What is the Average Settlement for Spinal Stenosis?

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Spinal stenosis is one of the more painful car accident injuries that can have a large impact on your life. The condition is a narrowing of the spinal column that causes:

  • Weakness in the arms and hands
  • Numbness and pain in the legs and buttocks
  • Pain and discomfort in the shoulder blades
  • Burning sensation in the neck

Oftentimes, spinal stenosis requires surgery. Even then, it may not be permanently cured. Accordingly, the effects of this condition can remain with accident victims for some time, perhaps for the rest of their life. If you were athletic and active before your car accident, you might have to restrict your physical activities.

Spinal stenosis is a post-accident car injury that does not always show up immediately after the accident. Spinal stenosis results from neck and back trauma that impacts your spinal column. The condition can develop over time, and it can get progressively worse. Oftentimes, spinal stenosis happens after you have suffered whiplash, which is a common injury in rear-end collisions.

Spinal Stenosis Can Have Different Impacts on Accident Victims

Spinal stenosis can be worth a considerable amount of money in a car accident settlement. It is difficult to pin down an average number for a settlement because each case of spinal stenosis can have different impacts on the person who suffers from it. However, you should know that spinal stenosis can be worth a considerable amount of money when you are settling your claim.

When you talk about average numbers, you have no idea of the circumstances that other people faced when they settled their own claims. They may not have had an attorney or negotiated with the insurance company to get more money, as is their right.

Why Your Spinal Stenosis Check Can Be Bigger

Given the debilitating nature of spinal stenosis, there are two elements of your damages that can increase the size of your check:

  • Medical bills
  • Pain and suffering

Medical bills must cover both your past and future treatment for the condition. Even though these are a part of your settlement check, medical bills pay back your health insurance company for money that they have already spent or will pay to doctors in the future.

You will not benefit personally from this money. At the same time, you must be careful to negotiate a large enough settlement to cover these bills because doctors must be paid for their services. If you get too little money, you will be left with nothing for yourself.

Pain and Suffering Depends on Your Own Experience

Pain and suffering is a subjective measure of your own experience with spinal stenosis. The insurance company certainly wants to attach an average to this element of your damages because whatever damage they attach will save them money and underpay you for what you are dealing with as a result of the condition.

Pain and suffering measure the daily difficulties that you deal with as a result of your condition. Not only will you feel constant physical pain because of spinal stenosis, but you can also experience the following:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Loss of enjoyment of life
  • Trouble sleeping

However, as far as your case of spinal stenosis goes, there should not be an average. Each accident victim deals with their own conditions and circumstances. There are different degrees of severity and symptoms of spinal stenosis that impact people differently. You have a legal right to be paid for how your condition has affected you, and your compensation should not be based on anyone else.

Different people react differently to this debilitating and painful condition. Some cannot work for an extended period of time until they have surgery and rehabilitation. Others can no longer work at all. Every personal injury victim has the legal right to be paid for what they have endured and suffered since the accident, and they are not paid based on the experience of the average person.

Work to Maximize Your Financial Compensation

The key is to fight for every dollar that you deserve based on your own post-accident experience. You should hire a car accident attorney to tell your story and put together a compelling claim for compensation. Otherwise, you may be in a position of having to take what you are offered by the insurance company. They intentionally underestimate what you are experiencing in the name of writing a lesser check.

Before you begin the claims process, you should have extensive medical information that details the severity of your condition. You should also document how your spinal stenosis has affected you and the impacts that it has had on your daily life.

Many lawyers will tell you to rush filing a claim to make the statute of limitations, but you must first reach the point of maximum medical improvement before you can file your claim. You should also take the time to put together a persuasive claim that will lead to more compensation, as opposed to just rushing to file something.

Call a Wilmington Car Accident Attorney

If you or a loved one have been injured in a car accident, you need legal help to get the maximum possible compensation. Otherwise, you might be leaving money on the table. Contact the attorneys at Horton Mendez online or call us at (910) 668-1067 to schedule your free initial consultation.

FAQ

What happens if the insurance company does not offer me enough in a settlement?

If the offer is not enough to compensate you for your injuries, you can reject it and make a counteroffer or file a lawsuit. The insurance company is an intermediary, and they do not have the power of a jury.

Can I be paid for future pain and suffering?

Absolutely. Your car accident settlement covers both your past and future.

How much will a car accident lawyer cost me?

You will pay nothing out of your pocket and only pay a percentage of your proceeds if you win your case.

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