When Life Changes in an Instant: Catastrophic Injuries Demand Maximum Compensation
A catastrophic injury is one that causes permanent, severe disability affecting your ability to work and enjoy life. A spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis. A severe traumatic brain injury causing permanent cognitive deficits. A serious burn causing disfigurement and permanent disability. An amputation ending your career and independence. A crush injury causing multiple organ damage and permanent impairment.
Catastrophic injuries are the most serious injuries a person can suffer. They’re permanent. They’re life-altering. They require lifetime medical care and often constant attendant care. The financial impact is devastating. The emotional and psychological impact is profound.
If you or a loved one suffered a catastrophic injury due to someone else’s negligence in Montana, you need an attorney with the resources, expertise, and determination to fight for maximum compensation. At Western Justice Associates, we’ve represented catastrophic injury victims throughout Montana. We understand the profound impact these injuries have on victims and their families. We’ve secured multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for people whose lives were forever changed by negligent acts.
Types of Catastrophic Injuries
Catastrophic injuries encompass a wide range of severe, permanent conditions that fundamentally alter a person’s life.
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are among the most severe catastrophic injuries. Complete spinal cord injuries block all nerve signals below the injury level, resulting in total paralysis. Incomplete spinal cord injuries allow some nerve signals to pass through, permitting partial recovery and some retained function. The location of the injury determines the extent of paralysis. Injuries to the cervical (neck) spine cause tetraplegia, which is paralysis affecting all four limbs, and sometimes impair respiratory function. Injuries to the thoracic (mid-back) or lumbar (lower-back) spine cause paraplegia, affecting only the legs and lower body.
Spinal cord injuries commonly result from motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle crashes, falls from height, diving accidents, and workplace incidents in Montana’s construction and agricultural industries. The permanent nature of spinal cord injuries requires lifelong medical care, physical assistance, and adaptation to permanent disability.
Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries range in severity from mild concussions to devastating injuries causing permanent disability or vegetative states. Mild traumatic brain injuries (concussions) can still result in long-term cognitive deficits and post-concussion syndrome lasting months or years. Moderate brain injuries involve loss of consciousness lasting several minutes to hours, with significant cognitive and physical symptoms requiring extended recovery. Severe traumatic brain injuries cause loss of consciousness lasting hours or days, permanent physical and cognitive disability, and often require lifelong care and supervision. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is widespread damage to nerve fibers throughout the brain and causes prolonged unconsciousness and often results in permanent catastrophic disability.
Brain injuries cause permanent changes including memory loss, difficulty concentrating, slow processing speed, personality changes, emotional dysregulation, communication difficulties, and physical problems like paralysis or loss of balance. The cognitive deficits can prevent return to work and require significant life adjustments and ongoing support.
Severe Burns
Severe burns represent some of the most traumatic injuries a person can suffer. Third-degree burns destroy all skin layers, appearing white, charred, or leathery and requiring skin grafts and extensive surgery. Fourth-degree burns extend beyond skin into muscle, bone, and tendons, representing catastrophic injury often resulting in permanent disability or death. Chemical burns from caustic substances cause severe tissue damage requiring specialized treatment. Inhalation injuries from breathing smoke and hot gases damage airways and lungs, creating life-threatening complications and often permanent respiratory impairment.
Severe burns cause permanent scarring and disfigurement that affect appearance, self-image, and social relationships. Contractures, or permanent loss of mobility from scar tissue contraction, can prevent normal movement. Chronic pain persists for years or life. Psychological trauma from the burn incident and living with permanent disfigurement causes PTSD, depression, and anxiety. The combination of physical, emotional, and psychological consequences makes severe burn injuries profoundly life-altering.
Amputations
Amputation, or the loss of a limb, is a catastrophic injury that permanently changes a person’s life. Traumatic amputations occur when a limb is partially or completely severed during an incident, sometimes with possibility of reattachment if immediate medical treatment is available. Surgical amputations become necessary when a limb is so severely damaged that amputation is medically required to preserve life or prevent life-threatening infection. Amputations can involve single limbs or multiple limbs, creating varying degrees of disability. Lower leg amputations are most common, accounting for about 50 percent of traumatic amputations, though upper limb, hand, foot, and finger amputations also occur.
