Amputation Lawyer

Amputation Case Summary – Chris Clifford

I had the pleasure of representing a gentleman who was seriously injured in a motorcycle collision when an oncoming vehicle crossed over the center line and entered our client’s travelled portion of the roadway.

The most serious of the injuries sustained included a compound fractur to the right femur that required surgical intervention and internal fixation using pins and a rod. Our client’s recovery was complicated by a subsequent fall and resulting infection that ultimately required the amputation of the injured right leg above the knee.

INJURY IMPACT

The impact of the injuries was devastating, and our client’s resources were extremely limited.

Our client lived by himself in rural setting with two large dogs. Additionally, our client had a hobby that included drag racing, motorcycle riding and the fixing up of classic vehicles in a separate garage all of which stopped as a result of the accident-related injuries. Our client heated his home with wood in a stove located in the basement that he could no longer access. The physical pain and resulting compromised functional ability also had a dramatic impact on our client’s emotional state and status. In short, the negative impact on our client’s mood and ability to ambulate created a crisis.  Complicating matters further, the accident benefits insurer advanced the position that the client’s subsequent fall and resulting infection that led to the amputation was not accident related. 

HOW BERGERON CLIFFORD HELPED

Our firm operates on a contingency basis, and we also cover the monetary costs associated with the claims process.  In this particular case, our firm’s coverage of the fixed costs associated with articulating the claim and our contingency-based fee arrangement meant that our client didn’t have to fund his own lawsuit and pay legal fees throughout the course of the claim. SInstead, Bergeron Clifford LLP hired and paid for the very best medical practitioners to provide opinions with respect to the causal connection between the accident and the injuries sustained. The firm also arranged for the very best of care and treatment that we were able to fund through the claims process all the while waiting for our fees to be paid if and only if a successful result was obtained.

CONCLUSION

Ultimately, we were able to obtain a “catastrophic” designation on the eve of a hearing involving our client’s accident benefits insurer which provided coverage for home and motor vehicle modifications.  With the catastrophic designation we were also able to access additional resources and supports for our client’s care and reintegration into the community and social activities that had been enjoyed previously. 

Additionally, all the good work that was accomplished in our pursuit of a catastrophic designation in the context of our client’s accident benefits insurer is expected to greatly assist in a fair and reasonable resolution of our client’s yet to be resolved lawsuit against the at fault driver.