An amputation is when any body part is either wholly or partially lost as a result of an accident, assault, malpractice, negligence or product defect. Any amputation of an arm, leg, foot, hand, finger, or toe is a life altering event that causes the injured victim to have to relearn how to perform the basic tasks of life. Any person who has suffered an amputation is faced with extensive physical therapy and occupational therapy just to learn how to carry out the basic tasks of everyday living. Not only does an amputation cause physical injuries, it also causes emotional injuries, lost income or wages, expensive medical bills, pain and suffering, loss of companionship as well as many other problems and hurdles.
Amputations can be a result of work place injuries, product defects, negligence, malpractice or a failure to diagnose and treat a medical emergency. Some of the more common causes of limb amputations are:
- Dangerous property conditions or premise liability
- Automobile accidents
- Lawn mower accidents
- Snow blower accidents
- Swing or playground accidents
- Amusement park ride accidents
- Swimming pool or hot tub drain accidents
- Tight bandages, casts or splints
- Defective products
- Animal attacks
- Construction site accidents
- Crush injuries
- Intravenous (IV) infiltrations
- Explosions
- Fire arms or weapons
- Assault with a baseball bat, pipe or other blunt object
- Impalements
- Workplace or occupational injuries
- Improperly performed or negligent surgeries
- Faulty gym or exercise equipment
- Failure to diagnose and treat blood flow problems or bleeding after a cardiac catheterization or femoral artery puncture.
- Failure to recognize or timely treat an infection
- Failure to diagnose and treat necrotizing fasciitis or flesh eating disease
- Failure to diagnose or treat osteomyelitis
- Failure to diagnose or treat cancer
- Failure to diagnose or treat meningitis
- Failure to diagnose or treat sepsis or toxic shock
- Failure to diagnose or treat a blood clot
- Failure to diagnose or treat a blockage in the arterial blood flow
- Failure to diagnose or treat a bone fracture
- Failure to diagnose or remove a foreign body
- Failure to diagnose or treat compartment syndrome
Any victim of an amputation is going to have a life-long battle they are going to have to fight. Our experienced catastrophic injury attorneys here at The Beasley Law Firm understand that and have successfully represented amputation victims and their families with documented results. In addition to our experienced lawyers, we also have on staff two physicians and three registered nurses, two of them who are certified emergency room trauma nurses, who have spend thousands of hours in emergency rooms or intensive care units caring for patients with amputations just like the one you or a loved one had to undergo. Our highly specialized and experienced amputation teams have fought hard and won for people, just like you, who were victims of traumatic amputations or wrongful death. If you or a loved one has been a victim of an amputation or wrongful death, please contact one of our experienced attorneys, doctors or nurses at 1.888.823.5291 for a confidential and free consultation.
