Washington DC Broken Bones Lawyer

Have you suffered a broken bone injury in an accident in the Washington DC area that was not your fault? Whether it was a minor stress fracture or a more severe fracture such as a comminuted fracture, oblique fracture, or transverse fracture that required surgery and extensive rehabilitation, your life may feel upended. It is easy to feel frustrated and overwhelmed, especially when a broken bone injury involves surgery, high medical expenses, and lost wages due to time missed from work. You may wonder how to hold the at-fault party responsible for your bills.

At Marks & Harrison, we can analyze your case and advise you concerning your legal options. With an experienced personal injury lawyer from our firm on your side, you can be confident you will have a strong legal advocate to pursue your best outcome. Contact us today to discuss your case with a free consultation through our Washington DC office.

Reasons to Choose Our DC Bone Fracture Attorneys

A broken bone is a severe injury. When you choose a DC bone fracture attorney from Marks & Harrison, you will benefit from the legal knowledge and skills of a law firm that has helped people like you seek the compensation they deserve for more than 100 years. When you hire our law firm, you only pay us if we successfully obtain compensation for you.

While past outcomes do not guarantee future success, our case results speak for themselves. Those results include a $685,000 verdict in a case in which a passenger suffered multiple bone fractures in a rear-end collision with an illegally parked tractor-trailer.

Common Causes of Broken Bones in Washington DC

Bone breaks can occur in several ways, including in slip-and-falls and car accidents. Motor vehicle accidents frequently cause broken bones due to a collision’s sudden impact and force. An experienced Washington DC car accident attorney at Marks & Harrison can advise whether you have the right to pursue a claim with the at-fault party’s insurer.

Bone fractures can also occur in slip-and-falls at restaurants, retail stores, industrial work sites, construction sites, and nursing homes. Broken bones also commonly happen at sports games and in practices. Regardless of the age or activity level of the injured person, these scenarios demonstrate that fractures can occur anytime and without warning.

Different Types of Bone Fractures

According to The Cleveland Clinic, doctors diagnose different types of bone fractures based on their pattern, cause, and the fracture site. Some examples include:

• Pattern — The medical term “fracture pattern” refers to the shape of a break. For example, oblique, transverse, and longitudinal fractures are single, straight-line breaks. If you do not break your bone in a straight line, you may have a greenstick fracture, comminuted fracture, segmented fracture, or spiral fracture.
• Cause — Sometimes, broken bones are categorized by how they occur. Stress fractures (or hairline fractures), avulsion fractures, compression fractures, and buckle fractures get their names from how the break happened.
• Body part — Your doctor may describe your injury according to where the bone broke in your body. For example, you can sustain a rib or clavicle fracture. Lower body fractures include pelvic and femur fractures.

You can also expect your doctor to classify your broken bone injury as either an open or closed fracture. An open fracture, or compound fracture, occurs if the broken bone punctures your skin. Closed fractures can be as severe as open fractures. However, the bone doesn’t go through the skin with a closed fracture.

Bone fractures can be displaced or non-displaced. A displaced fracture occurs when pieces of bone move out of alignment. Displaced fractures often require surgical repair. Non-displaced fractures mean the bone broke, but the pieces remain in position.

How Long Can It Take for a Broken Bone Injury to Heal?

Broken bones can take six to eight weeks to heal and often require surgery. The healing time largely depends on the following factors:

• Type of bone — If a more minor bone breaks, such as a toe or bone in your hand, it will heal much faster than a larger bone, like your femur.
• Severity of the break — A complex break or shattered bone will take much longer to heal than a simple fracture.
• Nerve damage — Complications from a bone fracture arise when the break causes damage to nerve endings.
• Age and health — Typically, if you are relatively young, you can heal from a bone fracture faster than an older person can recover from a broken bone injury. Your general health also affects healing time. If you have other medical conditions, such as osteoporosis, healing time may take longer.

The time it takes a bone to heal is out of your control. However, you can promote faster healing in a few ways. Follow your doctor’s orders, including properly immobilizing the bone with a cast or splint and adhering to weight-bearing restrictions. You can also try to maintain a healthy diet and increase recommended supplements to support bone growth.

Who Can Be Held Liable for the Accident That Caused My Bone Fracture?

The nature of the accident that led to your broken bone injury will determine liability. The person or entity whose negligent act or wrongdoing caused the accident that resulted in your injuries could be held responsible. For example, the liable party may be the at-fault driver in a car accident. You could pursue compensation from the driver for your losses when they exceed your personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. In a different scenario, the owner of a shopping center could be found responsible for the broken bone you sustained in a slip and fall incident on their property.

When you hire an attorney from Marks & Harrison, you can be confident that we will thoroughly investigate the accident to ascertain who or what entity may share liability for your injuries and losses.

Potential Compensation in a Successful Bone Fracture Claim

Although every case is different, the types of compensation you can pursue in a bone fracture case are generally the same. Your attorney from Marks & Harrison will carefully evaluate your injuries and losses to determine the nature of the compensation you can seek for your broken bone injury, which may include money for:

• Medical expenses
• Lost wages
• Loss of future earning capacity
• Pain and suffering
• Mental distress
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of consortium for your spouse.

How Our Attorneys Help People Who Suffered Broken Bones

Since 1911, the personal injury attorneys of Marks & Harrison have recovered millions of dollars for accident victims, including those who suffered broken bones due to someone else’s wrongdoing. Our personal injury attorneys in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, are ready to help with your personal injury claim while you focus on your full recovery and well-being. With a track record of success in some of the most significant cases in Virginia, our case results speak for themselves.

At Marks & Harrison, we offer our clients the legal experience and resources of more than 30 personal injury attorneys and 100 staff members, research attorneys, and in-house investigators. Contact us today for a free consultation to discuss the specific facts of your bone fracture case.