We help Bakersfield victims who suffer broken bones in car accidents caused by careless drivers.
If you have endured a bone fracture in your arm or leg, or elsewhere in a collision, contact us for a free consultation.
You can find out more about what we can do for car accident victims on our Bakersfield Car Accident Lawyer page.
Do You Really Need a Car Accident Lawyer
If you suffer a serious injury and another driver is at fault, your outcome may be much better if you allow a skilled attorney to handle your case. Almost any broken bone will qualify as a serious injury. You’ll need medical care for longer, and your life will be affected for much longer.
The size of your medical bills is important because it determines how hard a car insurance company will make it for you to earn compensation. If your bills go sky high, they’ll resort to almost any tactic to avoid having to pay you in full. They’ll try to point the finger of blame at you, no matter what a CHP accident report says. They’ll also cast doubt on how bad your broken arm or leg is, so they can get away with giving you a very cheap settlement.
Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield strikes back with evidence. We prove who was to blame so that the facts can’t be changed. Then we demand everything the client needs now and in the future. You can always file a claim yourself, but with a serious injury, a skilled attorney can often earn you much more than you could by taking on a giant insurer alone.
What to Expect in Compensation After a Broken Bone in a Traffic Accident
The final totals on all of your hospital stays, surgeries, and physical therapy sessions will go a long way in deciding how much you’ll earn in a settlement check.
But any settlement must look towards the future. What if your broken bones heal out of alignment and surgery is necessary? What if you are still experiencing pain in your injured arm a year later? If you’ve already signed off on a “lowball” settlement offer, you have no way to seek more support. Any future costs are yours.
It’s why your attorney looks at your economic and non-economic hardships now and those that may arise down the road:
Economic Damages: Your attorney would consider all of your economic setbacks, including your medical bills. But your Bakersfield car accident attorney also looks at your time lost at work, the benefits you might’ve had to forfeit while away from the office. Your travel costs must also be added up, while you were going back and forth between doctors and perhaps seeing specialists in other cities.
Non-Economic Damages: The physical and emotional challenges a frightening collision and a long recovery can present must also be considered in any settlement deal. You must receive compensation for the pain you are asked to endure. That pain could end up being chronic and leave you in need of medication and therapy in several years. The emotional trauma of a devastating accident and broken bone can leave you suffering for months or years. You may develop anxiety and PTSD symptoms every time they get behind the wheel or in the passenger seat. You could deal with a loss of enjoyment of life, while you must give up your favorite hobbies and family activities. These factors must all earn compensation.
The Types of Bone Fractures Car Accident Victims Can Be Left With
Some broken bones heal much faster than others, and the type of break will often determine how long you’ll need to stay off your feet or avoid certain activities.
The Mayo Clinic details the different ways bones can break and the different treatment approaches:
- Open or Close Fractures. A closed fracture means the skin wasn’t pierced. An open fracture means the bone poked through the skin. Infection is a great risk with an open fracture, and surgery is usually required.
- Displaced Fractures. Bones break, and the two ends aren’t left in alignment. Surgeons must usually go in and align the ends and hold them in place with screws and plates until they heal back together.
- Comminuted Fractures. The bone is shattered in places. Surgeons must often try to rebuild the bone from the pieces left behind.
- Greenstick fracture. The bone doesn’t break all the way through, but cracks or bends. It’s like a green stick of wood that’s harder to snap in two. This type of break is more common in child victims in car accidents because their bones are more flexible.
These and other types of breaks are inflicted all over the body in the types of collisions local motorists will see along busy roads like Highway 178 or Ming Avenue.
Victims can be gripping a steering wheel and have the bones in their hands, wrists, and arms fracture. They may have their feet pressed into the floorboards to suffer ankle, knee, and upper and lower leg bones broken. The impact can be transferred up to the hip joint to break bones. Parts of the chest and shoulders can also fracture, such as the clavicle bones and the ribs.
Contact a Bakersfield Broken Bone Car Accident Lawyer
If a careless Kern County driver sends you into an accident and you suffer a broken bone, it’s a good idea to take advantage of a free case review. Contact us to set up a meeting with a real lawyer.
If we can help you earn more, we’ll take your case across the goal line and earn the maximum for you and your family.
We understand that ER and hospital visits can quickly wipe out any savings you had. You may not have the money to hire a lawyer. But don’t worry. If you need us to seek justice, we’ll be there for you. We work under a contingency agreement. It means we are only paid if we earn case success for you. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check that an insurance company must send you.