We rely on our own two feet to get around in life. Even when we travel in a car or SUV to take a trip, we’re still using our feet to press that gas pedal and get in and out of the driver’s seat. This reliance on our feet and toes becomes all the clearer when we fracture a toe and suddenly find even a short walk is a painful task.
Stubbing a toe can hurt quite enough, but a broken toe is extremely painful and has a much greater impact on your daily life. Injuring a toe in a car accident or in a trip-and-fall in a parking lot might leave you on crutches or even a wheelchair while you undergo expensive medical care.
When someone’s careless driving or the negligence of a business owner is to blame for your toe injury, in California, you have the right to file a claim for damages. This claim is filed against the at-fault party’s insurance coverage, but their insurance adjusters won’t make it easy to earn fair support. Maximizing your broken toe injury claim is critical if you want to avoid paying for an injury you didn’t cause.
A Free Consultation After a Broken Toe Accident In California
When an at-fault party’s negligence is responsible for your toe injury, you’ll have one chance to secure the compensation you’ll need now and possibly in the future. A California Toe Injury Lawyer protects you during settlement negotiations to make sure you and your family receive everything you need in recovery. Contact Maison Law to schedule a free case consultation and find out what your broken toe is worth.
Common Causes of Personal Injury Accidents Causing Broken Toes
A broken toe is commonly suffered in a place of business and/or the victim’s workplace. You may be in a department store like Target, Walmart, or Costco when you walk near a heavy item up on a shelf that’s not properly secured. Toes take serious damage when a heavy object falls on shoes.
Stubbing a toe is a painful experience, but sometimes that force is enough to break the phalanx bones (the bones in the tip of the toe) or the metatarsal (the longer toe bone that extends into the foot).
A stub might occur as you navigate a cluttered aisle at a grocery store or when hitting your toe on a grocery cart. You could also hit your toe on a pothole in a parking lot. In each case, the store owner’s or your employer’s failure to fix hazards makes them liable for your recovery costs.
People experiencing major impacts in car accidents may also suffer a fractured toe. A rear-end or head-on collision puts incredible stress on legs and feet. They are bent to the breaking point. An at-fault driver’s car insurance provider should be held fully accountable for every cost a toe injury victim faces while healing.
What to Expect While Healing from a Broken Toe After an Accident
This matter of receiving financial support from the party that caused your toe injury becomes all the more important when you realize what patients may have to endure.
A broken toe commonly takes around a month or a month and a half to heal. During this time you could find walking extremely painful and you may be on crutches or in a walking cast. Just being off your feet for so long can lead to other health issues.
There are possible complications with any broken bone as well. An injury that punctures the skin can allow an infection to develop in the toe bone. This will extend the time a toe takes to fully repair.
A severe break in a big toe in particular can prove difficult to heal. A cast may be necessary along with expensive surgery. Victims often experience arthritis down the road when a toe joint suffers damage in a break.
If you’re lucky, your broken toe won’t require a lot of medical attention to heal. A normal doctor visit and toe bandaging will cost around $1,000. Taking a trip to an emergency room will add at least $500 more to the bill. Surgery to place metal pins and plates to stabilize the toe will often run $2,000 or more. Of course, a complication at any point could quickly elevate the costs for a patient into the tens of thousands of dollars.
An experienced California Broken Toe lawyer will know what lies ahead for an accident victim and work to make sure no bill comes out of the patient’s pocket. Insurance companies for at-fault parties must be held fully liable for the injuries their carelessness causes.
Strengthening Your Broken Toe Claim on the Scene of Your Accident
Bringing strong evidence of someone’s negligence in your California broken toe accident claim is the best way to maximize the compensation you’ll receive. The best evidence will be found in the moments after hurting your toe.
If you are physically able, get photos of the obstacle that damaged your toes. In a car accident, take pictures of the damaged vehicles. Show any visible injuries. Get contact information from witnesses. At a business or at your office, alert a manager to what happened and allow them to write up an incident report.
Call for paramedics if you are hurt. Then see your own doctor in the days that follow. Follow the doctor’s orders and keep your medical invoices.
Compensation Available After an Accident Involving a Broken Toe
Your task and your California Personal Injury Lawyer’s duty will be to make sure a claim for damages contains a thorough list of your suffering. Every hardship you and your family have endured while you’ve been down with a fractured toe must be included in your claim. Any cost left off can end up coming out of your own savings.
A complete list is another key to getting the most out of your broken toe injury claim. Your personal injury lawyer should be including things that you likely wouldn’t have considered. It all goes towards increasing the financial support you can expect.
These are just a few of the factors that will be used to determine the amount on your insurance settlement check:
- Totals on medical bills
- Rehab and physical treatment/equipment
- Travel costs to medical appointments while you are off your feet
- Pain and emotional anguish
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Lost income from work (Including the expected future lost time)
Contact a California Traumatic Injury Lawyer
Injured personal injury victims throw away the most financial support by not knowing what their injury is worth. Insurance companies will gladly take advantage of this fact.
There’s an easy, no-risk way to determine just what your toe injury is worth and how to get the most out of a California insurance settlement. Contact Martin Gasparian to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
Mr. Gasparian, the founder of Maison Law, offers this free case evaluation to all victims suffering from broken toes and foot injuries. If you feel Maison Law can help you earn the maximum compensation for your injury, you won’t need any money upfront. Mr. Gasparian doesn’t get paid unless he wins your case.
