Amputation means loss or removal of a limb from the body. It can be due to a traumatic car accident, fall, an injury at work with machinery, or because of a disease process. When a person loses a limb whether from trauma or due to surgery it is a life altering experience.

Fortunately, for amputees, the wars in recent decades with thousands of amputations from war have created a rapid development of prosthetic devices to help amputation victims restore most of their normal life. Many amazing prosthetics have been developed allowing an amputation victim to walk or use a hand or arm to carry out normal tasks of living.

Amputation claims and lawsuits require amputation injury lawyers that understand the medicine about amputation because lawsuits about traumatic amputation are much more complex than regular lawsuits. The Bull Attorneys® have helped many amputation victims win millions of dollars for medical bills, wage loss, and prosthetic devices over their lifetime. We offer free consultations and a fee only if we win.

According to the Amputee Coalition from the Administration for Community Living, there are at least 185,000 amputations annually in the United States with a total amputee population of at least two million people. Trauma is the most common cause of amputations in the United States per the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Returning to work and a full-time occupation is especially difficult for amputees that lose a hand, arm or leg depending on the type of job you had when the traumatic amputation happened. Our amputation injury lawyers use vocational, prosthetics and economic experts to help amputee victims continue to work over life whenever possible.

The type of amputation that a trauma victim has from a traumatic accident will potentially cause many different types of partial and complete amputations.

• Toe amputation is removal of one or several toes.
• Foot amputation or partial foot amputation.
• Below the knee amputation removes only the toes, foot, and lower leg.
• Above the knee amputation removes the foot and toes, knee, lower leg bones and part of the thigh.
• Finger amputation of one or multiple fingers.
• Hand amputation complete.
• Wrist disarticulation removes the fingers, hands, and wrist.
• Partial arm amputation at elbow.
• Complete arm amputation including shoulder removal.
• Shoulder disarticulation removes the actual shoulder and lower part of shoulder including the head of the shoulder (humerus).
• Forequarter amputation includes removing the part of the shoulder and clavicle extending to neck.
• Hemipelvectomy removes the entire leg and part of the pelvis extending to the sacrum.

Each of these distinct types of amputations creates some loss of function for the amputee victim. Some are much easier to deal with while others take extensive prosthetics and rehabilitation to learn how to resume normal activity.

An amputation affects all aspects of life, including future finances. Modifying your home or vehicle for accessibility, buying prosthetics, and dealing with lost wages are just some of the costs you may face. At Bull Attorneys®, we use comprehensive medical literature, research on prosthetics, and expert opinions from qualified experts to build a strong case that covers all your current and future medical, income and other needs.