Amputees experience phantom limb pain, which is real pain signals from the missing limb that can persist for years or life. Prosthetics are extraordinarily expensive, often costing $20,000 to $100,000 or more depending on type and technological sophistication. Advanced prosthetics for active individuals cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Prosthetics require frequent replacement and maintenance and never fully replace natural limbs, leaving amputees with functional limitations affecting fine motor control, balance, and mobility. Beyond the physical challenges, amputees face psychological trauma from losing a limb, employment challenges as many cannot return to previous jobs, and social difficulties as relationships and self-image are profoundly affected.
Multiple Trauma Injuries
Catastrophic accidents often produce multiple injuries affecting different body systems simultaneously. Crush injuries occur when a person is pinned under heavy objects, causing severe damage to multiple limbs, organs, and body systems. Blast injuries from explosions cause traumatic injuries, severe burns, and shock across the entire body. High-speed motor vehicle collisions, particularly rollover accidents, frequently cause polytrauma, or multiple serious injuries affecting different body systems. These multi-system injuries require immediate emergency treatment, often multiple surgeries, extended hospitalization, and lengthy rehabilitation.
Permanent Blindness or Deafness
Traumatic blindness from impact injuries or chemical exposure creates permanent sensory loss affecting communication, independence, and quality of life. Traumatic deafness from blast injuries or temporal bone fractures eliminates hearing, requiring communication adaptation and creating significant barriers to employment and social interaction. These sensory losses create permanent disability affecting how victims interact with the world and navigate daily life.
Severe Facial Disfigurement
Extensive facial scarring from burns, lacerations, or crush injuries causes permanent disfigurement. Severe damage often requires multiple reconstructive surgeries to improve appearance and function, though complete restoration is rarely possible. The psychological impact of facial disfigurement extends beyond the physical injury, affecting self-image, emotional health, social relationships, and employment opportunities. Many facial disfigurement victims struggle with depression and social anxiety resulting from appearance changes.
The Lifelong Impact of Catastrophic Injuries
The consequences of catastrophic injuries extend far beyond the initial medical trauma. These injuries create permanent disability and profound challenges that affect every aspect of a person’s remaining life.
Loss of Independence
Catastrophic injuries rob people of independence in ways that are difficult to fully comprehend until experienced. Many victims depend on others for basic personal care including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting. Victims may require assistance with mobility, transportation, meal preparation, and essentially all daily activities. This loss of independence creates profound emotional distress and depression. The loss of control over one’s own life and body creates existential challenges that many victims struggle to overcome. What we take for granted—the ability to use the bathroom alone, to feed ourselves, to move through our homes without assistance—becomes impossible for catastrophic injury victims.
Lifetime Medical Care Requirements
Catastrophic injuries require ongoing medical treatment, medications, therapy, and monitoring for the remainder of a person’s life. Medical complications are common and persistent. Spinal cord injury victims face pressure sores that can become life-threatening infections, blood clots that can cause stroke or pulmonary embolism, urinary tract infections requiring repeated hospitalizations, respiratory problems, and chronic pain requiring ongoing management. Brain injury victims may experience seizures, chronic headaches, cognitive deficits requiring ongoing therapy, and behavioral problems requiring psychiatric care. Burn victims face infection risks, progressive contractures causing increasing loss of mobility, and chronic pain lasting decades. Amputation victims experience phantom limb pain, residual limb pain, and altered gait causing secondary back problems.
Victims often require multiple surgeries beyond initial treatment, extended hospitalizations for complications, and specialized care from multiple medical specialists. The cumulative cost of lifetime medical care easily exceeds $3 million to $10 million or more depending on injury severity, victim age, and longevity.
Accessibility Challenges
The world is not designed for people with severe disabilities. Homes must be extensively modified for wheelchair accessibility or other accommodations. Bathrooms require grab bars, roll-in showers, and accessible toilets. Doorways must be widened. Ramps must be installed. First-floor bedrooms and bathrooms become necessary when stairs are no longer navigable.
Vehicles must be specially equipped with lifts for wheelchair users, hand controls for those who cannot use foot pedals, or accessible vans with wheelchair ramps and tie-downs. Public accessibility is often limited or non-existent. Many buildings lack accessible entrances, elevators, or accessible bathrooms. Restaurants, movie theaters, and stores may be inaccessible. Public transportation is sometimes unavailable or inadequate. Every activity requires planning and accommodation, transforming what non-injured people do spontaneously into major logistical undertakings.
