Some injuries are so serious that they change a person’s life forever. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and injuries to the spinal cord causing paralysis, paraplegia, and quadriplegia are often catastrophic because of the lasting impact on the victim. Other catastrophic injuries may include amputation, loss of limbs, or severe burn injuries and scarring, as well as birth injuries. These injuries can drastically change a person’s life and affect their family, requiring expensive medical care, rehabilitation, home modifications for accessibility, and relearning basic skills. Recovery of adequate financial resources is crucial to adapt to this new life.
Mr. Cowan limits his docket to only a select number of cases to devote the attention a major injury claim requires. He is not constantly trolling for every case. This is because of the time he will dedicate to developing his cases to provide his clients with the best opportunity to win. Many of his catastrophic cases require extensive workup with specialized medical experts and consultants to allow the judge, jury, or insurance adjusters to understand the extent of a victim’s injuries. Mr. Cowan will many times engage skilled experts to explain a victim’s prognosis, the likelihood of recovery, prove the resulting impairments, and calculate the cost of treatments required in the future.
It is very common for Mr. Cowan to engage financial experts, economists, and accountants to calculate lost income – past and future – a client would have earned but for the severe injury or resulting disability, as well as projecting future medical needs, expenses, accommodations, medications, and more. And he includes mental health experts on his team to explain the scope of psychological and emotional suffering endured by victims, as well as their loved ones who many times become full-time caretakers.