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A catastrophic workplace injury can permanently impact your quality of life, employability, and more. You deserve compensation in these circumstances.

Cases involving catastrophic work injuries are often complicated. You should enlist the help of our catastrophic work injury lawyers to help you seek the maximum benefits and compensation you deserve. The Alabama workplace injury attorneys at Jebaily Law Firm are ready to assist you in pursuing the money you need.

What Makes a Workplace Injury Catastrophic?

A catastrophic work injury is one that significantly and indefinitely impacts a victim’s life. For example, potential consequences of a catastrophic work injury include:

  • Long-term medical care
  • Expensive medical bills
  • Inability to return to work
  • Disfigurement
  • Loss of mobility
  • Loss of hearing, vision, or another sense
  • Loss of cognitive abilities, memory, etc.

It may not always be clear whether an injury qualifies as catastrophic. Our catastrophic work injury lawyers can answer your questions if you don’t know whether your injury qualifies.

Common Catastrophic Work Injuries

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation incidents are the most common cause of workplace fatalities. Motor vehicle crashes and similar incidents also account for a large portion of catastrophic injuries. However, workplace catastrophic injuries can occur in many ways and in many settings. While some lines of work – construction, manufacturing, and trucking, for example – might have a higher risk, catastrophic injuries can happen even in seemingly safe jobs.

Examples of catastrophic injuries that someone might sustain in the workplace include:

  • Loss of hearing
  • Amputations
  • Disfigurement

Special Considerations in Catastrophic Workplace Injury Cases

Catastrophic injury claims resulting from accidents in the workplace are often very complex because:

  • More than one type of claim may be possible. An injured worker who is someone’s employee may file a workers’ comp claim to seek financial compensation for medical bills and partial replacement of lost wages. Additionally, if the accident resulted from the negligence of a non-employer third party, like a vehicle driver or product manufacturer, they might also be able to file a separate third-party claim.
  • The insurance company will likely fight back. Settlement payouts in catastrophic work injury cases can be high. Insurance companies and at-fault parties might be more inclined to devalue or deny these types of cases in an attempt to limit what they have to pay out.
  • Assessing the amount of compensation owed is difficult. If someone suffers a catastrophic injury, it’s likely they will need long-term medical care. A lawyer should assess the cost of future treatment. They may also need to estimate future lost wages if the injured person can’t return to work. If there is a third party involved, the settlement or award could also include compensation for a reduced quality of life and other intangible losses.

Why You Need Our Workplace Accident Lawyers for Your Catastrophic Injury

If you suffered a catastrophic work injury, you need an experienced catastrophic work injury lawyer who has the experience and qualifications to handle your claim or lawsuit.

At Jebaily Law Firm, you’ll find catastrophic work injury lawyers with a track record of success. Our experience representing clients like you can offer you peace of mind that we know what we’re doing and we’ll do our best for you. While you focus on your health after sustaining catastrophic injuries, you’ll know reputable professionals are fighting for the benefits and compensation you need.

Learn more by contacting us online or calling us for a free case review.

Rangeley Bailey
Rangeley C. Bailey, Esq.

Partner Rangeley Bailey

Rangeley Bailey is a South Carolina attorney with a heart for people and a passion for justice. A partner at Jebaily Law Firm in Florence, she represents individuals in Personal Injury and Social Security Disability cases—clients who are often facing some of the hardest moments of their lives. Rangeley brings not just legal experience, but empathy, grit, and a belief that everyone deserves to be heard.

Dillon Native, Lifelong Florence Resident, South Carolina Law School Graduate

Born in Dillon and raised in Florence, Rangeley is a proud product of small-town roots and strong community values. She graduated cum laude from Columbia College with a degree in history and a minor in Leadership. She went on to earn her law degree from the University of South Carolina. After law school, she began her legal career clerking for Circuit Court Judge John Milling before moving into civil litigation and ultimately dedicating her practice to helping injured individuals and those denied the benefits they deserve.

Rangeley is a former municipal judge for the City of Florence. She also served as President of the Florence County Bar and was appointed to the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission, reflecting her commitment to making the legal system more accessible to all.  She also recently completed the McLeod Fellows program, where she learned in depth about how McLeod Hospital is run.

Outside of work, Rangeley is a mom to two college students at USC and dog mom to Lexie and Sandy. She enjoys strong coffee, Gamecock football, and a good laugh with friends. Her approach to law—and life—is grounded in compassion, common sense, and an unwavering belief in doing the right thing.

Volunteer Awards from the American Heart Association

Representing injured workers means that Rangeley must keep up to date on medical developments. That is a requirement she particularly enjoys. Her legal work has also sparked her interest in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and led to extensive involvement in the American Heart Association. That association has bestowed numerous volunteer fundraising awards on her.

She’s active in the Florence County Bar Association and has held several offices, culminating in the presidency in 2010. She was a Commissioner for the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission.

 

Admitted to South Carolina Bar: 2002

Years of Legal Experience: 24

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