Maison Law represents victims seriously hurt in Turlock car accidents. Those injuries can include devastating broken arms. These injuries can greatly affect the victim’s ability to handle routine chores they used to find easy, including caring for their families. In the worst cases, arm injuries can linger, reducing the victim’s ability to enjoy life and work to earn a living.
Maison Law wants to help you secure the money you need to heal from a fractured arm bone and get back to normal life. At-fault drivers and their insurance companies should be held 100% accountable for careless driving and frightening accidents.
Broken Arm Injury Dangers in Turlock Traffic Accidents
A scary collision on a busy route like Highway 99 or Fulkerth Road has the power to knock the occupants of vehicles around. They can collide with car doors, glass, the dash, and each other. Often, people throw out their hands and arms to try to protect themselves. This instinct is just one of the ways victims can end up with broken arm bones.
The power unleashed in an impact can cause major breaks in arm bones or hard-to-spot hairline fractures.
These are just a few of the bones at risk in collisions:
Radius and Ulna Bones: Thin bones forming the forearm. The radius is on the thumb side of your arm. Johns Hopkins University confirms that most lower arm fractures require surgery. The bones are held together by plates or screws and patients many not be able to lift anything for 6 weeks after the procedure.
Humerus Bone: The humerus bone is the large bone in your upper arm. It’s strong, so usually only something with the force of a car accident could fracture it. Victims may require surgery and then physical therapy to restore strength and full motion to the arm. Most people heal after a few months.
Wrist Bones: The wrist joint is connected to the radius and ulna bones through the eight carpal bones in the lower hand. A break or sprain can have long-term consequences. Victims may not be able to move their wrists without pain, in some cases, for the rest of their lives.
Elbow Joint: The elbow joint is where the lower arm bones and the humerus bone connect. A break in any of these bones near the elbow can shut down the ability to straighten the arm. When the ends of the broken bones are no longer lined up, surgery may be necessary. Surgery is also required if one of the bones involved pierces the skin. The pieces of bone must be placed in alignment so they’ll heal correctly.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Breaking My Arm in a Turlock Accident?
Car accident victims left with serious injuries due to another driver’s mistake can usually benefit from speaking to a skilled lawyer. Victims will often be able to secure much more in compensation than they could by handling their injury claims themselves.
Not all arm fractures can be taken care of in a single trip to the Emanuel Medical Center emergency room. Bills can add up when victims must seek more advanced help in other cities or attend many physical therapy sessions.
Additional money often becomes vital to patients who are struggling to heal and are also sinking further and further into medical debt. A lawyer also collects the evidence necessary to hold a car insurance company fully accountable.
If an insurance adjuster tries to escape financial responsibility and blame you for the crash, your lawyer is ready. A lawyer is also a safeguard when adjusters try to say that you aren’t hurt all that badly.
Support for Car Accident Victims With Broken Arms
Victims should be demanding support for every medical bill and every lost paycheck they suffer while down with a busted arm.
The problem is, accident victims may need to focus on healing. They also don’t have the legal knowledge to catch every attempt by an insurance company to rob them of support.
A Turlock Car Accident Lawyer on your side can handle the frustrating claims process for you. Your lawyer also makes sure you receive everything you need to recover and get back to the activities you love.
These are just a few of the things you can count on factoring into your broken arm settlement check:
- All costs for medical care and physical therapy. That includes any medical equipment you may need to make life easier while healing at home.
- Future medical costs associated with a permanent physical disability or permanent disfigurement.
- Additional funds for child car accident victims who suffer arm fractures. Those fractures can cause problems in a child’s development years down the road and in their teen years as their bodies begin to mature. They must secure the support they need now for the potential surgeries needed as they reach adulthood.
- Compensation for the physical pain endured with a broken arm in the moments after a car accident and through a difficult recovery.
- Compensation for the emotional trauma victims suffer after accidents. This can include anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms from the collision experienced.
- Money for the transportation costs of going back and forth from doctor and surgeon visits. Perhaps compensation for out-of-area travel to see specialists.
- Paychecks and benefits victims have forfeited while missing work. The loss of the ability to support your family if you are out of work for months or years.
- Money for vehicle repairs or replacement.
Contact a Turlock Car Accident Lawyer After Suffering a Broken Arm
After a serious accident on a Turlock street, you should speak with a skilled lawyer to find out what your injury is worth and how to hold a car insurance company fully accountable.
Schedule a free case consultation with Maison Law of Stanislaus County. This evaluation comes with no obligation to you or your family. If you do feel we can help you earn more, you won’t need any money to hire quality legal representation. We don’t get paid unless your case is won, and then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
