Personal Injury Cases Concerning Fractures And Additional Injuries From A Motor Vehicle Accident
Bone fractures are not atypical in high impact automobile accidents. When the impact is enough to result in a fracture it will likely also cause several other types of serious injuries. In what follows we look at two documented claims which involved fractures.
In one case a man was out along the side of a road walking his dog when he was struck. The road did not have a sidewalk. The pedestrian suffered a fractured ankle. The pedestrian also sustained a ruptured spleen which caused extensive internal bleeding and resulted in renal failure. Because of this he will now require dialysis for the rest of his life and making him a candidate for a liver transplant. He was only fifty-seven years old when the accident happened. The law firm that handled this case documented that they managed to achieve a settlement for the sum of $2,500,000.
The next accident happened in an intersection where a vehicle that was legally in the intersection was hit on the passenger side by a second vehicle. At the time of the accident sitting in the front passenger seat of the automobile that was struck was a 44 year old female. The force of the accident caused fractures to her clavicle, to several of her ribs, and to her pelvis. Her bladder was lacerated. In addition, she sustained closed-head trauma. Medical treatment for her injuries cost roughly $85,000.
The victim was unable to go back to work where she had been an administrative assistant earning approximately $18,700 per year. This resulted in a loss of earning capacity totaling more than $600,000. The motor vehicle insurance policy