Employment Challenges
Most catastrophic injury victims cannot return to work or can only work in severely limited capacity. A construction worker paralyzed from the waist down cannot continue construction work. An accountant with severe brain injury affecting memory and concentration cannot perform accounting work. A truck driver blinded in an accident cannot drive commercially. Career opportunities are permanently eliminated or drastically reduced. This loss of income and earning potential creates significant financial hardship beyond the immediate medical costs. Many victims experience depression and loss of identity from inability to work. Their sense of purpose and value in society is profoundly affected by the inability to contribute through employment.
Psychological and Emotional Impact
The emotional toll of catastrophic injuries often exceeds the physical toll. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects many catastrophic injury victims, who experience flashbacks to the traumatic incident, nightmares, and hypervigilance. Depression is nearly universal among catastrophic injury victims who face permanent disability and lost life opportunities. Some victims contemplate or attempt suicide, unable to adjust to permanent disability and lost independence. Relationship strain is common as partners struggle to accept the changed person their loved one has become. Social isolation occurs as victims become homebound by physical limitations or withdraw due to psychological distress. Loss of purpose and identity creates existential crises as victims struggle to find meaning in permanently altered lives.
Catastrophic Injuries in Montana
Montana’s unique geography and industries create specific catastrophic injury risks that residents face.
Construction and Workplace Accidents
Montana’s thriving construction and agricultural industries frequently produce catastrophic injuries. Machine and equipment accidents in construction settings cause amputations and crush injuries when workers become caught in machinery. Falls from height during roofing, framing, or other construction work cause spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries. Electrocution causes severe burns and cardiac trauma. Confined space accidents cause oxygen deprivation and brain damage. Agricultural workers face dangers from large equipment, grain bins, and machinery. These workplace catastrophic injuries often involve employers or equipment manufacturers who can be held liable for negligence.
Motor Vehicle and Trucking Accidents
Montana’s rural highways and high speed limits create conditions for severe accidents. High-speed collisions on Interstate 90 and other major highways cause catastrophic injuries. Rollover accidents are particularly dangerous, causing multiple trauma injuries and spinal damage. Head-on collisions on two-lane highways with closing speeds approaching 150 mph cause catastrophic damage to all occupants. Wildlife collisions, including hitting elk, deer, or moose, sometimes result in severe injuries when vehicles swerve to avoid animals or are struck by large animals entering roadways. Distracted driving, impaired driving, and speeding all contribute to catastrophic accident risks on Montana roads. Commercial Trucks are also common in Montana and their drivers often lack the training needed to safely drive our roads.
Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle riders have absolutely no protection from impact forces. Head injuries and traumatic brain injuries occur even at moderate speeds because riders’ heads strike pavement or other vehicles with full force. Spinal cord injuries causing paralysis result from high-speed accidents or collisions. Road rash, or severe abrasion injuries, occurs when riders slide across pavement, sometimes stripping away significant portions of skin requiring skin grafting. Multiple fractures and internal injuries are common in motorcycle accidents.
Compensation Available for Catastrophic Injuries in Montana
Catastrophic injury cases result in some of the largest personal injury recoveries available under law. The permanent nature of catastrophic injuries and the lifetime costs of care justify substantial compensation.
Lifetime Medical Care Costs
The foundation of any catastrophic injury settlement is comprehensive calculation of all medical costs the victim will incur for the remainder of their life. This includes all current and future medical treatment directly related to the injury: surgery, hospitalization, medications, therapy, and rehabilitation. Specialized equipment and medical devices such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, and assistive devices are included. Ongoing monitoring and preventive care to prevent secondary complications become necessary. Treatment of complications and secondary conditions that develop years or decades after the initial injury must be anticipated and calculated.
The cost of lifetime medical care is staggering for catastrophic injuries. Spinal cord injury victims require estimated lifetime medical costs exceeding $1 million to $5 million. Brain injury victims with permanent cognitive deficits require ongoing neuropsychological treatment, cognitive rehabilitation, and psychiatric care. Burn victims require multiple reconstructive surgeries, pain management, and treatment of complications. These medical costs form the largest component of most catastrophic injury settlements.
Home and Vehicle Modifications
Catastrophic injury victims require extensive modifications to make their homes and vehicles accessible. Wheelchair accessibility modifications to homes include installing ramps, widening doorways, modifying bathrooms with grab bars and accessible showers, and ensuring accessible bedrooms and kitchens. Many homes require elevator installation or first-floor bedroom and bathroom modifications. These modifications easily cost $50,000 to $200,000 or more depending on the extent of work required.
