DUI Injuries
Nationwide, DUI accidents are responsible for injuring thousands every year. DUI accident victims frequently suffer serious injuries that if they are able to survive, can severely affect their quality of life. Victims of alcohol-related accidents and drug-related accidents may require constant in-home care, frequent physical therapy sessions, expensive medicine and costly medical devices. Victims may be unable to return to work, or forced to change their vocation, which can add stress to an already difficult financial situation.
With more than 70 years experience in personal injury law, the DUI injury attorneys at Estey Bomberger have seen victims face many challenges as a result of a DUI accident. We sympathize with the pain and grief DUI accident victims experience, and we also understand how financially straining a serious injury can be. Our firm is here to help clients recover full and fair compensation for their medical expenses, lost wages, anticipated los wages, physical pain and emotional distress.
Types of DUI Accident Injuries
Passengers of a car driven by an intoxicated driver can suffer serious injuries that include organ damage, herniated discs, burn injuries, lacerations, sprains, head injuries, spinal cord injuries and death.
Catastrophic injuries can have long term, severe effects on a victim. Victims of catastrophic injuries, such as traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, may suffer permanent disabilities and require the assistance of medical care for the rest of their life.
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when trauma, or force, causes damage to the brain. In an instant, a person’s life can be forever changed by a TBI. Unlike a broken bone injury, a TBI can have severe affects on a victim’s mental state and personality. Also, because every traumatic brain injury is unique, symptoms and effects vary widely.
Spinal cord injuries are caused by a blow to the vertebrae, which can leave a victim with little to no feeling or movement. Spinal cord injuries are usually a result of broken pieces of vertebrae pressing into sensitive nerves. This pressure can cause a complete spinal cord injury, which is total loss of movement and sensation below the level of injury, or a partial spinal cord injury where the victim has some movement and sensation below the injury.
Blunt trauma injuries, or blunt force trauma injuries as they are sometimes referred to, is a physical trauma that is caused by force applied to a body part. Extreme force can come from an impact like that experienced in a vehicle collision, such as a DUI accident.
A broken bone, or a fracture as it is also called, happens when pressure applied to the bone is to strong for the bone to resist against, causing it to snap or break. Bones can be broken into two, shattered or crushed.
Serious Injuries. Serious Results.
The personal injury lawyers at Estey Bomberger are tireless advocates for victims injured as a result of a DUI accident. Our California DUI injury victim lawyers will fight diligently to protect your rights and see that you are compensated fairly for your injuries, medical expenses, lost earnings, and pain and suffering. Contact our law firm today at (800) 784-9180 to speak with one of our personal injury attorneys regarding your potential DUI accident case.
