Injuries and Surgeries Caused by an Accident

Learn How Unexpected Accident-Related Injuries and Surgeries Impact Your Life, and How Ditomaso Law’s Dedicated Personal Injury Lawyers in South Jersey Can Help Secure Fair Compensation

For victims of injuries caused by an accident, the stakes are high. Whether lifelong or temporary, catastrophic or just serious enough to affect your daily routine, your injuries can impact you physically, emotionally, and financially. There’s a path forward, and the personal injury attorneys at DiTomaso Law are here to guide you on your legal journey without upfront costs or added stress. 

As lawyers with decades of experience, we understand all the ins and outs of ongoing medical treatment and surgery after an accident and how your care relates to your case. We’re known for our genuine concern for our clients’ well-being beyond merely achieving favorable legal outcomes and for our client-focused approach that ensures you’re receiving the medical care you need for the best possible recovery. 

If you have questions about getting injuries and surgeries caused by an accident paid for, we’re here to provide answers tailored to your specific situation. Contact us today for a free consultation with a knowledgeable, compassionate legal advocate. 

Accident Injuries Can Change Your Life

As seasoned personal injury attorneys, we have seen firsthand how injuries and surgeries caused by accidents can affect your life. We’ve spent decades assisting clients injured in accidents such as: 

• Car accidents, truck accidents, rideshare accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and other types of motor vehicle accidents
• Slip and fall accidents and other types of premises liability matters 
• Dog bites
• Construction accidents ranging from ladder and scaffolding accidents to power tool accidents
• Workplace accidents, whether they result in workers’ compensation claims, third-party injury claims, or both 
• Medical malpractice resulting from any type of medical error
• Nursing home abuse or neglect 

When your injury resulted from someone else’s negligent conduct, you’re facing a whole range of worries and consequences. 

The Consequences of an Accident

Physically, you’re in pain, facing limitations you didn’t have before, and potentially compromised in your ability to do the things you need to do. You may not be able to live independently, take care of family members, or even get out of bed. 

Financially, you’ve got a lot to worry about. The medical bills will only keep growing over the course of your recovery, and it’s difficult to even begin to imagine right now what interventions rehabilitation may entail. You may need a lengthy hospital stay, inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation, and potentially surgery. If your injuries keep you from working, you’re also facing an unexpected loss of income at the worst possible time, right when your medical and personal needs are at their highest. 

Under so much stress, it’s no wonder that an accident can impact you emotionally, too. You’re likely worried about what the future holds if you don’t make a full recovery, as well as what you’ll go through during the grueling process of rehabilitation. The whole situation has likely been very traumatic for you, and it’s not unusual for survivors of serious accidents to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, or depression. On top of it all, there’s the terrible reality of how unfair this situation is. 

Someone else acted carelessly or recklessly. Someone else took these actions knowing that they could be putting others at risk, and now you’re the one paying for their mistakes. 

You can hold this person or party accountable for the harm they’ve caused you. By pursuing a personal injury claim, you can receive financial compensation that addresses every aspect of your injuries caused by an accident, and you don’t have to do it alone. 

DiTomaso Law Can Pursue Maximum Compensation for Your Injuries 

The team at DiTomaso Law has devoted our careers to fighting for the injured. We seek full compensation for our clients’ accident-related losses, including: 

• Medical costs associated with treatment, from emergency room care and inpatient hospitalization to diagnostic testing, treatment procedures, medications, and physical and occupational therapy 
• Wage loss during the acute phase of your recovery, when your injuries or your need for medical treatment cause you to miss work 
• Decrease in future earning capacity due to any long-term disability resulting from the accident 
• Out-of-pocket costs you may incur, such as the expense of renovating a home to accommodate your physical limitations, replacing your vehicle with an accessible vehicle, or hiring help for tasks that you can’t perform yourself while injured 
• Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering, emotional distress, and permanent disfigurement 

We don’t back down from pursuing every dollar of compensation our clients are entitled to. 

