Call Us Today A hip injury can be very serious and result in complications that can impair mobility and negatively impact quality of life. For many older people, a hip injury means suddenly and unexpectedly losing the ability to walk for the rest of their lives.
If you have sustained a hip injury, you may face a long recovery process along with tremendous medical bills and other debts. You may even need to consider long-term care for yourself or a loved one. A Fort Myers hip injury lawyer can help you get the compensation you deserve.
At Viles & Beckman, our Fort Myers personal injury lawyers have recovered over $100 million in awards and settlements for injured victims like you. Contact us today for a free consultation and tell us how we can help.
Should You Accept a Settlement After a Hip Injury?
It is almost always a bad idea to accept the initial settlement offer from an insurance company when you have a personal injury case. When you have a hip injury, it is even more important that you speak to a lawyer before accepting any settlements.
Insurance companies may seem like they are on your side, but often they will offer low settlements. They hope you don’t realize what your claim is worth. If you accept, they close out your case for a fraction of what you deserve, and you lose your right to future compensation.
This can be a horrible mistake when you have a hip injury that may require lifelong medical care. Instead of trusting insurance companies, contact a Fort Myers personal injury attorney who will help you fight for the settlement you really deserve.
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How a Fort Myers Attorney Can Help
An experienced Fort Myers hip injury attorney can provide valuable services that can increase the likelihood of a positive outcome in your case. Some of those services include.
Legal Advice
We will explain the legal options for compensation that are available in your case. For example, some hip injury cases require a worker’s compensation claims while others may involve the personal injury lawsuit claims process.
Documentation Management
We can handle the paperwork and make sure you adhere to all important deadlines. For example, personal injury cases generally must be filed in civil court within two years of the date of the accident.
Accident Investigation
We will gather and organize evidence and witness testimony to help prove your case. This will also help us understand who is liable for your injuries so we can contact the correct insurance companies and file your claims.
Settlement Negotiation
We will negotiate with the at-fault party’s insurance provider in order to obtain a fair settlement offer on your behalf. Our goal is to get you the compensation you need at the negotiating table and with as little stress to you as possible.
Civil Litigation
Some insurance companies refuse to do the right thing. When that happens, we aren’t going to back down. If you wish, we will file a civil suit on your behalf and represent you in court.
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Types of Hip Injuries
Damage to the hip can occur in many forms. Some of the most common injuries are:
- Fractures: A hip fracture involves a break in the upper thigh bone (femur) near the hip joint.
- Dislocation: A hip dislocation occurs when the upper portion of the thigh bone, known as the femur, is forced from its usual position within the hip joint.
- Labral tear: The labrum is a ring of soft elastic tissue that covers the socket of the hip, and can become damaged through repetitive motion or traumatic injury.
- Hip sprains and strains: This type of injury results from the stretching or tearing of the ligaments, muscles, and tendons of the hip area.
- Tendonitis: A condition marked by inflammation and tenderness in the hip tendons, generally caused by overuse of the joint.
Click To ContactEstablishing Liability in Hip Injury Cases
In order to prove that someone is legally responsible for your injury, the following elements must exist:
- The at-fault party owed you a duty of care. A duty of care is defined as the way that a reasonable person would act in a similar set of circumstances, and generally involves behaving safely and legally so as not to cause harm to other people.
- There was a breach of duty of care. A breach is the careless or reckless actions of the at-fault party that were contrary to the duty of care that was owed.
- The breach resulted in the accident, which caused your injury.
A hip injury lawyer in Fort Myers can investigate your accident and determine who was at fault. With that information in mind, we can then approach the appropriate insurance companies to file your claims.
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Common Causes of Hip Injuries
Hip injuries can result from a range of accidents, the most common of which is a slip-and-fall. Slip-and-fall accidents are also among the most common premises liability complaints.
Under the substantial umbrella of personal injury law, premises liability cases pertain to the legal responsibility that private and commercial property owners have to ensure that their property is free from dangerous features that could injure guests.
Other types of accidents that could result in a hip injury include:
- Motor vehicle accidents, particularly those involving motorcycles, because of the motorcycle’s lack of a protective steel frame to protect the lower extremities from injury.
- Pedestrian accidents, as the hip area is in the strike zone for adults who are hit by a lower-profile passenger car
- Workplace conditions require an individual to lift heavy objects or to move their hip joint until it results in repetitive injury.
Contact a Fort Myers Hip Injury Attorney
According to the National Floor Safety Institute, around half of all people over the age of 65 who have sustained a hip fracture will be unable to return home or live independently after the injury. Falls account for 87 percent of all fractures experienced by people in this age group.
If you or a loved one has suffered a hip injury, you may be facing an uncertain future and long-term medical expenses. Our Fort Myers hip injury attorney can fight to get you the compensation you need to endure this difficult time.
Our team of attorneys at Viles & Beckman has fought for the rights of injured victims since 1995. Contact us today for a free consultation and find out how we can help.
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