Fracture injuries can happen in an instant but change your life in significant ways. The pain is immediate, but the financial impact often extends far beyond the initial emergency room visit.
At Berg Injury Lawyers, we’ve been helping people across Northern California deal with the aftermath of fracture injuries since 1981. We understand that broken bones aren’t just medical emergencies—they’re disruptions that affect every aspect of your life, from your ability to work and support your family to your capacity to enjoy everyday activities.
The True Impact of Fracture Injuries
Fracture injuries represent one of the most underestimated categories of personal injury, often dismissed by insurance companies as routine medical events that heal completely.
The reality is far different. Even simple fractures typically require 6-8 weeks of immobilization, followed by weeks or months of physical therapy to regain full function. Complex fractures can require multiple surgeries, permanent hardware implantation, and rehabilitation that stretches over years.
The challenges extend beyond medical treatment. Fresno residents facing fracture injuries often discover that their recovery timeline conflicts with work demands, especially in physically demanding industries common in the Central Valley like agriculture, construction, and manufacturing.
Many victims experience chronic pain, reduced range of motion, and increased arthritis risk that affects their quality of life long after the initial injury appears healed. The psychological impact—including anxiety about re-injury and depression from activity limitations—adds another layer of suffering that deserves recognition and compensation.
Common Causes of Fractures in Personal Injury Cases
Fracture injuries in Fresno typically result from accidents where someone’s negligence created dangerous conditions:
- Motor Vehicle Accidents represent the leading cause of serious fracture injuries in Fresno. The force generated in these crashes often overwhelms the body’s ability to absorb impact, resulting in fractures to legs, arms, ribs, and facial bones.
- Premises Liability Incidents occur when property owners fail to maintain safe conditions. Wet floors in Fresno businesses during the rainy season, inadequate lighting in parking areas, broken sidewalks, and poorly maintained staircases create hazardous conditions leading to fracture injuries.
- Bicycle Accidents have increased as Fresno expands its cycling infrastructure. These accidents frequently occur at intersections or when drivers fail to yield to cyclists.
Understanding Different Types of Fractures
The type and location of fractures significantly impact both treatment requirements and compensation values:
Simple Fractures involve clean breaks where bone fragments remain aligned and don’t penetrate the skin. While less complex than other fracture types, these injuries still typically require casting or splinting for 6-12 weeks, followed by physical therapy to restore strength and mobility.
Compound Fractures occur when broken bone fragments pierce through the skin, creating open wounds with infection risks. These injuries require immediate surgical intervention to clean the wound, realign bone fragments, and often install hardware to maintain proper positioning during healing.
Comminuted Fractures involve bones shattered into multiple pieces, often from high-energy impacts common in motor vehicle accidents. These complex injuries frequently require surgical reconstruction using pins, plates, screws, or rods, with recovery times measured in months rather than weeks.
Compression Fractures typically affect the spine and can result from falls or motor vehicle accidents. These injuries may cause permanent height loss, chronic pain, and in severe cases, neurological complications if spinal cord compression occurs.
Pathological Fractures can occur when underlying medical conditions weaken bones, but the immediate cause is trauma from an accident. These cases require careful medical evaluation to distinguish between pre-existing conditions and acute injury effects.
Compensation for Fresno Fracture Injury Victims
Fracture injury victims in Fresno may be entitled to comprehensive compensation addressing both immediate costs and long-term consequences. The types of compensation can include money for:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Diminished earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Permanent disability
- And more
How Berg Injury Lawyers Can Help
Fracture injury cases require legal representation that understands both the medical complexities of bone injuries and the tactics insurance companies use to minimize these claims. Berg Injury Lawyers brings four decades of experience handling fracture cases throughout Fresno and the Central Valley, with the medical expert network and resources necessary to build compelling cases.
Our investigation process includes working with orthopedic specialists who can explain your injury’s full impact, including increased arthritis risk and ongoing complications that may not be immediately apparent. We collaborate with economic experts to calculate lifetime earning impacts when fractures affect your ability to perform previous work duties.
Insurance companies often attempt to rush fracture injury settlements before the full extent of complications becomes clear. Our attorneys protect you from these pressure tactics, ensuring adequate time for proper medical evaluation and treatment planning before considering any settlement offers.
You might be worried about hiring an attorney because of the potential cost, but at Berg Injury Lawyers, if you don’t win, you pay nothing. There’s also no cost or obligation to hire or simply to speak to one of our lawyers. We call that our No Fee Guarantee®.
Contact Berg Injury Lawyers Today
If you’ve suffered a fracture injury in Fresno due to someone else’s negligence, don’t let insurance companies minimize your claim or pressure you into inadequate settlements. Contact Berg Injury Lawyers today for a free consultation to discuss your case and learn about your legal options.
Our experienced attorneys will evaluate your situation, connect you with appropriate medical specialists if needed, and fight for compensation that addresses both your current needs and future challenges. Let us handle the legal complexities while you focus on recovery.