Common Types of Injuries Caused by an Accident

Accidents can happen in all kinds of ways, leading to all kinds of harm. Some of the injuries that most commonly result from accidents and negligence include: 

• Bruises and contusions 
• Cuts and lacerations 
• Road rash 
• Soft tissue injuries, including whiplash and damage to tendons, ligaments, and muscles
• Herniated discs
• Bone fractures
• Internal injuries 
• Burns 
• Spinal injuries, including spinal cord damage and vertebral injury 
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Limb loss 

This isn’t an exhaustive list of types of injuries that could follow an accident. Our law firm recognizes that every situation is unique, and every client we serve faces individual injuries and challenges. Whatever injuries have left you with serious losses, we’re ready to assist you in holding the negligent party accountable. 

Injury Sites 

The exact parts of the body impacted by the accident vary. In our extensive experience practicing personal injury law, some of the most common body parts to sustain damage in accidents of all kinds include: 

• Facial injuries, which can impact vision, smell, taste, and the ability to speak or eat
• Head injuries, including concussions and traumatic brain injuries
• Neck injuries, including herniated discs, muscle spasms, pinched nerves, and compression fractures
• Back injuries, including bulging or herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and spinal fractures 
• Shoulder injuries, including dislocation, clavicle fractures, and torn rotator cuffs
• Arm, wrist, and hand injuries, including dislocated joints, nerve injuries, crushing injuries, and broken bones
• Chest and abdominal injuries, including rib fractures and punctured lungs 
• Knee injuries, including fractures and torn meniscus 
• Leg, ankle, and foot injuries, including strains, sprains, fractures, and severed feet and toes 

If you’ve been flung over the handlebars of a bicycle or motorcycle, damage to the wrist, face, and head may be particularly common. If you tripped due to an unmarked hole on a property, you may be more likely to sustain a broken ankle. We understand the specific mechanisms of injury that occur in various types of accidents, and we’re here to help you successfully connect your injuries to the negligence that caused them as we build your claim for compensation. 

Injury Severity

For survivors of catastrophic injuries, life will never be the same. Our goal is to pursue compensation that addresses this reality, ensuring you’re able to access the ongoing care and medical interventions you need and address the physical, financial, and emotional impact of the accident. 

Our attorneys recognize that an injury doesn’t have to be catastrophic to significantly impact your life. If the harm you suffered affects your mobility, keeps you from working, results in considerable medical costs, or leaves you facing pain on a daily basis, we can help you establish how severely the accident has impacted your life and pursue fair compensation. 

Undergoing Surgery After an Accident: Can You Be Compensated? 

The accident itself is just the beginning of your ordeal. Much of the struggles you face occur in the aftermath of the accident, as you navigate the grueling recovery process. For many patients, recovery will involve some type of surgical procedure. 

Accident Injuries That Often Require Surgery 

Types of harm that may necessitate surgery after an accident include: 

• Broken bones: While broken bones can sometimes be treated with casting and immobilization, surgery may be necessary in severe breaks that leave the damaged bone misaligned or shatter it into multiple pieces. You may need to have rods, screws, or other hardware implanted. 
• Spinal injuries: Herniated discs may require the removal of damaged intervertebral discs to relieve nerve pressure via discectomy surgery, while a spinal fusion surgery may be necessary to address spinal fractures. 
• Burns: Severe burns may require surgical removal of damaged tissue and implantation of skin grafts. 
• Internal bleeding: Emergency surgery may be necessary to find and address the source of internal bleeding, which can be life-threatening if not successfully treated promptly. 
• Disfiguring injuries: Deep lacerations, a broken nose, and other types of injuries can result in disfigurement that may prompt you to undergo reconstructive surgery. 
• Crushing injuries and severing injuries: Surgical amputation may be required if a limb is crushed or mangled too severely for medical professionals to save. If a severed body part cannot be reattached, doctors may need to perform surgery to remove further damaged tissues. 
• Brain injuries: Surgical repair of skull fractures or craniotomy, in which doctors remove part of the skull to relieve pressure caused by brain swelling, can be life-saving and function-preserving interventions. 
• Organ damage: Through surgical procedures, doctors can drain fluid out of collapsed lungs, repair injured livers, remove damaged tissue that keeps kidneys from functioning properly, or otherwise address life-threatening injury to internal organs. 
• Joint injuries: Damage to a joint, such as the hip or the knee, may require surgical insertion of a joint implant that facilitates mobility. 

