Princeton NJ Motorcycle Injury Attorneys
Motorcycle Accident Injuries
Motorcycle accidents rarely end well for the rider. More than half of motorcycle crashes involve another vehicle, usually a passenger car. Obviously, in a motorcycle car accident, the motorcycle rider is at a much greater risk than those inside the car. Whether they involve another vehicle or not, almost all motorcycle collisions result in some type of injury to the rider, and close to half of these injuries are serious.
Minor injuries include "road rash", a severe abrasion from skin contacting the pavement, bruises, minor burns and small cuts. Broken collarbones, wrists and ankles are common as are bruised hips and knees. All of these areas are prone to injury because the rider is exposed to the elements. Some of these can be prevented by wearing protective equipment while riding, such as a leather jacket and chaps, boots and a helmet.
Major motorcycle crash injuries can include anything from brain injury to broken vertebrae to spinal cord injury. Head and neck injuries are quite common in motorcycle accidents as are lower body injuries such as ankle, knee, foot, lower and upper leg and groin injuries.
Among the most detrimental injuries incurred from motorcycle collisions are head and neck injuries. Traumatic brain injury has devastating and lifelong effects. Head injuries can leave victims unable to care for themselves and in need of ongoing care to get through each day, even after the initial expense of a hospital stay, physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Spinal cord injuries are also catastrophic. The spinal cord controls all of your bodily functions, and damage to it can leave you with partial or complete loss of sensation or movement. Paraplegia and tetraplegia, otherwise known as quadriplegia, are the result of spinal cord damage. A spinal cord injury affects not only the person who sustained the injury, but the family and loved ones who then suddenly find their own lives rearranged to care for them.
Some injuries, like dismemberment or disfigurement, are as distressing emotionally as they are physically. Compensation for these injuries must take into account not only the medical costs, lost wages and permanent disabilities caused, but also the high psychological toll.
You should not have to shoulder the burden of extremely high medical expenses and ongoing care if you have been permanently disabled by a motorcycle accident. The caring and experienced Princeton motorcycle accident lawyers at Lependorf & Silverstein has been fighting for New Jersey families for close to 20 years. Severe motorcycle crash injuries affect the whole family, and we are here to fight for the compensation you deserve. Call us today for a free and confidential consultation.
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