Most spinal cord injuries are caused by negligence or medical malpractice. If your injury was caused by negligence, it probably occurred in an automobile accident, a slip and fall, an amusement park accident, or something similar. To show negligence, you must show that the defendant had a legal duty to you, they breached that duty, the breach caused the injury, and as a result of the injury, you suffered damages.
To show medical malpractice, you must prove that the medical professional owed you a duty/there was a doctor-patient relationship, the doctor breached the duty by failing to provide the appropriate standard of care, and the breach caused your injury.