Spinal Cord Injury Attorney Los Angeles

A spinal cord injury can change everything in an instant — your mobility, your work, your independence, and your family's future. Cohen Law Group represents people across California who suffered spinal cord injuries, including paraplegia and quadriplegia, because of someone else's negligence.

These are catastrophic injury claims. They involve extensive medical treatment, long-term care, and permanent impairment — and the true cost reaches decades into the future. Our job is to document that full cost, value it carefully, and pursue it.

Understanding spinal cord injuries

The spinal cord carries signals between the brain and the rest of the body. When it is damaged, those signals can be interrupted below the point of injury. The effects depend on where the injury occurs and how severe it is.

Beyond paralysis, a spinal cord injury can bring chronic pain, changes in bodily functions, and complications that require care for the rest of a person's life.

How spinal cord injuries happen

• Car, truck, and motorcycle crashes
• Falls caused by dangerous property conditions
• Workplace and construction accidents
• Violent assaults on properties with inadequate security
• Defective or dangerous products

Why these claims are complex

Spinal cord injury cases often involve multiple causes of action, disputed liability, and damages that require advanced legal and factual analysis. Insurers may argue about what caused the injury, how much future care is truly needed, or whether a pre-existing condition played a role.

Timing matters too. Resolving a claim before the long-term medical picture is clear risks leaving future costs uncovered. Courts evaluate medical evidence and expert testimony, the extent and cause of the injury, and its impact on the injured person's life and ability to work — so the record has to be built carefully from the start.

A lifetime of costs

Compensation in a spinal cord injury case can include:

• Ongoing medical treatment, surgery, and therapy
• Rehabilitation and long-term care
• Home modifications, such as ramps and accessible bathrooms
• Assistive devices and mobility equipment
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Lost wages and loss of earning capacity

Non-economic damages — pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life — are also part of the claim. Family members may recover for loss of consortium, emotional distress, or financial impact caused by the injury.

Who may be responsible

Depending on the circumstances, liability can fall on individuals, companies, property owners, employers, or manufacturers. A single injury may involve several responsible parties — for example, a negligent driver and the company that employed them, or a property owner and a contractor.

Why Cohen Law Group for spinal cord injury cases

• Future damages, projected carefully. We work with medical experts, life-care planners, and economists to project the cost of ongoing care, rehabilitation, lost earning capacity, and life-care needs.
• Trial-level case management. Founder Jordan M. Cohen ran The Cohen Law Firm for ten years, handling complex torts while personally managing trials, arbitrations, and case strategy — after beginning his career in complex tort litigation at Levine, Steinberg & Miller.
• Leverage built early. We focus on building leverage early and developing strong factual records, evaluating every case as if it may go to trial.

Client reviews and past outcomes do not guarantee a similar result in your matter.

What to do now

• Follow your treatment plan and keep every medical record, bill, and referral.
• Keep records of missed work and out-of-pocket costs, including travel to appointments.
• Speak with an attorney before giving a recorded statement to the other side’s insurance company.
• Act quickly: most California injury claims must be filed within two years, and claims against government entities can have deadlines as short as six months.

California follows pure comparative negligence. Even if you share some of the fault, you may still recover damages, reduced by your percentage of fault.

Talk with an attorney about a spinal cord injury

Consultations are free and confidential, with no obligation and no pressure. Call (310) 747-1883 to speak directly with an attorney, or request a consultation online. Hablamos español. Attorney Jordan Cohen speaks Spanish and can meet with you in Spanish. To learn more about the serious injury cases we handle, visit our personal injury practice.

Catastrophic injury cases are prepared for trial by attorneys with decades in California courtrooms. Read our client FAQ or see how we approach results.