In a suburban community like Grosse Pointe Woods, catastrophic injuries often happen during everyday travel—commuting, quick errands, or getting in and out of vehicles. When paralysis is involved, early steps can protect your claim:
- Get and keep copies of everything medical: ER discharge papers, imaging reports, specialist notes, and rehab recommendations.
- Write down your account while it’s fresh: where you were, what you saw/heard, weather/lighting conditions, and how the injury occurred.
- Preserve evidence: photos of the scene (roadway conditions, curb injuries, uneven surfaces, vehicle damage), witness contact info, and any incident report numbers.
- Be careful with communications: insurers may ask questions early. You don’t have to answer in a way that hurts your case.
Michigan injury cases can turn on documentation and causation—what happened, how it relates to the diagnosis, and how the injury affects function over time. The sooner a legal team can organize records, the better.


