Catastrophic Injury Claims
The Deadline to File a Catastrophic Injury Claim
The
deadline for filing most catastrophic injury claims in
court in Hawaii is two (2) years from the date when (a) the
victim was exposed to the danger and (b) SOME injuries resulted
therefrom. There may be some time added on to that for a period
of disability in which the individual was unable to recognize
and/or assert his/her legal rights.
It should be noted, however, that there are
exceptions to this rule- for example, claims
against the City and County of Honolulu and
the various other Counties must generally
be filed with the appropriate agency
within six (6) months of the date of the accident.
You must file your claims in
court (or otherwise) prior to the expiration of such deadlines, or your
claims may be lost—regardless of their merit.
To be wise it is recommended that you contact an attorney immediately after
the existence of the claim is recognized and, better yet, immediately
after the accident occurs giving rise to a possible catastrophic injury. Please do not
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Catastrophic Injuries
According
to the Brain Injury Association of America- each year, brain injury
claims more than 50,000 lives and leaves more than 80,000 individuals
with lifelong disabilities. The silent epidemic of brain injury is
illustrated best by a 1999 statistic from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention- there currently are at least 5.3 million
Americans living with a disability as a result of brain injury.
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association estimates that
approximately 250,000 – 400,000 individuals in the United States
have spinal cord injuries. Every year, approximately 11,000
people sustain new spinal cord injuries – that’s thirty new
injuries every day. Most of these people are injured in auto
and sports accidents, falls, and industrial mishaps. An
estimated 60 percent of these individuals are 30 years
old or younger, and the majority of them are men.
Catastrophic Injury - Medical treatment
All
potential catastrophic injury victims should seek proper
medical evaluation from an experienced and qualified doctor
as promptly as possible.
The residual effects of a catastrophic injury on the individual's
cognitive functioning, activities, emotions, personality and other basic
functions can be overwhelming. The sooner that a catastrophic injury is treated,
the sooner that the treatment can help to reduce the long term
impact of the catastrophic injury on the patient, to
prevent further deterioration and to recover any lost functioning
to the fullest extent possible.
Living with catastrophic Injuries
Patients who have experienced permanent catastrophic
injury symptoms can sometimes learn to retrain other parts
of their brain and/or body in order to compensate for some of
the lost functioning. Such compensation generally has the
best results when the proper catastrophic injury treatment is
commenced shortly after the accident has occurred.
Such catastrophic injury treatment can be costly. Moreover,
it comes at a time when the catastrophic injury patient's
family is already experiencing financial loss and emotional upheaval.
When a catastrophic injury limits the victim's ability
to participate in work and social activities- the strain on
the patient and the patient's family can be very challenging.
In such circumstances obtaining the assistance of a competent
catastrophic injury attorney may help to ease the financial strain.
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To confer with
a catastrophic injury attorney, please contact us.
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