Maison Law represents victims left with arm injuries after a Visalia or Tulare County car accident. We stand by our clients through a difficult recovery from a broken bone and ensure they receive the support they need now and in the years ahead. Victims should contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your let injury may be worth and how to hold an at-fault party fully responsible.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Breaking My Arm in a Car Accident?
If your traffic accident results in a serious injury, such as a broken wrist or a fractured radius bone, it’s a good idea to bring your case to Maison Law to discuss your best options in a free consultation. If we can’t help you earn more for your injury than you could on your own, we’ll tell you that. But often, having a lawyer protects your injury claim from insurance tactics meant to rob you of compensation.
A skilled Visalia Car Accident Lawyer fully investigates your case and collects all evidence available so that a car insurance company can’t get away with trying to blame you for an accident you didn’t cause. Evidence and medical documents also keep an insurer from trying to downplay injuries and offer you less than you need to pay all of your medical bills. Your lawyer can often win you much more in compensation than you could by taking on an insurer yourself.
Broken Arm Dangers in Visalia Car Accidents
Car accidents often unleash a lot of force on a vehicle and the people inside. That impact force can be enough to break even the strongest bone in the arm.
You may be on a busy road like Highway 99 or Dinuba Boulevard, when you see another driver coming straight at you or ready to ram you from behind. You may throw out your arms instinctively, but this could lead to broken fingers or a fracture in the larger bones and joints in the arm.
Victims may need weeks of medical care and even long with a physical therapist. They can also require a lot of money to pay for hospital care, surgeries, and rehabilitation.
Any fracture in the arm could end up being serious and costing a lot of money. The arm is made up of three large bones. These are a few of the ways your arm can break:
- Humerus Fractures – This is a strong bone, and it’s hard to break, but getting struck by a car can generate the force needed. Landing on your elbow or shoulder often leads to a broken humerus. It most commonly breaks where it connects to the shoulder.
- Radius Break – This is the thicker forearm bone reaching from the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist.
- Ulna Fracture – The longer, thinner forearm bone that extends from the elbow down to the pinky finger side of the wrist.
- Wrist Fracture – The ulna and the radius most commonly break where they meet the 8 smaller bones that form the wrist. Johns Hopkins Medicine reports that a distal radius fracture in the wrist may put you in a cast for six weeks or more.
- Elbow Fracture – The pointy part of your elbow is part of the ulna. It is vulnerable because it’s not covered by muscle. The bone that connects the elbow to the upper arm bone, or humerus, is also a trouble spot. When victims smash their elbows on a steering wheel or dashboard, the bone can be shoved into the humerus, creating a fracture.
An at-fault driver’s insurance company should always be liable for the costs of recovery for car accident victims, but there’s no guarantee they’ll agree to help. It’s often up to a skilled attorney to collect strong evidence and force an insurance provider to supply fair compensation.
Compensation Available for Car Accident Victims with Broken Arms
Victims should receive the best medical care available and be provided with the money to cover all expenses related to recovery.
Victims might also need support in the years ahead. Bone breaks can appear to heal, but a fractured arm bone is at risk of growing back together out of alignment. Victims may require operations later in life and be unable to ask a car insurance company for more in support after they’ve already signed off on a “lowball” settlement offer.
Your car accident lawyer makes sure you don’t accept a settlement check that doesn’t cover everything you’ll need. Your lawyer forms a list of every hardship you’ve suffered and those you are likely to suffer in the future.
- All costs for medical care and physical therapy. That includes any medical equipment you may need to make life easier while healing at home.
- Physical therapy costs if you need help rebuilding the strength in a damaged limb. You might also require help learning to use your fingers, wrist, and arm again.
- Future medical costs associated with a permanent physical disability or permanent disfigurement.
- Additional funds for child car accident victims who suffer broken arms in a collision. Those fractures can cause problems in a child’s development years down the road and their teen years as their bodies begin to mature. They must secure the support they need now and for the potential surgeries needed as they reach adulthood.
- Compensation for the physical pain endured with broken arms 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.
- 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. The expense of finding a new job if your broken arm won’t allow you to perform your former job duties.
- Money for vehicle repairs or replacement.
Contact a Visalia Car Accident Lawyer After Suffering a Broken Arm
After a serious accident on a Visalia Street or a rural highway in Tulare County, 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 Visalia. 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 we win for you.
