Oct 08 2007
California Triplegia Lawyer, Southern California Triplegia Attorney Sebastian Gibson
Triplegia is a condition which causes a person to be unable to feel or control an entire side of his or her body as well as another of the person’s arms or legs. This paralysis of three extremities is often caused by an accident such as an auto or motorcycle accident or violent acts such as gunshot wounds.
Other terms of paralysis include paraplegia, the paralysis of a person’s lower body and legs; quadriplegia, the paralysis of a person’s body from the neck down; and monoplegia, the paralysis of just one arm or leg. Injuries that completely sever the spinal cord and those that damage some of the nervous tissue in the spinal cord are common causes of triplegia and other levels of paralysis such as paraplegia and quadriplegia.
Other terms used by doctors to describe conditions involving paralysis, include spastic diplegia in which the degree of disability can vary between the arms and legs with the legs often being more affected than the arms; spastic hemiplegia, where one side is affected of a person’s body but the arm or leg is more severely affected; and spastic quadriplegia, where both legs and both arms are affected.
Triplegia is a devastating condition, as is paraplegia and quadriplegia. Most victims of the condition require medical attention for the rest of their lives. If you or a loved one suffers from any type of paralysis, it is important to retain an attorney who is familiar with such conditions and who can maximize the recovery for a person’s future.
There is hope that some day, medical research, such as that currently being pursued with stem cell replacement, will also provide a form of treatment, if not a cure. Any attorney who has represented persons suffering from some level of paralysis hopes such advances in medical research come quickly.
If you believe there is the possibility that your triplegia, or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another person or entity, we would encourage you to contact the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson for an analysis of your case. If your condition was caused by the negligence of another, you may be entitled to your medical costs and future medical treatment, loss of past, present and future income, and money for your pain and suffering.
Whether your accident has occurred in San Diego, Orange County, Long Beach, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire areas of Palm Springs, Riverside, Temecula, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, the Central Coast areas of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo or anywhere in Southern California, the offices of R. Sebastian Gibson can help you.
Sebastian Gibson is a practicing personal injury attorney who represents clients throughout Southern California from his main offices in Rancho Mirage, California. The law firm’s web site is www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and he can be reached by calling (800) 589-3202.