Specialized vehicles for catastrophic injury victims cost far more than standard vehicles. Wheelchair lift-equipped vans cost $60,000 to $100,000 or more. Vehicles with hand controls for paralyzed drivers require extensive custom modifications. Accessible vehicles for multiple passengers with disabilities cost even more. Over a lifetime, vehicle modification and replacement costs accumulate to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Attendant Care or Nursing Care
For catastrophic injury victims requiring full-time assistance with daily living, the cost of attendant care or nursing care represents one of the largest lifetime expenses. Twenty-four-hour attendant care costs $30,000 to $80,000 per year or more depending on care level required and geographic location. Over a 40-year lifespan, lifetime attendant care costs can exceed $1.2 million to $3.2 million. Nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other specialized care services add to these costs. For victims requiring facility-based care, nursing home or assisted living costs can exceed $5,000 to $10,000 per month, creating lifetime costs exceeding $2 million to $5 million.
Lost Wages and Earning Capacity
For working-age victims, loss of earning capacity represents one of the largest categories of damages. A 35-year-old victim who cannot work for the remaining 30 or more years of their career faces catastrophic income loss. A construction worker earning $65,000 annually who cannot work after a spinal cord injury loses $1.95 million in income over 30 years without accounting for inflation or lost promotion opportunities. A professional earning $100,000 annually faces $3 million to $4 million in lost lifetime income. These calculations account for inflation, promotion potential, and life expectancy, creating substantial damage awards.
Pain and Suffering
Compensation for pain and suffering reflects the severity of physical and emotional suffering caused by the injury. Catastrophic injuries cause severe physical pain from the injury itself and from ongoing medical treatment. Chronic pain conditions develop and persist for years or decades. Emotional suffering from permanent disability, loss of independence, and loss of quality of life is profound. Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress are common and compensable injuries. The cumulative pain and suffering of living with permanent catastrophic disability justifies substantial damage awards reflecting the true human cost of the injury.
Loss of Enjoyment of Life
The inability to participate in activities and hobbies previously enjoyed represents a significant but often undervalued category of damages. A victim who loved hiking, skiing, or fishing and can no longer participate in these activities due to paralysis or brain injury has suffered real damages. A musician who loses fine motor control due to spinal cord injury loses the ability to play instruments. A parent who cannot physically play with children or grandchildren due to catastrophic injury suffers real loss. A couple whose sexual and intimate relationship is destroyed by catastrophic injury suffers real damages. These losses of quality of life and enjoyment are compensable under Montana law.
Loss of Consortium
Catastrophic injuries damage relationships with spouses and family members. Spouses lose the companionship and emotional support that made their marriages meaningful. Intimate relationships are often destroyed by catastrophic injury. Family members lose the normal relationships with the injured person that existed before the injury. Children lose the normal parent-child relationship as a parent becomes disabled. These relationship damages are compensable under Montana law.
Punitive Damages
In cases involving extreme negligence or reckless conduct, Montana courts may award punitive damages designed to punish the defendant and deter similar behavior. Catastrophic injury cases involving drunk driving causing permanent paralysis may qualify for punitive damages. Cases involving extreme speeding or gross negligence may support punitive damages. While not available in every case, punitive damages can substantially increase total recovery when the defendant’s conduct was particularly egregious.
Why Catastrophic Injury Cases Result in Massive Recoveries
Catastrophic injury cases result in some of the largest personal injury settlements and verdicts because of the permanent, severe nature of the injuries and their lifelong consequences. The injuries are permanent and affect every aspect of remaining life. There is no recovery to a normal baseline. Medical costs are staggeringly high, often exceeding $5 million to $10 million over a lifetime. Lost earning capacity for working-age victims can exceed millions of dollars for those with significant earning potential. Pain and suffering damages are substantial given the severity of permanent injury and chronic pain. Punitive damages may apply in cases involving extreme negligence or reckless conduct.
The combination of these damage categories results in settlements and verdicts exceeding $5 million, $10 million, or more depending on victim age, injury severity, earning capacity before injury, and defendant conduct.
Proving Catastrophic Injury Cases
Successfully prosecuting catastrophic injury cases requires comprehensive evidence and expert testimony establishing both liability and damages.
