Common Automobile Accident Injuries

Michael Grossman, San Antonio Accident Injury Attorney, Discusses Common Car Accident Injuries Such as Whiplash

If you have been hurt in a car accident, you understand how destructive they can be. Due to the nature of car accidents and how victims are injured in them, brain or spine injuries are unfortunately common.

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These injuries are some of the most severe associated with any kind of accident. Any injury to a victim’s head, neck, or upper back can cause serious nervous system damage and long-term disability. Brain injuries are common in side-impact collisions, in which the victim’s head often strikes the car door. Whiplash, a common injury in any car accident, can cause spine damage if it is severe enough.

Spine and brain injuries cause long-term problems for their victims. Average lifetime medical costs for victims suffering from some sort of paralysis due to a spine or brain injury can reach millions of dollars. Victims often require lifelong medical treatment and are forced to live in an assisted-living facility. Additionally, many spine and brain injury victims cannot return to work and make a living. These injuries often cause fatal complications later on in life. In other words, spine and brain injuries can complicate the rest of a victim’s life, and it is important that you receive compensation for the full extent of your injuries. In a spine or brain injury case, compensation often includes multi-million dollar settlements.

But as you might imagine, insurance companies and defense lawyers are extremely aggressive with that much money on the line. They will do everything they can to convince a judge or jury that your injuries are not as severe as they really are. It is important that, if you have received a serious spine or brain injury, you seek help from an experienced attorney who can fully illustrate to a jury the extent of your injuries. The financial and emotional burdens associated with spinal and brain injuries are enormous.

You deserve adequate compensation so that you can get on with your life as best you can. So if you or a loved one has suffered a spinal cord or brain injury in an accident, contact San Antonio spine and brain injury attorney Michael Grossman today, and make sure you receive the settlement you deserve.


Some of Our Most Recent Successful Cases
$50,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Whiplash)
Recovery for client who sustained whiplash after being rear-ended in a car accident.
Total Recovery:
$50,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$20,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$5,334.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for client injured in a car accident in Dallas.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$33,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Motorcycle Accident (Neck, Back, and Knee Injury)
Recovery for a client who suffered neck, back, and knee injuries in a motor cycle accident.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$33,333.00
Litigation Expenses:
$627.00
$97,500.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / First-Party Dram Shop Accident
(policy limits were $100k) Recovery for wife of a motorcyclist who was killed in a drunk driving accident.
Total Recovery:
$97,500.00
Attorney Fees:
$48,750.00
Litigation Expenses:
$0.00
$250,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / Commercial Vehicle Accident
(policy limits) A young mother was killed in an accident involving two commercial vehicles, one an 18-wheeler. The accident occurred as the young woman was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling down a highway in the early morning hours. Without warning, the vehicle in which she was a passenger collided with a stalled 18-wheeler that parked in the right of way, resulting in catastrophic injuries that claimed the young woman's life soon thereafter.

The authorities initially faulted the driver of the vehicle in which the victim was a passenger, stating that he was using an electronic device rather than paying full attention to the roadway. However, the 18-wheeler was indeed blocking the roadway and plaintiff alleged that the vehicle did not follow the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act in regard to providing adequate reflective or laminated warning at specific intervals. Further, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant failed to remove his vehicle from the roadway when he first noticed signs of mechanical failure.

Had he simply moved to the shoulder of the road, plaintiffs argued, his lack of adequate warning signs would have been inconsequential. An initial settlement has been obtained in this case, yet litigation has commenced in full against the remaining defendant, and is currently ongoing.
Total Recovery:
$250,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$78,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$370.00
$300,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / Third Party Dram Shop
(policy limits) An incredibly intoxicated driver drove head-on into a vehicle, killing several of the vehicle's occupants. The defendants had limited assets, yet an alternative policy was uncovered, which the defendants argued was non applicable. Under threat of litigation, our attorneys negotiated a settlement for the policy limits.
Total Recovery:
$300,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$132,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$0.00
$250,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / Commercial Vehicle Accident
Our attorneys were hired to investigate a fatal motor vehicle accident involving an 18-wheeler that claimed the lives of several men, the family of one in particular which our firm represented, felt that the official version of events as outlined in the police report was not an accurate portrayal of the facts and circumstances of the collision.

Our firm launched an investigation, the findings of which served as the basis for a subsequent lawsuit. We were able to determine that the defendant's accusations of contributory negligence on behalf of he driver of the vehicle did appear to be valid and plaintiffs conceded as much. However, the plaintiffs were adamant that the contributory negligence did not entirely overshadow the negligence on behalf of the defendant truck driver.

Through physical evidence and an admission of liability that our attorneys were able to importune from the defendant under oath, we were able to show that the defendant had indeed pulled into the path of the decedent's vehicle, which was of consequence irrespective of the decedent's own contributory negligence, and that icontact.com
Total Recovery:
$250,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$82,500.00
Litigation Expenses:
$10,000.00
$200,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Back Injury Requiring Surgery)
Recovery for motorcyclist who suffered a back injury in an 18-wheeler accident.
Total Recovery:
$200,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$80,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$5,709.00
$25,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for the victim of a automobile accident.
Total Recovery:
$25,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$8,250.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for passenger of Uninsured Driver Injured in Head-On Crash.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$40,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$2,500.00

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