St. Louis Car Accident Attorney
Soft Tissue Injuries - 866.840.3636 or 314.448.0934
In any car accident, one of the more common types of injuries is called “soft-tissue injuries”. These injuries are extremely painful and can affect your ability to work, or even stand or sit. These injuries include contusions (bruising), sprains and strains. In car accidents involving minimal property damage, many of these soft-tissue injuries occur; sometimes the contusions are disfiguring and may take weeks to go away, as well as being extremely painful. Sprains are injuries to ligaments and can affect the ankle, knee, shoulder, elbow, hand, back or neck. These can take a long time to heal, and in some cases have been known to cause physical disability, requiring medical attention for many years. Strains are injuries to muscles or tendons and are generally very painful and can make it difficult to walk or be in any position for an extended period of time without pain.
When there is minor damage to either vehicle involved in a car accident, the insurance claims adjuster will always argue that any soft-tissue injuries sustained in the crash were preexisting. The adjuster will minimize these injuries and claim that soft-tissue injuries are not permanent. However, our injury lawyers have found (through years of taking depositions of orthopedists) that soft-tissue injuries can be both permanent and disabling. After all, cancer is a "soft-tissue" injury! Don't let yourself become wrapped up in the games that insurance adjusters will undoubtedly play. Don't be victimized twice.
Serious whiplash and neck injuries can be very serious. This type of injury can lead to temporal and occipital headaches that are stubborn to control with medication. A traumatic cervical facet injury can often lead to surgical intervention. These injuries can be caused by low-speed impact car accidents.
Car Accident Lawyer in Missouri, the Schultz Legal Group - Soft Tissue Injury Claim
If you or a loved one has suffered a soft-tissue injury in a car accident, it is important that you contact a St. Louis car accident attorney immediately. When seeking compensation, it is very important that the injury is correctly documented and that immediate assistance of a personal injury attorney is obtained. A personal injury lawyer from the Schultz Legal Group will help you to ensure that you have the supporting documentation necessary to prevail on both liability and damages. Pictures of the injury as well as medical expert reports are important. In many cases, these injuries do not show up immediately after the accident. When they do, they can be debilitating. When you go to the doctor you may be told you just have to “wait it out”. Car accidents can cause chronic back and neck pain, particularly in whiplash injuries.
If you are in a car accident, it is best not to discuss your condition with any insurance adjuster from the responsible person’s insurance company. As the effects of the injury may come a day or two later, you don’t want to put yourself in the position of being unable to get the compensation you deserve for your injury. The first thing to do is contact the Schultz Legal Group and a personal injury attorney can advise you of how to move forward and how best to document your claim for compensation.
Contact a Car Accident Attorney in St. Louis
from the Schultz Legal Group if you have been in a car accident and are suffering from soft tissue injuries. The personal injury attorneys will aggressively fight for fair compensation.