Emergency medical records documenting the injury and initial treatment provide the foundation for proving injury severity. Hospital records, imaging studies, and surgical reports document the extent of damage and initial treatment. Ongoing medical records documenting treatment and recovery progress establish the permanent nature of the injury. Medical experts testify about the nature, severity, and permanence of the injury. Treating physicians provide testimony about medical treatment and prognosis. Specialists in relevant fields, such as neurologists for brain injuries, orthopedic surgeons for spinal injuries, and burn specialists for burn injuries, provide expert opinions.
Economic evidence includes detailed medical bills and invoices documenting treatment costs. Life care plans prepared by rehabilitation specialists document future medical needs and costs. Economic experts testify about lifetime medical costs and lost earning capacity. Vocational rehabilitation experts testify about employment limitations and earning potential. Evidence of pre-injury earning history and earning potential establishes the economic value of lost wages and earning capacity.
Demonstrating the severity and impact of the injury requires comprehensive documentation. Video documentation of the victim’s limitations and daily struggles shows the reality of living with catastrophic disability. Testimony from family members documents how the injury changed the victim’s abilities and personality. Neuropsychological testing results document cognitive deficits for brain injury victims. The victim’s own testimony about emotional and psychological impact provides powerful evidence of non-economic damages.
Proving liability requires establishing that the defendant’s negligent conduct caused the injury. Police accident reports establish how accidents occurred. Witness testimony describes the defendant’s negligent conduct. Expert testimony about safety standards and how the defendant violated them proves negligence. Prior complaints or incidents show the defendant’s pattern of negligence. Evidence of the defendant’s knowledge of dangerous conditions supports liability findings.
Montana's Modified Comparative Fault Rule
Montana follows a modified comparative fault system under MCA Section 27-1-702 that significantly affects catastrophic injury cases. You can recover damages as long as you are not more than 50 percent at fault for the accident. Your total compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are 30 percent at fault and damages are calculated at $2 million, you recover $1.4 million rather than the full $2 million. If you are determined to be 51 percent or more at fault, you cannot recover anything, resulting in complete loss of your claim.
Insurance companies aggressively try to shift blame to catastrophic injury victims. They claim the victim contributed to the accident through carelessness. They argue that the victim’s pre-existing conditions caused the injury, not the accident. They suggest the victim wasn’t wearing a seatbelt or safety equipment. They claim the victim was distracted or not paying attention. An experienced attorney protects you from unfair blame-shifting and ensures the defendant’s negligence is properly established and documented.
Why Catastrophic Injury Cases Require Specialized Legal Representation
Catastrophic injury cases are extraordinarily complex and require attorneys with specific expertise and significant resources. General personal injury attorneys often lack the specialized knowledge and resources necessary to properly handle these cases.
Your attorney must deeply understand the specific injury and its lifelong consequences. This requires more than casual familiarity. It requires expertise in the medical field. Relationships with leading specialists in relevant medical fields are essential. Your attorney must be able to retain qualified medical experts willing to testify about severity and prognosis. Understanding of experimental treatments and emerging medical technologies helps ensure comprehensive damage calculations.
Calculating lifetime medical costs requires expert economists and life care planners. Lost earning capacity calculations require vocational rehabilitation experts and economic experts. A mistake in these calculations can cost the victim millions of dollars over a lifetime. Understanding of inflation, discount rates, and present value calculations is essential for accurate economic testimony.
Determining what medical care and support a catastrophic injury victim will need for their entire remaining lifespan requires life care planning expertise. Your attorney must identify all necessary treatments, equipment, therapies, and attendant care. They must calculate realistic costs for all identified care needs. As medical science advances or the victim’s needs change, plans must be updated.
Insurance companies fight catastrophic injury cases aggressively with large defense teams and substantial budgets. You need attorneys willing and able to take your case to trial if settlement is inadequate. Catastrophic injury litigation is expensive, requiring significant investment in experts and investigation. Not all law firms have the financial resources to properly fund these cases. Many firms will push inadequate settlements because they cannot afford to try the case.
Catastrophic injury cases take years to resolve. Your attorney must genuinely care about your outcome and maintain commitment throughout. You’re dealing with a life-altering injury. You need an attorney who understands this profound impact. Your attorney should treat you and your family with dignity and respect throughout this difficult journey.
Western Justice Associates: Experience With Catastrophic Injuries
At Western Justice Associates, we have extensive experience representing catastrophic injury victims throughout Montana. We understand the medical complexity of these injuries and the legal strategies necessary to maximize compensation. We’ve secured multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for catastrophic injury victims.
