California motorcyclists often have to watch in all directions to try to steer clear of the dangers that careless drivers present. Unfortunately, no rider can avoid every mistake that the drivers of cars, SUVs, and trucks throw at them.
Someone on a motorcycle can be struck by a vehicle and then be sent to the pavement. The rider’s legs or knees might strike of pavement first leading to a fractured leg bone or knee cap. Victims will need full support as they heal from a knee injury. A California motorcycle accident knee injury lawyer makes sure those injured receive the compensation they need to recover and get back on a motorcycle again.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a California Motorcycle Accident Attorney
When a driver’s carelessness is responsible for your knee injury, you’ll only have one chance to secure the compensation you’ll need to recover physically and financially. You must handle your motorcycle accident injury claim correctly, or you could leave yourself without support when you require additional surgeries or physical therapy in the years ahead.
To discuss how much your knee injury is worth and how to hold a car insurance company accountable, schedule a free consultation with a California Motorcycle Accident Broken Bone Lawyer. If you decide we can help you get the most out of a motorcycle injury claim, you won’t need any upfront money to hire Maison Law. We don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then our fee comes out of the settlement you are awarded.
Knee Injury Dangers in California Motorcycle Accidents
California drivers make a lot of crazy moves that put riders at risk. The most common error they make is a lack of attention to traffic. They don’t check their mirrors and blind spots properly. They may not even pay enough attention straight ahead, directly out their windshields, to have a chance to spot any motorcyclists who may be traveling nearby. They may make a turn, change lanes, or fail to brake and end up colliding with someone on a motorcycle.
A defenseless motorcyclist can suffer multiple collisions with the vehicle and the road surface. The knee is especially vulnerable
Motorcyclists might also strike their knees on part of the motorcycle to damage bone and cartilage. When the leg bones are jammed into the knee, a knee fracture is possible even if the knee cap isn’t affected directly.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) explains that the knee is a joint that connects the thighbone and the shinbone. The knee links these two major bones smoothly thanks to cartilage. The knee cap (patella) is the small bone that sits in front of the joint to protect it. The patella also helps merge thigh muscles and shinbone.
Damage to this vital joint can make it almost impossible to straighten the knee. Victims will suffer from mobility issues that can last months, years, or a lifetime. The period of time victims will suffer pain and soreness can also vary from a few weeks to years and decades. A California motorcycle accident lawyer fights to make sure victims have enough in support to pay for a full recovery now and in the future.
Motorcycle Accident Knee Injury Prognosis
A knee fracture can involve a broken kneecap or an injury to the ends of the upper or lower leg bones. Cartilage and muscle can be separated from bone.
Patients with a fracture that’s not too severe can sometimes avoid surgery. A cast may be applied to keep the knee straight as the bones heal. Physical therapy is usually needed to help return the knee’s flexibility after it’s been held straight for so long.
When a bone, like a kneecap is shattered and left out of place, surgery is necessary to put the bones, back where they should be and reattached to cartilage, tendons, and muscle. Immediate surgery is usually undergone when a piece of bone has broken the skin. Motorcycle accident knee injury victims can recover, but they may suffer a permanent loss of strength and flexibility in the knee. Arthritis may also be a long-term consequence.
Victims can be left with enormous doctor bills with more to come, all while losing out on paychecks while they have to be out of work. It’s important to discuss what you’ll need to demand from an at-fault driver’s car insurance provider with a skilled California traumatic injury lawyer.
Compensation Available in a Motorcycle Knee Injury Claim
Your California motorcycle accident attorney will have experience with helping other accident victims and can use past cases and medical information to help you determine what you’ll need to rebuild your life.
Your lawyer will work to maximize your knee injury claim by including every hardship you and your family have faced in a motorcycle accident claim. The claim submitted to the car insurer can’t leave any damage off or else that damage won’t get compensated. It can end up as debt you’d be left with.
Once your list of damages and your claim is submitted, your attorney goes to work negotiating a fair settlement for you. These are just a few of the factors that will be used to determine the amount on your motorcycle accident insurance settlement check:
- Totals on medical bills.
- Rehab and physical therapy treatment. Money for equipment like crutches, a wheelchair, and a knee scooter.
- Estimates on long-term support if your knee injury ends up causing a permanent disability and makes it impossible to return to your job.
- Travel costs to medical appointments while you are off your feet.
- Physical pain endured.
- Emotional trauma endured. The anxiety you suffer after an accident. The PTSD symptoms and depression you experience during recovery. The loss of the ability to ride your motorcycle.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Loss of intimacy with a partner.
- Lost income from work including the expected future lost income anticipated.
- Money to repair or replace a motorcycle.
Contact a California Motorcycle Accident Injury Lawyer
After you or a loved one suffers a knee injury due to a careless driver’s mistake, speak with a skilled, local attorney about the benefits available to you and your family. A California motorcycle broken bone injury attorney will go over your options, including the rights you have that an insurance adjuster won’t be telling you about.
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.
