If You or a Loved One Were Injured in a Car Accident, a Car Accident Lawyer or Attorney May Be Able To Help You Recover Money From a Car Accident Lawsuit or Settlement.
A team of car accident injury attorneys and car accident lawyers is investigating personal injury lawsuit claims of individuals and families who have suffered serious personal injuries in a car accident.
Every year, millions of people and families are involved in car accidents, car collisions and car crashes. Many of these car accidents result in personal injuries being suffered by car occupants, such as car drivers and passengers, and non-occupants, such as pedestrians, joggers, bike riders and pedal cyclists. Some car accidents, collisions and crashes are fatal, resulting in death. It has been estimated that on average a person dies or is killed in a car accident every 12 minutes.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), as recently as a few years ago, an estimated 2.35 million people per year were injured in motor vehicle related traffic accidents or crashes, nearly 40,000 of which were killed or died as a result of the car accident, crash or collision.
Car Accident Lawsuits & Settlements
Car accident lawsuit cases and settlement claims potentially being investigated by car accident lawyers and attorneys include claims of those who were injured in a car accident, including:
- Car crash (i.e., car crashed)
- Car collision (i.e, car collided)
- Car rear end, rear impact or fender bender (i.e., car rear ended)
- Car side impact collision or T-bone
- Head on car collision
- Car rollover (i.e., car rolled over)
- Car runoff (i.e., car ran off the road)
- Car pile-up
- Other types of car accidents
Car Accident Injury Cases
Common car accident injuries, losses and damage suffered by persons involved in car accidents, car crashes and car collisions include, but are not limited to, the following personal injuries:
- Traumatic brain injury or TBI
- Skull fracture
- Bruises of the brain (hematoma)
- Nerve damage
- Neurological damage
- Closed head injury
- Loss of consciousness
- Concussion
- Post-concussion syndrome
- Seizures, headaches or dizziness
- Loss of memory or concentration
- Temporomandibular joint TMJ injury
- Impaired or blurred vision or other eye injury
- Impaired hearing or ear injury
- Impaired sense of smell or nose injury
- Retinal detachment
- Burn injury
- Lacerations, cuts, scrapes and bruises
- Scars
- Disfigurement
- Spinal cord injury
- Back injury
- Neck injury
- Back fracture
- Injured disc
- Herniated disc
- Bulging disc
- Slipped disc
- Ruptured disc
- Mid-back injury
- Lower back injury
- Thoracic spine injury
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Lumbar spine injury
- Broken bones and fractures
- Sprained & strained muscle, tendon or ligament
- Soft-tissue, whiplash or flexion-extension injury
- Organ damage
- Pneumothorax or punctured lung membrane
- Hand injury
- Arm injury
- Shoulder injury
- Rotator cuff injury
- Wrists injury
- Finger injury
- Hip injury
- Leg injury
- Knee injury
- Heel injury
- Ankle injury
- Foot injury
- Toe injury
- Pelvis, femur, patella or tibia injury
- Achilles tendon injury
- Paralysis
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Splenic rupture or torn or ruptured spleen
- Broken ribs
- Rupture of abdominal aorta
- Kidney injury
- Liver injury
- Bowel injury
- Internal bleeding
- Dislocation
- Other car accident injury case
Causes of Car Accidents
Car accidents are commonly caused by distracted car drivers, fatigued drivers, drunk drivers, speeders, aggressive, reckless or careless drivers, mechanical or equipment failures and by drivers who fail to obey traffic safety laws, including the following:
- looking at scenary while driving a car
- rubbernecking (i.e., slowing down to look at other car accidents)
- being distracted by passengers, children, kids or babies
- being distracted by pets or dogs in the car
- adjusting the car’s radio, cassette or CD player, clock, etc.
- reading newspaper, books, maps or other documents in the car
- talking on a cell phone, mobile phone, cellular telephone, etc. while driving a car
- texting or sending text messages while driving a car
- being distracted by insects, bugs or bees in the car
- reaching for an object inside the car
- applying makeup or styling, fixing, brushing or combing hair
- car driving with heavy eyelids and frequent yawning
- car driving while on medications that cause drowsiness
- driving while sleepy or having not slept
- driving for extended periods of time without resting or taking a break
- driving under the influence DUIs
- driving while intoxicated DWIs
- alcohol-related car crashes
- drug related car accidents
- driving too fast in the car
- driving too slow in the car
- changing car lanes frequently or in an unsafe manner
- passing other cars
- disregarding or disobeying traffic signals and signs
- tailgating or driving too closely to other cars
- failure to yield right of way
- running red lights and stop signs
- driving the car the wrong way on a one way street
- making improper car turns and u-turns
- road rage (flashing car’s brights or lights; rude gestures, verbal abuse)
- street car racing
- police car chases
- failure to monitor unsafe road conditions
- failure to follow traffic laws
- other car accidents
Time Is Limited to File a Car Accident Lawsuit. Connect With a Car Accident Lawyer or Attorney.
Deadlines known as statutes of limitation and statutes of repose may limit the amount of time that injured persons have to file a car accident injury lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for injuries suffered as a result of a car or auto accident.
This means that if a car accident lawsuit is not filed before the applicable time limit, a claimant may be barred from ever pursuing legal action regarding the car accident injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with a car accident injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If you or a loved one has been injured or died in a car accident, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a car accident injury lawsuit or settlement. Contact a car accident injury lawyer to request a free case review.
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