Surgeries often offer the injured a greater opportunity to reach maximum medical improvement, particularly when more conservative measures haven’t been successful in alleviating symptoms. However, surgeries come with risks, costs, and their own recovery process. 

Surgery-Related Damages You Can Pursue

If you have to undergo surgery because of the injuries you suffered due to someone else’s negligence, this defendant isn’t only accountable for the harm you have already sustained. They can also be held liable for damages related to the surgery, since their negligence is the underlying cause of this medical need. 

Your claim should address surgery-related losses such as: 

• Surgical costs: Operating room costs, surgeons’ fees, anesthesiology bills, and bills from outpatient surgical centers or hospitals
• Related medical and rehabilitation costs: Any pre-surgical testing required, prescription medication costs, follow-up appointment costs, and bills for physical therapy to help you regain strength and function post-surgery
• Lost income: Wage loss specific to your surgery and recovery, even if you were able to return to work in some capacity prior to the operation 
• Pain and suffering: Compensation for physical pain you experience as you heal from the surgery, emotional suffering associated with stress or anxiety related to the procedure, and the impact the operation and recovery have on your life 

Without skilled legal guidance, you could end up getting less compensation than you really deserve. The personal injury team at DiTomaso Law recognizes how extensively an injury that requires surgical intervention can impact you, and we fight for maximum results. 

How DiTomaso Law Can Help the Injured Recover Compensation

At DiTomaso Law, we focus on securing maximum results for every injured client we serve. We achieve this outcome by: 

• Conducting a holistic assessment of the ways your accident has impacted your life, including personal and emotional impacts as well as physical and financial losses
• Working with expert witnesses as needed to identify and project future impacts, including ongoing care needs and consequences on your capacity to work in the future 
• Documenting your damages through a thorough collection of medical records, wage loss reports, bills, receipts, and detailed accounts of the economic and non-economic effects of your injuries

Your ability to recover full compensation depends directly on how fully you identify and substantiate your damages. It’s important to entrust this task to skilled professionals who are committed to serving your best interests. 

Why Choose DiTomaso Law to Help You Get Compensated for Injuries Caused by an Accident?

The team at DiTomaso Law is known for our record of results, our client-focused approach, and aggressive advocacy to ensure you receive everything you deserve. 

Maximum Results for Injured Victims

We have a long history of successfully securing our clients the full amount of compensation they’re entitled to. Our case results include numerous six-figure settlements and verdicts, along with results in excess of $1 million. 

Personalized Attention and Genuine Concern for Clients

Our approach to the legal process puts you first. We take a holistic assessment of the accident’s impact on your life, tailor our legal plan to the unique circumstances of your case, and remain accessible and responsive throughout every stage of the claims process to minimize the stress of taking legal action. 

Aggressive Representation in the Claims Process 

To recover the full compensation you’re entitled to, you need to fight for it. Our attorneys tirelessly pursue outcomes that align with our clients’ best interests, taking a strong stance in settlement negotiations and presenting compelling cases in the courtroom with confidence. 

Contact a Personal Injury Attorney at DiTomaso Law Today for a Free Case Review

With free consultations and injury claim representation at no upfront cost, we ensure there’s nothing holding you back from getting the help you need. When you’re coping with the life-changing effects of accident-related injuries and potentially facing the need for surgery, you should focus all your attention on getting better, not on managing a claim. That’s where we come in, putting our professional skills and widely recognized dedication to work fighting for the outcome you deserve. 

For help getting maximum compensation for injuries caused by an accident, contact DiTomaso Law online or call 856-414-0010 today.

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