If you suffered a serious injury in a car accident, like a broken wrist or ankle, you may need a lawyer’s help to get full support from an at-fault driver’s insurance company.
Maison Law of Ceres represents traffic accident victims and makes sure they have the money to pay for the best care available. We also want victims to have the support to continue care if complications arise, as a broken bone heals. Contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation to see if we can secure more in compensation for you and your family at such a difficult time.
Do I Need a Lawyer for My Broken Bone Injury Claim?
If your impact caused by a bad driver results in a serious injury, such as any bone fracture, it’s a good idea to bring your case to Maison Law. It’s an excellent chance to go over your best options in a free consultation, with no-risk. There’s no obligation, and if we can’t help you earn more for your injury than you could on your own, we’ll tell you that. But often, having a lawyer can protect your injury claim from insurance tactics meant to rob you of compensation.
A skilled Ceres car accident lawyer fully investigates your case and collects all evidence available so that a car insurance company can’t get away with trying to blame you for an accident you didn’t cause. Evidence and medical documents also keep an insurer from trying to downplay injuries and offer you less than you need to pay all of your medical bills. Your lawyer forces an insurance adjuster to accept liability and then fights to make sure you receive the maximum in compensation available.
Broken Bone Dangers in Ceres Traffic Accidents
A driver’s mistake can cause a collision that rattles the innocent occupants of another vehicle. That force of impact is also a risk to splinter bones and damage major joints.
A head-on collision on a fast-moving route like Highway 99 can force the feet, ankles, and legs of drivers and passengers into the floorboards to cause fractures. A rear-end collision, perhaps at a traffic light on Mitchell Road can snap someone’s head back, causing a crack in the vertebrae in the neck.
Recovery from a simple fracture to the arm might take a month and a half or more. Victims with broken legs could be limited in mobility for 3 months or more.
But any break can lead to complications and keep victims down for an entire year. Stanford Medicine reports on the options that doctors have, but surgical and non-surgical.
Closed reduction – Doctors guide bones back into place without surgery. Once the bones are aligned, a cast is applied.
Casts and Splints – Patients may be fitted with a splint, boot, or plaster cast for many weeks. This protects the wound and keeps bones aligned as they grow back together.
Rehabilitation – This can include physical therapy to restore strength and mobility back to the injured limb or joint. Traction can also be used. It’s a process using straps, and weights and pulleys to stretch and pull bones into alignment.
Internal fixation: This is when surgeons must secure bones in the right position to allow the ends of the break to reattach in alignment. They may use pins and plates to hold the bones together.
Bone graft: Surgeons use bone tissue from other areas of the body to rebuild bone segments that are crushed beyond repair.
External fixation: Surgeons use metal rods and pins outside the skin to help in healing. The pins connect to metal pieces attached to the bone to keep it stable.
Support for Victims with Broken Bones After Ceres Car Accidents
One of the best ways you can ensure you earn the most in support from your broken bone is to make sure every damage is properly documented. The hardships you include in your injury claim would be backed up with receipts, medical charts, and other evidence.
When you leave damages off this list, insurance companies can ignore those damages. Your settlement check might end up falling short and leaving you to pay for 50% or more of your recovery.
These are just a few of the factors your attorney will be demanding from an insurance company:
- Compensation to pay all medical bills now and those expected in the years ahead.
- Support for rehabilitation costs and any necessary medical equipment.
- Estimates on the lifetime costs for a victim’s permanent disability. This includes the costs for a lifetime of home care.
- Support for the physical pain you’ve endured.
- Support for the emotional anguish you’ve suffered. Including the loss of enjoyment of life as you cope with having to give up hobbies and family activities.
- Travel costs to medical appointments while you are unable to drive.
- Lost income from work. Including estimates on the lifetime of support needed if an injury patient can never return to work.
Contact a Ceres Broken Bone Injury Attorney
After getting injured in an accident, California makes sure you have up to two years to file a claim for damages. But you shouldn’t wait years to file. Evidence can be lost, and witnesses might be hard to find if you wait. Give your attorney as much as a head start as possible.
To get started, Maison Law offers free consultations and case reviews to all local victims who have suffered broken bones in a crash caused by a negligent driver. If you can handle your case yourself just fine, we’ll tell you that. But when a serious injury is involved, our lawyers can often secure much more for you than you could by handling a case yourself.
At such a difficult time, it may seem impossible to find the money to pay a lawyer. But don’t worry, you can still afford quality legal representation. Maison Law’s attorneys work under a contingency agreement. It means you don’t pay us unless we win your case. And then the fee comes out of the settlement money you receive from the insurance company.
