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Nerve damage are among the most challenging injuries to treat in Lawton, OK. When wrongful conduct results in damage to your nervous system, you deserve full compensation. McKay Law fights for nerve damage injury victims throughout OK. The nervous system controls movement, sensation, and organ function—when nerve injuries occur, the impact extends far beyond the injury site. Common types of nerve damage include damage to motor nerves controlling movement, sensory nerves controlling feeling, and autonomic nerves controlling organ function. Common signs of nerve injuries symptoms ranging from mild discomfort to complete loss of movement or sensation. Nerve damage is often caused by car accidents, motorcycle crashes, truck wrecks, slip-and-falls, workplace accidents, surgical errors, defective products, sports collisions, and crush injuries. CRPS is a particularly devastating nerve condition—that can spread throughout the body. Medical treatment often involves multiple specialists and ongoing care—with options ranging from medications to complex reconstructive surgery. Despite excellent treatment, many nerve injuries result in permanent damage—making accurate documentation and long-term cost projections essential. Our Lawton nerve damage injury attorneys know the full impact of nerve injuries—with attention to the often-invisible nature of nerve damage. We partner with medical experts and treating physicians to document the full extent of your injury. Imaging and nerve studies provide essential proof—providing objective evidence insurance companies can’t easily dismiss. We pursue full compensation including emergency care, long-term medical needs, lost earnings, and full compensation for chronic pain and disability. These injuries frequently cause significant lost earning capacity—requiring lifetime income loss calculations. Insurance companies often try to minimize nerve damage claims—claiming the injury existed before the accident. We push back with hard evidence. Every nerve damage injury case is handled on a no-win, no-fee basis—you pay nothing unless we win. Don’t settle before you know the full extent of your future needs—nerve damage often has consequences that emerge over time. Call McKay Law now for a no-cost case review with a Lawton, OK personal injury attorney who will stand up to the insurance companies on your behalf.
Nerve damage produces some of the most devastating long-term consequences. Nerves control everything from movement to internal organ function, and damage to them can cause chronic pain, paralysis, loss of sensation, and loss of function. Unlike many types of injuries, nerve injuries are often permanent. Many nerve injuries result in lifetime disability. Our firm fights for nerve damage injury victims in Lawton and in surrounding communities.
The nervous system has two parts:
There are several ways nerves can be injured:
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also called reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a particularly devastating nerve condition that develops after injury. CRPS symptoms include:
CRPS damages are typically substantial.
You typically have 2 years from the date of the incident to file (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95). Symptoms may develop over time, so discovery rule may apply.
We coordinate with the medical team to document the full extent of nerve damage, get nerve conduction studies and electromyography, push back against pre-existing condition arguments, account for the lasting damage, build evidence of pain and CRPS, partner with mental health specialists, and treat each matter as trial-ready.
A: Major. Permanent nerve damage involves major damages including lifetime medical care, lost earning capacity, and pain and suffering.
A: Nothing. We only get paid if we win.
A: Major damages. Major case value typical with CRPS.
A: Definitely. Progressive nerve injuries are recoverable.
A: Yes, in many cases. Workplace nerve damage is recoverable through workers’ comp; third-party claims may also apply.
A: That’s a defense tactic. Objective testing like EMG and nerve conduction studies, along with treating doctor opinions, establish real nerve damage.
A: Never. Refer them to your attorney.
A: 2 years from the date of the incident (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95). Move quickly — early diagnosis and treatment matter.
A: Sometimes. Many nerve injuries require surgical repair or ongoing surgical intervention.
Nerve injuries are uniquely difficult to prove. Nerve symptoms aren’t visible on imaging. Numbness can’t be measured with a scan. Functional limitations are hard to measure. This makes building these cases distinctively challenging despite their potential severity. An attorney familiar with these complex cases builds these cases around the actual neurological evidence.
Nerve symptoms are typically subjective. Pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, burning sensations come from the patient.
Without visible damage, insurers challenge symptom reports.
Standard diagnostic imaging frequently miss nerve damage.
Nerve-specific testing can document nerve damage. But specialized testing isn’t always done.
Nerve damage may not be immediately apparent.
This creates causation questions.
After nerve damage, repair is often limited.
Damaged nerves may not fully recover.
Damage to nerves outside the brain and spinal cord is the most common nerve damage category.
Brachial plexus can be injured by significant trauma.
Brachial plexus injuries can range from mild stretching to complete avulsion.
Median nerve compression can develop from trauma.
Ulnar nerve compression.