We maintain relationships with leading neurologists, neuropsychologists, orthopedic surgeons, spine specialists, burn specialists, and rehabilitation specialists. We have the financial resources to properly fund expensive litigation and advance substantial costs for expert witnesses and investigation. We have trial experience throughout Montana’s courts and have tried cases in counties throughout the state. We’ve represented victims with spinal cord injuries, severe brain injuries, amputations, severe burns, and multiple trauma injuries.
Our firm has the resources to advance substantial costs for expert witnesses, investigation, and litigation. We work with life care planners to comprehensively calculate lifetime care needs and costs. We work with economists to accurately calculate lost earning capacity. We retain medical experts from leading hospitals and medical institutions. We understand the profound impact catastrophic injuries have on victims and their families, and we are committed to getting our clients maximum compensation.
Montana Communities We Serve
Western Justice Associates serves catastrophic injury victims throughout all of Montana. From the mountains of western Montana including Butte, Missoula, Kalispell, and Whitefish to the central Montana communities of Bozeman, Livingston Belgrade, Helena and Great Falls and the surrounding areas to the eastern Montana communities of Billings, Miles City, Glendive and Glasgow, we serve injured victims across the entire state. Whether you’re in a large Montana city or a small rural community, we can help you. We offer free consultations and will come to you if you cannot travel due to your injuries.
Common Questions About Catastrophic Injury Cases
How long does a catastrophic injury case take?
Most catastrophic injury cases take two to four years to resolve. The complexity of the case, the severity of the injury, the extent of medical treatment required, and whether the case proceeds to trial all affect the timeline. We don’t rush to accept inadequate settlements before understanding the full extent and permanence of your injury. We take whatever time is necessary to properly value your case and negotiate fair compensation.
What if I was partially at fault for the accident that caused my catastrophic injury?
Montana’s comparative fault rule allows you to recover as long as you’re less than 51 percent at fault for the accident. Your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault. An experienced attorney ensures your fault percentage isn’t inflated unfairly by insurance companies and defense attorneys. We fight to minimize any fault attribution and maximize your recovery.
How much is my catastrophic injury case worth?
The value depends on injury severity, your age, earning potential, lifetime medical costs, and degree of permanent disability. Serious cases often result in multi-million-dollar settlements or verdicts. We can provide an honest assessment of your case’s value after reviewing your specific circumstances and consulting with medical and economic experts.
What if the at-fault driver doesn't have insurance or has insufficient coverage?
Your own uninsured or underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage may provide additional compensation. Montana law requires insurers to offer UM coverage and most people also carry UIM coverage. An experienced attorney ensures you maximize recovery from all available sources, including the at-fault driver’s insurance, your own UM/UIM coverage, and any other available sources.
Will my case go to trial?
Most catastrophic injury cases settle before trial as insurance companies recognize the severity of the injury and potential jury verdicts. However, some cases do proceed to trial. We’re willing to try your case if settlement offers are inadequate. Insurance companies and defense attorneys know which law firms will fight in court, and this knowledge often increases settlement offers significantly.
Can I afford an attorney for a catastrophic injury case?
Yes. We handle catastrophic injury cases on a contingency fee basis, meaning you pay nothing unless we recover compensation for you. We advance all costs for expert witnesses, investigation, and litigation. If we don’t win your case, you owe us nothing. This arrangement allows injured victims to access quality legal representation regardless of their financial situation.
What to Do If You Suffered a Catastrophic Injury
If you or a loved one suffered a catastrophic injury due to someone else’s negligence in Montana, take action immediately. Seek immediate medical attention if not already done and follow all medical recommendations exactly. Document everything related to your injury and treatment. Keep all medical bills and records. Avoid discussing the accident on social media or with anyone except your attorney. Don’t sign documents from insurance companies without consulting an attorney first. Contact Western Justice Associates as soon as possible to protect your rights and begin the process of securing fair compensation.
Contact Western Justice Associates Today
If you suffered a catastrophic injury due to negligence in Montana, contact us immediately for a free consultation. We’ll review your case, explain your rights, and tell you honestly what your claim may be worth. We’ll answer your questions and provide guidance on the path forward.
Call (406) 587-1900 today. Available 24/7.
We serve all of Montana from our offices in Bozeman and Missoula. We come to you if you cannot travel due to your injuries. Contingency representation means you pay nothing unless we recover compensation for you.
We’ve fought for catastrophic injury victims throughout Montana and secured substantial recoveries that changed lives. Let us fight for you.