California motorcyclists do their best to steer clear of careless and distracted drivers, but a single mistake by a motorist can leave riders with serious injuries. Even a large bone like the humerus in the upper arm can suffer a hairline fracture or a full break.
When you or a loved one suffer an arm fracture in a motorcycle collision, schedule a free consultation with a California Motorcycle Accident Broken Bone Injury Lawyer. This case review is confidential, and it comes with no obligation. It’s a no-risk way to determine what your humerus injury may be worth. You’ll also benefit from learning about the tactics car insurance companies will use to convince you that they don’t owe you any injury support. Don’t accept this unfair treatment.
California Motorcyclists and the Risk of Humerus Fractures
Motorcyclists on busy Interstates like Freeway 5 or on a highway along the coast or mountains can fall prey to a reckless driver’s mistakes. Drivers can take too short a look in a mirror or never check a blind spot and miss spotting the rider nearby. They can also be staring straight at a motorcyclist in the oncoming lane and still mistakenly start a left turn in the path of the rider.
A major collision may occur and leave a rider with several broken bones including a fractured arm. The upper arm bone, the Humerus, could be the first bone to break. Cedars Sinai Medical explains how the humerus can break where it connects to the shoulder, or in the middle of the long bone, or near its connection to the elbow. A humerus injury can be extra harmful because it can cause shoulder and elbow joint damage as well.
Your doctor can treat a simple break with treatments like pain medicine, splints, and slings. But an upper arm bone that’s broken in multiple places and/or is displaced from its normal position will likely need expensive surgery. Victims could require more than one surgery to restore as much function to the patient as possible.
Surgical treatment for Motorcycle Accident Broken Arm Injuries
Cedars Sinai details how patients with severe fractures could need open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) surgery to have a chance at a full recovery. Patients with a bone break that is left far out of alignment or even sticking through the skin could be in line for ORIF surgery. This surgery installs wires and screws to help return the bone to its natural position and allow the healing process to reconnect the pieces.
Victims with a simple break in the upper arm could only have to wear a cast for a couple of months. Surgery will definitely lengthen recovery time. The expense of a single surgery, X-rays, and surgeon fees might run patients anywhere from $12,000 and above. The price will skyrocket with multiple surgeries and the cost of physical therapy and home care. Motorcycle accident victims might need assistance building arm muscle back so they can control a motorcycle again.
With all of these outcomes in play, motorcycle accident victims shouldn’t try to guess how much in compensation they’ll need to heal and rebuild their lives. A California motorcycle accident lawyer works to determine the true toll injury costs will inflict on a family and then fights until an insurance company offers a fair amount.
How Much Compensation Will I Earn for a Humerus Injury in a Motorcycle Accident?
It will be hard to secure an accurate estimate on the amount you’ll see on a settlement check until an experienced lawyer has examined your case.
Every collision is different. Every victim will heal at their own pace. The length of recovery will affect the length of stay at expensive hospitals and that will mean you’ll need to ask for more in an injury settlement.
The policy limits of the at-fault driver will also affect what you can expect to receive. However, your California motorcycle accident lawyer will determine every possible source of compensation for your injury recovery. That may involve filing claims against other multiple drivers’ insurance providers and perhaps your own policy.
This is a list of some of the other factors that will be totaled up and estimated when you decide how much you should be asking from a car insurance company:
- All costs for medical care, medical equipment, and physical therapy.
- Future medical costs associated with a permanent physical disability or long-term injury.
- Compensation for the physical pain endured. This should include support for chronic pain and the development of arthritis for motorcycle accident victims.
- Compensation for the emotional trauma riders have suffered. This can include the anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms experienced in the crash and in recovery.
- Earnings and benefits victims have lost while missing work. The loss of the ability to support your family if you are out of work for months or years.
- Money for a new motorcycle and equipment.
- Money for transportation back and forth from doctor and surgeon visits.
Contact a California Motorcycle Accident Arm Fracture Lawyer
Broken arm injury victims and their families have up to two years to file an accident claim in California. However, it’s critical to bring your injury case to a California Motorcycle Broken Bones Injury Attorney as soon as you can. The longer you wait the more difficult it gets to track down evidence and locate witnesses. Our motorcycle accident attorneys want the chance to inform you of what your case should earn before an insurance adjuster tries to convince you otherwise.
Contact Maison Law of California for a free, no-obligation consultation. It’s a no-risk way to find out what your motorcycle accident injury is worth and what you should demand from an insurance company. There’s no obligation, but if you decide you can earn more in compensation with our help you don’t have to worry about having money to hire us. Maison Law doesn’t get paid unless we win your case and then our fee comes out of the settlement you receive.