Tibial nerve compression at the ankle.
Compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve commonly results from spinal injuries.
Spinal nerve damage often results from spinal injuries.
Radiculopathy creates radiating symptoms.
Damage to cranial nerves can occur with head trauma.
Common cranial nerve damage involves:
The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary functions. Autonomic nerve damage impacts sexual function.
CRPS is severe and complex.
CRPS develops after injury and causes:
This condition produces severe pain.
Motor vehicle crashes commonly cause nerve damage.
Lifting injuries, falls at work, repetitive strain can cause nerve damage.
Fall-related injuries generate nerve cases.
Medical procedures gone wrong drives many nerve injury cases.
Healthcare-related nerve damage involves:
Product-related nerve damage.
Repetitive stress injuries can cause cumulative nerve damage.
Detailed neurological examination by specialty providers.
Electromyography (EMG) evaluates muscle electrical signals.
Nerve conduction velocity tests test nerve signal transmission.
MRI imaging may show nerve compression or related structural issues.
CT imaging reveal structural issues.
Treating neurologists and other specialists support the case medically.
Medical experts establishes causation.
Real-world impact documentation becomes critical.
Documentation of pain levels, symptoms, and limitations over time support the subjective case.
Mental health consequences are common. Psychological care records support the comprehensive damages case.
Nerve damage cases can support substantial damages include:
Nerve damage often eliminates the ability to perform certain types of work. Diminished earning capacity claims drive major damages.
Nerve pain damages support significant compensation.
Long-term pain damages generate major damages.
Effects on daily activities and quality of life.
Depression, anxiety, and other mental health consequences are typical.
Spousal damages.
Where nerve damage contributes to death.
In cases involving egregious conduct may apply.
Many nerve injuries are permanent. Even with treatment, permanent symptoms are common.
Ongoing care over the patient’s life.
Future medical care may encompass:
Vocational impact is common, specifically for physical jobs.
Daily life with nerve damage generates major quality of life damages.
“You’re making this up”.
The response involves comprehensive medical documentation.
Pre-existing condition defenses. The aggravation rule applies.
Causation challenges.
Defense argues plaintiff is receiving excessive treatment.
Defense argues the nerve damage will heal.
“You contributed too”.
Specialty neurological evaluation is critical.
EMG, NCS, MRI, or other specialized testing provides documentation.
Track all symptoms contemporaneously.
Document how nerve damage affects daily activities.
Pain has psychological consequences. Psychological care supports comprehensive damages.
Long-term consequences are typical. Early settlement typically substantially undervalues these cases.
Lawyers experienced with nerve damage claims charge no upfront fees. Expert costs run high reimbursed from the recovery.
These cases need early documentation.
Contemporaneous documentation builds the case.
Specialized testing matters significantly.
Future medical care projections build with time.
The legal time limit sets a hard cutoff.
Engaging counsel right away positions the case for the substantial recovery these injuries support.
Nerves are the wiring that link every part of your body to your brain — and when that wiring is damaged in an accident, the consequences are anything but minor. Nerve injuries follow car crashes, falls, workplace accidents, dog bites, surgical errors, crush injuries, and any traumatic event that involves sudden force or compression to the spine, limbs, or extremities. The symptoms range from agonizing: burning pain that won’t let up, numbness and tingling that disrupts sleep, muscle weakness that affects basic tasks like gripping a pen or buttoning a shirt, loss of sensation in hands and feet, paralysis of specific muscle groups, and complex regional pain syndrome that can burden a victim for years. At McKay Law, we tackle nerve damage cases by teaming up with neurologists, pain management specialists, electromyography experts, and occupational therapists who can document the precise nerves involved, the extent of the damage, and what daily life now looks like for our client.
Insurance carriers are quick to brush aside nerve injury claims because the damage is hidden from most basic imaging studies — but EMG and nerve conduction studies, MRI imaging, and the consistent testimony of treating physicians can demonstrate the harm in ways adjusters can’t talk their way out of. When you come into the McKay Law family, we push back against those tactics. We fight for full compensation for diagnostic testing, neurological treatment, surgical nerve repair when possible, pain management procedures, ongoing physical and occupational therapy, prescription medications and pain pumps, adaptive equipment, future medical needs, lost income, reduced future income for clients whose careers depend on fine motor control or physical capability, the loss of activities and independence your condition has robbed, and the profound pain and suffering that accompanies a nerve injury. Call us now at (866) 679-9651 or reach out online to book your free consultation and put a firm that takes nerve damage as seriously as you do behind you.
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