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After an accident, you might be dealing with painful soft tissue injuries that affect your daily life. While these injuries may not be visible on X-rays, they can cause significant pain and limit your ability to work and enjoy life. At Viles & Beckman, our Fort Myers soft tissue injury lawyers can help you get fair compensation.
We have helped countless clients with soft tissue damage claims in Fort Myers and throughout Florida secure the compensation they deserve. Get a free case evaluation from our Fort Myers personal injury lawyers. Since 1995, we’ve been helping victims in Fort Myers afford the medical care they need through financial compensation.
Why Do Insurance Companies Reject These Claims?
Many insurance companies are skeptical of soft tissue injury claims, downplay the intensity of the pain described by the victim, and offer extremely low settlements for them. Unlike a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, these injuries may not be obvious.
Viles & Beckman has experience with Fort Myers insurance adjusters and how they may downplay your personal injury claim. When you’re an accident victim facing medical expenses after an accident, you need someone who can advocate on your behalf. Our personal injury attorneys will do their best to get you the most for your case.
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Common Types of Soft Tissue Injuries
Soft tissue injuries involve tissues — tendons, ligaments, nerves, and muscles — rather than bones. They can be very painful, may require medical attention, and create chronic pain.
Soft tissue injuries do not generally show up using typical medical diagnostic equipment, such as X-ray machines or MRIs, and are, therefore, harder to document with objective medical evidence. However, a personal injury attorney in Fort Myers can obtain the evidence to convince the insurers.
Two basic types of soft tissue injuries exist: acute and overuse/overexertion.
Acute Soft Tissue Injuries
Acute soft tissue injuries occur from sudden trauma, such as a motor vehicle accident, slip, twist, or fall. This type of injury presents as a sprain, strain, or contusion (bruise). Whiplash is a very common soft tissue injury that can occur in car accidents.
Overuse Soft Tissue Injuries
Overuse soft tissue injuries occur from overuse or overexertion of a particular body part and are very common in sports. They are also caused by repetitive motion over a long period during which the injury does not have time to heal between repetitions, such as a carpenter hammering nails or a professional carpet layer kicking in a carpet.
The repetitive motion usually results in tendonitis or bursitis in the knees, ankles, or wrist. Soft tissue injuries from overexertion include those caused by manipulating a heavy object, which can create back or leg strain.
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What Are the Different Degrees of Soft Tissue Injuries?
Sprains and strains are two of the most common types of acute soft tissue injuries. They are graded based on the severity of the tissue damage.
- Grade 1 sprain/strain– minor injury, usually resolved by following the RICE protocol (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)
- Grade 2 sprain/strain– moderate injury with 10%-90% tissue damage, moderate pain, some rehabilitation or physical therapy
- Grade 3 sprain/strain– severe injury with 90%-100% tissue damage, pain, loss of function, possible surgery, long-term rehabilitation, and physical therapy to return to pre-injury function
Whiplash Is a Soft Tissue Injury
Rear-end car collisions and falls often result in neck sprains and strains, including whiplash, which is the #1 soft tissue injury reported in insurance claims. Whiplash is a neck injury caused by forceful, rapid back-and-forth movement, like the cracking of a whip.
Whiplash can cause mild neck or shoulder pain, back pain, headache, or dizziness due to a mild muscle strain or minor tearing of soft tissue. Serious whiplash injuries can include nerve damage, ligament ruptures in the neck, fractures of neck vertebrae, and disc damage.
Click To ContactProving Negligence in Your Case
To secure compensation for your injury, we must establish that another party’s negligence caused your harm. This involves demonstrating four key elements:
First, we show that the responsible party owed you a duty of care. For example, drivers have a duty of care to operate their vehicles safely, and property owners must maintain safe premises.
Our Fort Myers accident attorneys then prove the responsible party breached this duty through careless actions, demonstrate how this breach directly caused your injuries, and document the extent of your damages through medical records and expert testimony.
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How We Help Prove Your Injury Claim
Insurance companies in Fort Myers often challenge these claims because these injuries don’t always appear on standard medical imaging. They’ll demand more concrete proof before they’ll award fair compensation.
We know how to get it. First, seek medical attention and then contact our Fort Myers soft tissue injury lawyers. We’ll build your case through evidence like:
- Records from medical professionals
- Expert testimony
- Physical therapy records
- Impact on daily activities
- Witness statements
Florida Laws to Know About
You have two years from your injury to file a claim under Florida’s statute of limitations. If you try to make an insurance claim or file a lawsuit after this deadline, your claim will be rejected.
You may still be entitled to compensation under Florida’s modified comparative negligence system, even if you were partially at fault. However, you cannot collect damages if you are over 50% at fault. Our accident attorneys can argue that you were not the one most at fault for your accident.
Compensation for Your Injuries
Our personal injury lawyers can help you recover damages for:
- Medical expenses
- Physical therapy expenses
- Lost wages and income
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Other non-economic damages
- Property damage
Contact a Fort Myers Soft Tissue Injury Lawyer Today
If someone else’s negligence harms you and causes a soft tissue injury, contact Viles & Beckman to discuss the circumstances of your situation and whether filing a claim or personal injury lawsuit is appropriate.
Our Fort Myers soft tissue injury attorneys will find out who the at-fault party is and help you through the legal process. We’ll explain what is needed to substantiate your claim, help you compile the necessary medical documentation, and ensure you meet all deadlines and appearances.
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