Spinal cord injuries are very critical and can result to a person losing voluntary movement, having a slowed or lost reflex action, paralysis, trouble breathing and many other problems. Such injuries are usually are a result of a trauma to the spinal cord. The trauma may be purely due to an accident or from an accident caused by negligence of another say an employer or any other person. If it is the fault of another, an individual might want to seek compensation and thus will need the help of spinal cord injury lawyer Indio ca.