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Nerve damage range from temporary numbness to life-altering paralysis in Broken Arrow, OK. When someone else’s negligence causes nerve damage, the law gives you the right to pursue recovery. McKay Law advocates 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. Types of nerve injuries we handle include peripheral nerve damage in the arms and legs, brachial plexus injuries affecting the shoulder and arm, sciatic nerve damage causing leg pain and weakness, ulnar and median nerve injuries in the hands, facial nerve damage causing paralysis, spinal nerve injuries, cranial nerve damage, and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). Nerve damage typically causes sensory disturbances, motor weakness, chronic pain conditions, and loss of function. Nerve damage is often caused by vehicle wrecks, premises liability incidents, and any accident that damages the nerves directly or through related injuries. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy involves severe, chronic, often disabling pain—that can spread throughout the body. Treatment for nerve damage can be complex, expensive, and sometimes ineffective—including nerve repair surgery, nerve grafts, nerve transfers, pain management injections, medication therapy, physical and occupational therapy, electrical stimulation devices, and in some cases, amputation. Even with the best medical care, many nerve injuries result in permanent damage—with consequences extending decades into the future. Our Broken Arrow personal injury attorneys understand the full impact of nerve injuries—not just current medical costs but lifetime consequences. We consult with nerve specialists and rehabilitation professionals to demonstrate the lifetime cost of treatment. Diagnostic testing is critical—including nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), MRI imaging, and specialist evaluations. We fight for every dollar including emergency care, long-term medical needs, lost earnings, and full compensation for chronic pain and disability. Many nerve damage victims can’t return to previous work—making vocational evaluation essential. Insurers frequently challenge claims involving subjective symptoms—arguing the injury isn’t real because nerve damage is often invisible. We counter with objective testing, expert testimony, and detailed medical documentation. Every client we represent is handled on a no-win, no-fee basis—no fees unless we recover. Don’t accept an offer while still in active treatment—future medical needs may not be apparent immediately. Call McKay Law now for a no-cost case review with a Broken Arrow, OK personal injury attorney who will stand up to the insurance companies on your behalf.
Nerve injuries are some of the most life-altering injuries. Nerves are essential for movement and sensation, and damage to them can cause chronic pain, paralysis, loss of sensation, and loss of function. Unlike most injuries, nerves often don’t fully heal. Many nerve injuries result in lifetime disability. McKay Law advocates for nerve damage injury victims in Broken Arrow and in surrounding communities.
There are two parts to the nervous system:
There are several ways nerves can be injured:
CRPS, also known as RSD is one of the worst nerve conditions that develops after injury. Symptoms include:
CRPS damages are typically substantial.
The deadline in Oklahoma is two 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 work with treating physicians, neurologists, and pain specialists to build a complete medical record, get nerve conduction studies and electromyography, fight back against pre-existing condition claims, value the case for both current losses and lifetime impact, build evidence of pain and CRPS, partner with mental health specialists, and prepare every case as if it will go to trial.
A: Substantial. Permanent nerve damage produces substantial case values.
A: Nothing upfront. No recovery, no fee.
A: Significant damages. Major case value typical with CRPS.
A: Yes. Worsening nerve damage from past trauma supports claims.
A: Yes, possibly. Workplace nerve injuries support workers’ comp and potentially third-party claims.
A: That’s a defense tactic. Objective testing like EMG and nerve conduction studies, along with treating doctor opinions, establish real nerve damage.
A: Don’t. Refer them to your attorney.
A: Two years from the date of the incident (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95). Some nerve damage cases have extended deadlines under the discovery rule.
A: Sometimes. Case valuation must include possible future surgery.
Nerve damage occupies a particularly contested space in personal injury law. Nerve damage often produces symptoms without visible objective findings. Numbness can’t be measured with a scan. Nerve damage manifests in ways that don’t translate to simple measurement. This creates significant proof challenges for an injury category that can be devastating. An attorney familiar with these complex cases understands the distinctive evidence framework these cases require.
Nerve symptoms are typically subjective. Pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, burning sensations are patient-reported.
Without visible damage, insurers challenge symptom reports.
Standard imaging like X-rays and MRIs frequently miss nerve damage.
Specialized testing may demonstrate nerve damage. These tests aren’t always ordered.
Nerve damage symptoms can develop gradually.
