At Levine and Wiss, PLLC, our Long Island personal injury lawyers can help you collect fair compensation when negligence causes you to suffer broken or fractured bones.
Our lawyers know that broken bones and fractured bones are some of the most common and severe injuries that people suffer in car accidents, slip and fall accidents, and workplace accidents, and millions of individuals across America suffer breaks and fractures every year. Many of these injuries result from negligence.
Our Long Island broken bone and fracture accident lawyers can assist your case, much like we did for a client who recovered over $1.5 million in a slip and fall accident.
Some Broken Bones and Bone Fractures Cause Serious Injuries Requiring Extensive Treatment
If you suffer an injury caused by someone else, you may be owed damages for your losses, no matter the fracture’s complexity or the length of recovery. Sometimes, broken or fractured bones heal well over time. Other times, they require prompt and substantial medical care, like surgery.
Your recovery after such injuries might involve multiple surgeries or long-term physical therapy. Medical treatment can be expensive, especially if your broken bones require long-term treatments. If your injuries prevent you from working, it might become impossible to keep up with the medical costs associated with your recovery.
If negligence caused your accident and injuries, you might be eligible to collect compensation. At Levine and Wiss, we have experience filing claims to obtain damages for people in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, the Bronx, and Suffolk when they get hurt in accidents.
Call Levine and Wiss to find out how our New York personal injury lawyers can help you collect the maximum amount of damages allowed by law.
What Types of Accidents Cause Broken and Fractured Bones in New York?
Broken bones are some of the most common injuries that children and adults suffer. They often occur when people are playing sports, riding their bikes, skiing, or engaging in other recreational activities. Yet, they are also expensive injuries, usually requiring medical care and, in some situations, more complex procedures for full recovery.
Negligence is often the cause of accidents that result in bone breaks and fractures. When negligence is involved, the party who caused the injuries might be held legally responsible for paying damages to the victim. Some accidents that cause bones to break include:
- Car accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Truck accidents
- Slip and fall accidents on icy sidewalks
- Slip and fall accidents in parking lots
- Workplace accidents
- Construction accidents
- Trip and fall accidents on stairways
- Slip and fall accidents in stores
- Bicycle accidents
- Sports accidents
- Nursing home accidents
- And many other acts of negligence
You May Be Owed Compensation for the Losses You Have
When one of these accidents causes broken bones, fractured bones, or any other serious injury, you might be able to file a claim to collect compensation. You might have a premises liability claim, a car accident claim, or another type of negligence claim against one or more responsible parties.
Find out about your legal rights to file a claim for compensation after you suffer injuries in an accident. Call our Long Island broken bone and fracture accident attorneys at Levine and Wiss, PLLC, today.
There Are Different Types of Breaks and Fractures
Breaks and fractures fall into various categories depending on their severity and the time it takes to recover. Considerations include the force that caused the injury, the condition of the victim, and whether a break is “clean” or not, but broken bones generally fall into one of these categories:
- Comminuted fracture – in this type of break, the bone shatters into three pieces or more.
- Oblique fracture – in this break, the bone breaks in an angular pattern
- Transverse fracture – when a bone break appears in a horizontal line, it is transverse.
- Stable fracture – in a stable fracture, the ends of each part of the bone line up fairly well and are only slightly out of place.
- Open compound fracture – this type of break includes an open wound caused by either the bone itself breaking or the force that caused the bone to break. This type of fracture carries with it a risk of a bone infection.
Your broken bone and fracture accident lawyer on Long Island can examine all factors contributing to the injury and provide you with guidance on your rights to recover damages. We work with people who have had any type of fracture. If someone else caused it, reach out to us.
We Take on Broken Bone Injuries Anywhere
These types of injuries can affect nearly every part of the body. The complexity and ongoing consequences of broken bones play a role in the value of your claim. We have experience handling injury cases involving some of the following types of breaks:
- Broken ribs in motor vehicle accidents
- Fractured pelvis in car accidents
- Broken legs in motorcycle accidents
- Fractured hips from slipping on an icy sidewalk
- Broken wrists from trip and fall accidents
- Fractured ankles from bicycle accidents
- Broken noses from fall accidents
- Broken arms from workplace accidents
- Broken necks from construction accidents
- Fractured skulls from bicycle accidents or car accidents
Broken bone injuries might be expected, but they can cause severe pain, disability, and discomfort. Some never heal properly and cause lingering problems that can last a lifetime. Do not overlook the importance of holding those who hurt you accountable for the losses you suffered.
Broken Bones in Car Accidents Are Common
One of the most common areas where broken and fractured bones occur is in a car accident. The impact of the vehicles colliding can lead to numerous types of serious injury and loss, and in some situations, crushing injuries are not uncommon, especially with large or heavy vehicles. The most common causes of broken bones and fractures from car accidents include:
- Direct impact: A person is struck with an object, such as the dashboard or steering wheel, and the direct impact causes a broken bone.
- Whiplash injuries: Whiplash is not a broken bone injury, but it is very common for a person to suffer fractures to the shoulders, vertebrae, and collarbone if they suffer whiplash.
- Deceleration injuries: When a person’s body comes to a hard stop suddenly, this can cause rib, shoulder, and collarbone fractures.
- Ejections: If a person is thrown through the window of the car or ejected in any way, they may suffer serious injury due to the impact.
- Crushing: In some situations, a person becomes trapped between two objects or vehicles, crushing their bones.
A broken bone and fracture accident attorney on Long Island knows these are terrifying situations. When someone else caused your pain, let our attorneys go to work for you. We will uncover all the losses you are facing and help you file a claim, so review our case results to learn more.
Our Lawyers Can Help You Collect the Maximum Compensation for Your Broken Bone Injuries
If you have been in an accident that resulted in one or more broken bones, it may have been caused by negligence. You might have the legal right to pursue compensation for your injuries. Our skilled and experienced negligence lawyers can help ensure you receive the full value of your injuries- an amount that reflects all of the financial, emotional, and physical losses you have experienced.
Compensation can include the cost of treatments such as doctor’s visits, hospital stays, medications, physical therapy, and medical devices. Other types of compensation to which you might be entitled can include lost wages, lost future income, and money for your pain and suffering.
Our objective is to understand all of the ways your injuries caused damage to your health, mental well-being, and finances and fight for fair compensation for you.
To do this, our broken bone and fracture accident lawyers on Long Island work to find evidence to substantiate your claims, including who is at fault and the consequences of your broken bone. That includes looking at how well it will heal and any lingering complications. Serious injuries are not uncommon, and we fight for full and fair compensation in such accidents, and our client reviews tell that story.
Statute of Limitations on Accident Claims in New York
There are time limits to file negligence claims in New York. We must hear the facts of your case before we can determine how much time you have left.
You have just three years from the incident (or less, if you’re a municipal defendant) to take action, or you may not receive compensation for your claim (and though that seems long, the sooner you act, the better) under the statute of limitations. Cases against a municipality have a much shorter time period.
Call Levine and Wiss if You Suffer Broken Bones in an Accident
Call Levine and Wiss, PLLC, today to find out if you are entitled to collect damages for your injuries. We represent clients in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Nassau, and Suffolk when accidents cause broken bone injuries.
If you were hurt in a car accident, bicycle accident, slip and fall accident, or other accident, call our Long Island broken bone and fracture accident lawyer now, and we will gladly schedule a free evaluation of your injury claim.
