers here at Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys are committed to each of our clients’ cases, and will fight for you against the insurance company and negligent party. We’ll even argue your case in court if need be. Our 679+ years of combined legal experience means that we’re well-qualified to represent your interests. In fact, if we don’t win your case, you won’t owe us a dime—that’s the G Guarantee!
Give our Louisiana law firm a call today at 888.501.7888 for a free consultation about your legal options. A passionate vision loss injury attorney will get started on your case right away.
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Eye Injury Lawyer in Louisiana Lawyers
Settlements & Verdicts
$925,000
Mom and Daughter Rear Ended
Our clients, a mother and daughter, were rear ended by a work truck at a red light. Serious injuries result in surgery and a settlement of $925,000.
$235,000
Sideswipe with Multiple Surgeries
Client was seriously injured in a sideswipe accident involving a casualty and multiple surgeries for the client. Case settled for $235,000.
$10,000
Client Suffered Neck, Shoulder & Chest Pain from being hit by drunk driver in houma
A drunk driver hit our client in Houma, Louisiana. Our client suffered from neck, shoulder and chest pain.
$130,000
Workers Comp Fall Injury
Our client suffered a workers comp injury from a fall onto concrete with improper safety codes met. Case resulted in a $130,000 settlement.
$590,000
Car Accident Resulted in Bulging Discs
Car accident that resulted in bulging disc(s), where defendant pulled out in front of our client. Results in $590,000 settlement.
$115,000
Perkins Road Crash
Client was traveling south on Perkins Road when the defendant driver changed lanes and crashed into our client. Case settled for $115,000.
$60,000
Car Crash Resulted in Soft Tissue Injuries & Bulging Discs
Car crash in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our client suffered soft tissue injuries and bulging discs. Client went through 8 months of treatment.
$5,000
Car Wreck Results in Head, Neck & Shoulder Pain
Our client was involved in a car wreck in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, that resulted in head, neck and shoulder injuries.
$135,312
18 wheeler I-10 Wreck
Client was involved in an 18 wheeler wreck on I-10 resulting in being rammed into the guard rail. Multiple people and injuries involved. Settled for $135,312.