Spinal cord victim Ryan Stevenson helped to benefit the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation this past weekend by sponsoring a car show at the Brighton Ski Resort. According to KSL News, Stevenson received a spinal cord injury about three years ago from a snow boarding accident. His spinal cord injury affected his lower legs and basically paralyzed them. Medically speaking, his injury was in his mid to lower back, since an injury to the spinal cord will affect extremities that are at a lower level than the injury itself.
The car show was counted as a success. Stevenson entered his own 1965 Chevy Impala in the event, which drew cars such as classic Mustangs to Corvettes and Ferraris.
This is a great cause for an injury that is sometimes overlooked. As a lawyer representing clients with spinal cord injuries, I know that these injuries can have devastating effects on the victim’s lives. They also have profound effects on the families of those who receive spinal cord injuries, as these families will often be the support for the person who was injured.
Ron Kramer is a lawyer who practices accident and injury law, including spinal cord injury law, in Davis, Salt Lake and Utah Counties.
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