Car accident victims may come away from a collision with more than just fender damage and perhaps a headache. An impact caused by a careless driver might leave the occupants with broken bones.
A complex break might lead to a recovery that takes months or even years. This journey will leave victims with thousands of dollars in medical bills. And it’s at a time when they may also be losing paychecks at work while in too much pain to do their jobs.
Car insurance companies take this opportunity to find ways to avoid blame for a reckless driver. Victims often need an experienced legal representative to make sure they don’t end up with the fault in the crash and stuck with zero help in paying for casts and physical therapy. Maison Law of Chico offers a free case consultation to all Butte County accident victims. Allow us to fight to get you the maximum possible for a claim involving a broken bone.
Broken Bone Accident Dangers in Chico
Chico traffic builds at certain times of day. And careless drivers tend to build speed as they go along, without paying attention to the road or their speedometers. Local motorists can witness the accident risks on busy routes like Highway 99 and East Avenue each day.
A rear-end collision usually leaves victims violently jerked backward, often putting pressure on the collar bone and the bones in the neck and back, making up the spinal column. A head-on collision can send victims forward into a steering wheel, a dashboard, and their legs into the floor.
These are just a few of the types of bone fracture risks that send car accident victims to Enloe Medical Center:
- Bone fractures after victims are forcefully ejected from a vehicle during an accident
- Fractures after victims in cars, on foot, or on bicycles are sent to the pavement with force
- Facial bones broken after a collision with a steering wheel or dashboard
- Breaking force as victims are thrown against seats, into steering wheels, into the dash, and into metal and glass doors
- Broken bones in the arms caused by a driver or passenger bracing for an impact
- Broken leg bones after victims have their legs jammed into the floorboards
- Neck and back vertebrae fractures
- Crush bone injuries when vehicles end up under semi-trucks or are flipped over
- Being struck forcefully by loose items in a vehicle
- Broken bones caused by the restraining force of a seatbelt
The force of a traffic accident can often break bones that are rarely broken in other types of accidents. The femur (thigh bone) is the longest and strongest bone in the body. It takes a lot of force to break this bone, but high-speed accidents often cause a fracture.
The upper arm bone, the humerus, is another bone that’s hard to break while doing everyday tasks, but a car crash is one way to damage this bone. The Cleveland Clinic reports that recovery from a break is particularly painful and lengthy. This is because a fracture will also usually damage muscle tissue and the many nerves attached to the humerus.
What Will I Need to Fully Recover from a Broken Bone After an Accident?
This will be a question your Chico car accident attorney will be answering. Your attorney will total up all of your current medical bills. Your attorney also works with your physicians to see what healthcare challenges you could face in the future.
You might need additional surgeries down the road when it’s found a painful fracture never healed right. You should already have the money to cover these expected difficulties. You may need additional physical therapy if your range of motion is suddenly diminished again, or your function in a damaged limb gets worse.
These are just a few of the things your attorney will be demanding compensation for:
- Totals on all medical expenses now and in the future.
- Enough in support to cover any surgeries that may be necessary. Surgeons sometimes have to go in to attach metal supports to the ends of bones that won’t stay aligned properly. You could also require a bone graft to rebuild bone that’s been crushed.
- Support for physical pain endured.
- Support for emotional trauma endured.
- Compensation for a loss of enjoyment of life, perhaps stemming from having to stay immobile or pass up on family activities.
- Support for a loss of consortium (the loss of intimacy with family members).
- Travel costs getting to and from doctor’s visits and surgery consultations.
- Money for damage to your personal property, like car damage.
- Past and future lost earnings and work benefits if you can’t return to work.
Contact a Broken Bone Injury Attorney
After getting injured in an accident, don’t talk to the opposing insurance company without first speaking to a car accident lawyer here at Maison Law.
We’re pleased to offer free consultations and case reviews to all Chico and Butte County victims who have suffered broken bones in a crash caused by a negligent driver. Tell us what happened and how your injury has affected your life. We can answer your questions too.
There’s no obligation for this case review, but if you need our help to earn more, you don’t have to worry about withdrawing a lot of money from your bank account to pay a lawyer. Maison Law doesn’t get paid unless a case is won. Then you would cover the attorney’s fee out of the settlement check a car insurance company must write for you.
