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A spinal cord injury (SCI) changes far more than movement. It can mean months in a hospital bed, a home rebuilt around a wheelchair, and a family trying to cover bills while one person cannot work. A Maurepas spinal cord injury lawyer at Gauthier Amedee Injury Lawyers can take over calls with insurance adjusters and handle the paperwork, so your family can focus on recovery.
Our Maurepas personal injury lawyer, Attorney Andre P. Gauthier has practiced personal injury law in Louisiana for more than three decades. His work earned him a place on The National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Trial Lawyers list.
A free consultation can help you understand what happens next with your claim and how we can get you on the path to fair compensation.
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Spinal trauma can come from almost any serious impact, and the type of accident shapes how a claim gets built. Our SCI attorneys in Maurepas represent people whose injuries came from:
Each case turns on different evidence, from a trucking company’s maintenance logs to a property owner’s security footage. We build the claim around the medical reality of what a spinal injury takes out of a person’s life.
A spinal cord injury rarely means one bill. It usually means surgery, a stay in rehab, a wheelchair or adaptive vehicle, and sometimes a lifetime of in-home care. Lost wages pile up fast when someone cannot return to the job they had before the crash.
Louisiana law only gives you a limited window to act. Most injury claims in Louisiana must be filed within two years of the date you were hurt, under La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1. That rule covers injuries on or after July 1, 2024. Some claims follow different rules. A lawyer can tell you the deadline that applies to you.
Louisiana’s comparative fault rule under La. Civ. Code art. 2323 can reduce your recovery if you share the blame. For accidents on or after January 1, 2026, you cannot recover damages if you are found 51% or more at fault. Earlier accidents follow the older rule, which lowers your recovery by your share of fault but does not bar it.
Numbers do not undo an injury, but they reflect the work we put into building and presenting each case. Results our attorneys have obtained for injured clients include:
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in your case, since every injury and every set of facts is different.
Spinal cord cases often turn into a long fight with a well-funded insurance defense team, and courtroom experience matters.
Andre P. Gauthier has tried personal injury cases in Louisiana for more than three decades. He is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, which trains lawyers to present a client’s whole story to a jury rather than just the medical records.
Lee “Jody” Amedee III began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the 23rd Judicial District before moving into injury law, and he has served on the faculty of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College since 2015.
Together, the two bring more than 50 years of combined experience to a Maurepas spinal cord injury case, and the first conversation about your situation costs nothing.
Value depends on medical costs, future care needs, lost income, and how much the injury limits what you can still do for yourself and your family, so no two cases carry the same number. It also depends on how clearly fault can be shown. Your SCI attorney can help you understand what your claim may be worth.
Louisiana law allows injured people to seek both economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages cover things like emergency care, surgeries, rehabilitation, medical equipment, home and vehicle modifications, and lost income. Non-economic damages address pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and the way the injury changes daily living. Because a spinal cord injury often requires care for decades, a well-built claim accounts for future medical needs and lost earning capacity, not just the bills you have today.
It is usually wise to speak with an attorney first. An adjuster may call quickly, sound sympathetic, and ask for a recorded statement or offer a fast settlement. Those early conversations can be used to limit your claim, and a settlement offered before the full extent of your injury is known may be far lower than what your long-term care will cost. You are generally not required to give a recorded statement to the other side’s insurer.
Your health comes first, so get medical care right away and follow your doctors’ treatment plans. Avoid posting about the accident or your recovery on social media, since insurers may look for posts to use against you. Keep any damaged equipment or clothing, and contact an attorney soon so important evidence, such as vehicle data or surveillance footage, can be preserved before it is lost.
An initial consultation is free, and spinal cord injury cases are typically handled on a contingency fee basis, which means our attorneys get paid a percentage of what we recover for you. If there is no recovery, you do not owe attorney fees for the work put into your case.
A spinal cord injury does not wait for an insurance company to decide it wants to be fair, and neither should your claim. Gauthier Amedee Injury Lawyers offers free consultations from offices in Gonzales and Baton Rouge for people hurt throughout Livingston Parish and the surrounding area.
Contact us today to talk through what happened and what your options look like.
As your dedicated and trusted Gonzales, LA, personal injury law firm, part of our responsibilities are defending your rights to
fair compensation against the aggressive, strong-arm tactics of insurance companies. We have spent decades fighting against
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