Abilene Catastrophic Injury Lawyer

Whether you’re lying in a hospital bed wondering how you’ll ever walk again, watching a loved one struggle to remember your name after a brain injury, or facing the devastating loss of health that once defined your independence, you need more than just medical care—you deserve fierce legal advocacy, too. After the physical trauma of a catastrophic injury comes an emotional, financial, and psychological toll that demands justice.

At the Law Offices of David M. White in Abilene, Texas, we understand that catastrophic injuries don’t just change your body—they alter the entire trajectory of your life and your family’s future. If someone else’s negligence has forever changed your life or a loved one’s life, call us today at (325) 437-3311 for a free consultation. Let’s discuss how Abilene catastrophic injury lawyer David M. White will fight for you.

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Why Choose the Law Offices of David M. White for Your Catastrophic Injury Case? There Are Many Reasons—Pick Yours.

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When injuries prove catastrophic, you deserve legal service that is anything but. Attorney David M. White strives for excellence in everything he does, from graduating from Texas Tech with honors to helping countless clients recover substantial compensation for catastrophic injuries and other hardships.

This reputation for excellence is one of several reasons you should choose Attorney White as your catastrophic injury lawyer in Abilene, and a few more reasons are:

  • Our office in Abilene: Our office on Industrial Boulevard means you are hiring a local firm that genuinely cares for the community. Our service is convenient, we can easily come to you for meetings, we’re a fixture in local courts, and we shine our reputation in Abilene with each client we serve compassionately and competently.
  • Personal connections with each client we represent: Each catastrophic injury victim (and their loved ones) deserves the utmost respect, empathy, and professionalism. The client-attorney relationship is personal to us, and our clients know they aren’t just hiring a lawyer but someone they can speak candidly to and trust implicitly.
  • Bilingual services: Our dedicated staff assists Spanish-speaking clients, ensuring that language barriers don’t prevent you from receiving the legal representation you deserve during this critical time.
  • Our proven track record: Our office has earned a reputation for dependability and quality service among former clients and legal peers, built through years of dedicated advocacy for injury victims throughout the Abilene area.
  • Our contingency fees: We handle cases on contingency, so you won’t have to pay us upfront or out of pocket. If you get paid, we get paid. It’s that simple.

When your lawyer’s name is on the building, they put their reputation on the line with each case they handle. Attorney White accepts this fact, and we put everything into our cases and clients— you will notice our commitment immediately.

Our Firm Is Equipped to Handle Many Types of Catastrophic Injury Cases

Attorney White and his team are relentless learners, passionate about the legal profession. We are constantly studying, building on our experience, and striving to help as many clients as possible. This determination to grow enables us to assist clients injured in a broad range of circumstances, including but not limited to:

  • Passenger vehicle crashes: Car accidents involving high speeds, multiple vehicles, or dangerous road conditions can result in spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, severe burns, multiple fractures, and other life-altering injuries.
  • Commercial truck accidents: The massive size and weight of commercial trucks make collisions particularly devastating, often resulting in crushing injuries, severe burns from fuel fires, traumatic amputations, and other catastrophic ailments.
  • Medical malpractice: Surgical errors, misdiagnosis, medication mistakes, child delivery errors, and other mistakes by medical providers can change victims’ lives forever. 
  • Workplace accidents: Texas leads the nation in severe oilfield injuries, and oil and gas workers are among the injured employees we pursue justice for.

Catastrophic injuries have no age limit, and we handle cases involving child victims, elderly victims, and those in between. Our interest is getting justice for victims of negligence, and the rest is just noise.

From Your Consultation to the Completion of Your Case, Our Team Will Be Your Staunchest Advocates

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You may be finding out just how all-consuming catastrophic injuries are. We’ve seen it, and we know how valuable our services are. Most of our clients simply can’t handle their own cases, while others understand that a relentless, savvy personal injury attorney is the person to have on their team at this crossroads in their lives.

We will serve you and anyone else affected by the catastrophic injury by:

  • Launching a comprehensive investigation to secure physical evidence, expert insights, witness statements, and any other evidentiary assets for your case
  • Coordinating with medical professionals to document injury severity, review records, establish a long-term prognosis for your recovery, and prove that the injury is, in fact, catastrophic
  • Calculating future care costs by collaborating with qualified professionals like doctors and life care planners to determine future expenses, medical needs, and non-economic damages
  • Shielding you from insurers’ unethical tactics by managing all claim-related communications and identifying lowball settlement offers that undervalue your injuries
  • Assembling expert testimony that bolsters our case, and specifically, the calculation of your injury-related damages
  • Pursuing the maximum settlement you are entitled to through strategic preparation and negotiation that shows insurers we’re ready to take your case to court
  • Presenting your case at trial if settlement talks fizzle out, utilizing witness testimony, visual evidence, and persuasive arguments to fight for fair compensation

This comprehensive approach ensures no aspect of your catastrophic injury case goes unattended. Our detail-oriented approach leaves no weakness for liable parties to exploit, enabling us to negotiate from a strong position.

Who Can Pursue a Catastrophic Injury Claim?

While we ask you to call our team for a personalized assessment, this question is worth addressing.