This produces causation questions.
After nerve damage, repair is often limited.
Nerves regenerate slowly when they regenerate at all.
Damage to nerves outside the brain and spinal cord is the typical nerve injury type.
The brachial plexus is the network of nerves controlling the arm is vulnerable to trauma.
Brachial plexus damage varies from temporary issues to permanent damage.
Compression of the median nerve at the wrist develops from various causes.
Ulnar nerve compression.
Compression of the tibial nerve at the ankle.
Sciatic nerve involvement frequently relates to spinal injuries.
Damage to nerve roots commonly involves spinal injuries.
Nerve root compression creates radiating symptoms.
Brain-stem nerve damage can occur with head trauma.
Common cranial nerve damage involves:
Damage to autonomic nerves. Autonomic nerve damage impacts sexual function.
Complex regional pain syndrome is among the most challenging pain conditions.
CRPS develops after injury and causes:
CRPS causes extreme pain.
Motor vehicle crashes commonly cause nerve damage.
Lifting injuries, falls at work, repetitive strain generate nerve cases.
Slip-and-falls generate nerve cases.
Medical procedures gone wrong causes some of the most challenging nerve cases.
Medical malpractice nerve cases include:
Product defects causing nerve damage.
Repetitive use injuries generate cumulative nerve damage.
Detailed neurological examination by a qualified neurologist or neurosurgeon.
EMG testing evaluates muscle electrical signals.
Nerve conduction velocity tests test nerve signal transmission.
MRI imaging may show nerve compression or related structural issues.
CT imaging may reveal underlying causes.
Treating neurologists and other specialists establish the medical foundation.
Independent expert testimony establishes causation.
Functional impact evidence becomes critical.
Pain tracking provide compelling evidence.
Chronic nerve pain frequently causes mental health complications. Treatment records build the mental health damages.
Compensation in these cases include:
Nerve damage often eliminates the ability to perform certain types of work. Income impact claims drive major damages.
Nerve pain is severe.
Chronic pain damages generate major damages.
Effects on daily activities and quality of life.
Mental health damages associated with chronic pain are common.
Spousal damages.
Fatal case damages.
Where the underlying conduct was particularly harmful may apply.
Permanent disability is common. Even with treatment, many nerve damage cases produce permanent symptoms.
Lifetime medical care is common.
Continuing medical needs may involve:
Vocational impact is common, specifically for physical jobs.
Daily nerve damage impact drives significant non-economic damages.
“You’re making this up”.
Counter requires objective documentation.
Past medical history. The aggravation rule applies.
Causation challenges.
Treatment necessity challenges.
Healing-based defenses.
Comparative fault arguments.
Neurology consultation matters significantly.
EMG, NCS, MRI, or other specialized testing provides objective documentation.
Maintain detailed symptom journals.
Record real-world impact.
Chronic nerve pain affects mental health. Mental health treatment addresses these issues.
Future damages are typically significant. The full damages picture takes time to develop.
Counsel handling these cases work on contingency. These cases require significant investment in medical experts and life-care planners advanced by the firm.
These cases need early documentation.
Contemporaneous documentation builds the case.
Specialized testing matters significantly.
Future medical care projections build with time.
OK’s statute of limitations applies.
Engaging counsel right away protects every aspect of the claim while long-term consequences become clear.
Nerves are the electrical system that connect every part of your body to your brain — and when that wiring is stretched in an accident, the consequences are profoundly disruptive. 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 crushing: 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 haunt a victim for years. At McKay Law, we take on nerve damage cases by teaming up with neurologists, pain management specialists, electromyography experts, and occupational therapists who can verify the precise nerves involved, the extent of the damage, and what daily life now looks like for our client.
Insurance carriers often try to downplay nerve injury claims because the damage is invisible on most basic imaging studies — but EMG and nerve conduction studies, MRI imaging, and the consistent testimony of treating physicians can expose the harm in ways adjusters can’t talk their way out of. When you become part of the McKay Law family, we don’t accept those tactics. We chase 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, loss of livelihood for clients whose careers depend on fine motor control or physical capability, the loss of activities and independence your condition has stolen, and the crushing pain and suffering that comes with a nerve injury. Contact us right away at (866) 679-9651 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation and place a firm that takes nerve damage as seriously as you do behind you.
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