Spinal cord injury lawyers are lawyers responsible for litigating on the behalf of victims of spinal cord injury. In this type of lawsuit, a person has suffered injuries of the spinal cord during some incident, popularly a car accident, medical error, or construction accident. With the help of a spinal cord injury lawyer, the injured person will attempt to prove that their injuries happened at the fault of another, causing that person to be liable for their damages. Although personal injuries at all uncommon, spinal cord injuries warrant specialized lawyers because of their severity, and the fact that victims of these injuries are sometimes damaged far beyond other personal injury victims. As such, in court, spinal cord injury lawyers may attempt to prove that the defendant is liable for damages exceeding medical costs, including substantial pain and suffering, loss of income, loss of opportunity, or even loss of consortium damages.