We represent local victims who come away from accidents with severe back pain and slipped discs. We fight to get anyone who suffers spinal column injuries due to a careless driver’s mistake full car insurance support.
You can contact us for a free case consultation to talk over your options and how to get complete compensation as quickly as possible. It’s a no-risk, informational meeting.
You can also find out more about how we can earn more for car accident victims on our Bakersfield Car Accident Lawyer page.
Do You Need a Car Accident Lawyer
Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield stands by all Kern County victims when they need us. Victims can always file a claim without a lawyer, and if an accident only involves vehicle damage and minor injuries, they may be fine going it alone.
It’s when a victim is dealing with serious injuries, including anything having to do with the spine and spinal column, that a lawyer’s protection is often beneficial. A skilled lawyer would have evidence ready when insurance companies tried to dodge liability by claiming another driver was to blame, or that a slipped disc isn’t that big of a deal.
A lawyer often wins victims much more than victims could by taking on a giant insurance firm themselves. A lawyer is especially valuable if patients come away with a slipped disc that forces them to stay flat on their backs. It’s an uncertain recovery time that has them missing work and missing out on their favorite activities.
Take Advantage of a Free Case Consultation After a Bakersfield Accident
If you’re still undecided if your vertebrae injury is serious enough to file a claim over, there’s an easy, no-risk way to find out. Contact us for a free case consultation.
Let’s go over your options and how much your damaged disc could be worth. The answer may be a lot different from what an insurance adjuster is telling you.
Even if your case doesn’t require a lawyer’s help, we still want to prepare you for the tactics insurance companies may try to use on you, especially if you don’t have legal protection. We want you to have the best outcome for your case, even if you don’t end up needing our help.
The Support You Must Demand After a Spinal Column Injury in a Car Accident
A collision along Ming Avenue or along Highway 58 can cause a powerful impact and put pressure on any occupant’s spinal column. With the extreme forces unleashed, the cushion between vertebrae, known as a disc, can rupture.
As the Mayo Clinic explains, the soft jelly-like center of a disc, acting as a shock absorber, can burst through the tough outer shell. The injury is also known as a herniated disk.
Victims can suffer pain and a severe reduction in flexibility. It’s why the level of support won in an insurance settlement will be key.
A skilled attorney would be seeking compensation for a victim’s current bills and support for the years ahead:
- Support to fully pay off medical bills, physical therapy, and occupational therapy costs.
- Long-term support for the future when victims continue to experience trouble with their back and spine or suffer a permanent disability.
- Support for the radiating, burning pain victims experience, and that may continue to suffer with for months or years.
- Support for the emotional trauma victims experience after a scary collision with a car. This can include PTSD symptoms replaying the moment of impact in the victim’s mind. The depression that develops as patients cope with a loss of enjoyment of life and the loss of the ability to enjoy their favorite hobbies.
- Support to replace paychecks and benefits victims have to go without while in recovery. Support if a victim’s back pain leaves them unable to handle their previous job duties. Full support in finding a new profession.
- Money to cover the expense of travel to make local doctors’ appointments and to see out-of-town orthopedists and specialists.
Common Symptoms for Car Accident Victims with Herniated Discs
The Spinal Column, made up of vertebrae, protects the spinal cord. Any fracture in this critical structure, or a rupture in the cushion allowing for movement, can be devastating.
In a car accident, it’s usually the vertebrae in the lower back that are affected. Ask anyone about the pain that comes with a lower back injury, and they’ll tell you it’s debilitating.
The Mayo Clinic goes into the many ways a slipped disc can affect a victim’s everyday life:
- Traveling Pain: Pain often originates in the lower back. However, it can travel into your buttocks, and into your arms and legs, and even into your feet. A herniated disk in the neck could cause you sharp pain in your shoulders and arms. Coughing and sneezing may suddenly be excruciating.
- Numbness: You could also experience numbness or tingling in different parts of your body through your nervous system. Pain can take on a burning feeling.
- Muscle Weakness: The affected nerves can end up leaving muscles weakened. Your ability to walk confidently or to grasp objects would be affected. The results could certainly make many occupations impossible for you while these symptoms persisted.
Contact a Bakersfield Slipped Disk Injury Lawyer
If you suffered a serious spinal column injury, and a careless driver caused your accident, it’s a good idea to take advantage of a free case review. Contact us to set up a meeting with a real lawyer.
Victims must act to file an injury claim within two years of an accident or lose their chance. But patients should go over their cases with a lawyer within the first week if possible. Evidence can be lost, and witnesses can move away and become harder to contact. Important surveillance video may even be erased. Contact a skilled attorney as soon as possible while the evidence is still fresh.
We also understand that doctors’ appointments, surgeries, and physical therapy for a spinal column injury can quickly wipe out your savings. You may not have the money to hire a lawyer. But don’t worry. If you need us, we’re there.
You don’t pay anything up front. You don’t pay us anything if we lose your case. If your case is successful, then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check that an insurance company writes for you.