The trauma of most catastrophic injuries extends beyond the immediate victim, creating a shockwave that impacts entire families and support systems. This means that those who might deserve compensation for a catastrophic injury include:

  • The injured individual(s): The person who suffered the catastrophic injury has the obvious right to pursue compensation for their damages. This group includes individuals who are conscious and able to make legal decisions, as well as those who may be unconscious, in a coma, or have suffered cognitive impairments that affect their decision-making capacity.
  • Guardians and conservators: When catastrophic injuries result in cognitive impairment, brain damage, or other conditions that affect a victim’s ability to make legal decisions, appointed guardians or conservators can pursue claims on their behalf.
  • Parents of minors: When catastrophic injuries affect children (like in birth injury cases), parents have the right to pursue claims not only for current medical expenses and pain and suffering but also for the long-term impacts on their child’s future earning capacity, educational needs, and ongoing care requirements. Parents in these cases often bear their own damages, like the cost of caring for an adult child with a severe disability.
  • Family members in wrongful death cases: When catastrophic injuries result in death, surviving spouses, children, and parents may be eligible to pursue compensation per Texas statutes.

Say your spouse or adult parent is severely injured and cannot care for themselves. If you must quit your job to care for them, you can be entitled to compensation for your damages. If you feel a severe injury has affected you or a loved one in any adverse way, give us a call.

Recoverable Damages in Catastrophic Injury Cases

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The scope of damages available in catastrophic injury cases reflects the profound and permanent changes these injuries create in victims’ lives, with no say from those forced to suffer those changes. We generally explain damages in cases like yours through a few distinct categories:

Economic Damages

These represent the measurable financial losses resulting from the injury, which may include the cost of:

  • Emergency room treatment 
  • Surgeries 
  • Hospitalization 
  • Rehabilitation services 
  • Prescription medications
  • Medical equipment 
  • Home modifications
  • A disability-accommodating vehicle
  • Caregiver costs
  • Lost income
  • Shelter costs for someone who can no longer support themselves

Future medical care represents a significant component, as catastrophic injuries often require ongoing treatment for years or even a lifetime.

Non-Economic Damages

These damages address catastrophic injury’s intangible but very real impacts on your quality of life. Pain and suffering compensation acknowledges the physical discomfort, psychological stresses, and emotional trauma you’ve endured and may continue to experience. Loss of enjoyment of life recognizes that your injury may prevent you from participating in activities, hobbies, sports, or experiences that previously brought you happiness and fulfillment.

Another important non-economic damage is the loss of consortium, which addresses the impact on relationships with spouses and family members, including the loss of companionship, affection, intimacy, and the shared experiences that define close relationships.

Punitive Damages

In cases involving egregious recklessness or intentional wrongdoing, punitive damages may be available to punish the wrongdoer and deter similar behavior in the future.

Wrongful Death Damages

When catastrophic injuries result in death, surviving family members can pursue additional damages, including funeral and burial expenses, loss of the deceased’s future earnings and benefits, loss of inheritance, mental anguish and grief suffered by survivors, and loss of guidance and companionship the deceased would have provided.

Damages are inherently personal. They are unique to the injured individual and their loved ones. This is why Attorney David M. White and his team take the time to listen to our clients, ask the right questions, and create a comprehensive accounting of the harm each catastrophic injury causes.

Why Your Catastrophic Injury Can’t Wait Any Longer

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Catastrophic injury cases involve strict legal deadlines that can forever bar your right to compensation if you miss them. These non-negotiable deadlines are just one of several reasons to contact our firm as soon as possible.

The complete list of reasons why you should contact our team today is:

  • The statute of limitations (and other deadlines): Texas law generally provides two years from the date of injury to file a personal injury lawsuit. However, certain circumstances can extend or shorten this deadline, and some cases involve multiple potential defendants with different limitation periods. For example, medical malpractice cases may have shorter deadlines, while cases involving government entities often require notice within much shorter timeframes.
  • Fragile evidence: Physical evidence from accident scenes disappears quickly as vehicles undergo repair, road conditions change, and witnesses’ memories fade. Security camera footage capturing workplace accidents is often deleted or recorded within weeks, days, or even hours. Your prompt action will allow us to gather key evidence right away, which can be a case-defining move.
  • Human witnesses: We say “human witnesses” because a witness is, after all, just a human. They are vulnerable to forgetting, misremembering, and other imperfections that humans are limited by. Because testimony can be vital in proving liability, we want to interview witnesses as soon as possible. That, though, depends on you hiring us as soon as possible.
  • The need to document your damages early and often: The connection between your accident and your injuries becomes harder to establish as time passes and other health issues potentially develop. Prompt legal action ensures that medical records and other documentation clearly show the relationship between your trauma and your current condition.

Furthermore, there’s just no reason to wait. We require no out-of-pocket compensation from you, and our consultations are pressure-free.

Call the Law Offices of David M. White Today for Your Free, No-Obligation Consultation About Working with an Abilene Catastrophic Injury Lawyer

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The path forward from catastrophic injury is never easy, but you don’t have to walk it alone. At the Law Offices of David M. White, we’re committed to fighting for the compensation you’re legally entitled to and the resources you need to rebuild your life and achieve the best possible future despite your injuries.

Don’t let insurance companies or responsible parties minimize the impact of your catastrophic injury or pressure you into accepting inadequate compensation. Call the Law Offices of David M. White today at (325) 437-3311 to complete your free consultation. You will not fully realize the immense value of hiring an Abilene catastrophic injury attorney until we begin fighting for you, so don’t wait.

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