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Vision loss has a serious effect on the lives of those who experience it. Temporary or permanent vision loss is life-changing and has a tremendous impact on people’s lives. They will not be able to enjoy their lives as they did before the injury.

The Fort Myers accident attorneys at Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. passionately assist accident victims with the trauma of coping with their new world. We fight for our clients to obtain the maximum amount of financial compensation available to meet their needs and overcome their new disadvantages.

Blindness can happen in various minor or horrific accidents, including vehicle collisions, defective products, explosions, fires, and chemical exposure.

Researchers say that vehicle accidents cause unique eye injury risks, such as:

• Exposure to broken glass
• Deployment of airbags
• Velocity changing rapidly
• Exposure to foreign bodies
• Blunt force trauma
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
• Exposure to toxic chemicals

Motorcycle, car, and truck accidents can cause vision problems for victims, including:

• Double vision
• Loss of an eye
• Complete blindness
• Loss of peripheral vision
• Loss of visual acuity 

Any type of damage to one eye, or to both eyes, can create an emergency that requires immediate medical attention. These accidents can happen anywhere, not just in vehicle accidents. Trauma to the eyes in other venues can include:

• Foreign objects piercing or touching the eye
• Chemical exposure/Toxic environments – Accidental exposure to chemicals can cause chemical burns to one or both eyes.
• Eye infections caused by external forces

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says, “Visual loss following head trauma is common, and the diagnosis can be challenging for the neurologist called to perform an emergency room assessment. The approach to the patient with post-traumatic visual loss is complicated by a wide range of potential ocular and brain injuries with varying pathophysiology. In addition to direct injuries of the eye and orbit, traumatic optic neuropathies, carotid-cavernous fistulas, and damage to the intracranial visual pathways are classic causes of visual loss after head trauma.”

If you or a loved one were injured in an accident resulting in an eye injury you may be entitled to financial damages to compensate for your losses. These include:

Medical Expenses – You may be able to recover for the cost of current and future medical costs of diagnoses, treatment, testing, surgeries and procedures, rehabilitation, and therapy.

Non-Medical Expenses – Non-medical expenses include such items as prescriptions, transportation, and/or the hiring of someone to help you do household chores.

Loss of Income and Benefits – If you are no longer able to work, you will have a loss of income and benefits that you would have received had you not been injured. You are entitled to be compensated for this lost income and benefits, along with your loss of earning capacity in the future.

Pain, Suffering, and Mental Anguish – Physical pain you endure because of your injuries, and long-term anguish you suffer because of the accident may be compensated.

Disfigurement – Eye injuries may cause disfigurement for which you may be entitled to compensation.

Loss of the Enjoyment of Life and Consortium, Companionship, and Support – If you have suffered a loss of the enjoyment of life, consortium, companionship, and support, you may seek monetary recovery.

Should you or a loved one suffer from vision loss or eye damage in an accident please contact Fort Myers Injury Lawyer Randall Spivey at Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. at 239.337.7483 or toll-free at 1.888.477.4839.