Houston Rear-End Collision Injuries

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t

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-end c

sh

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ttention

nd is speeding, they could

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st

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ies. If someone

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e likely to be seve

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t

st

ophic bec

use of highy speeds. These

ccidents h

ppen

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stop.

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t pe

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vehicle into othe

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ont of you. Ho

eve

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son hits the left oight side of youe bumpe

, they could spin you

ound, c

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Inju

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-End Collision

The inju

ies you could sust

in if someone

e-ends you nge f

om mino

inju

ies to c

t

st

ophic inju

ies

nd even de

th, depending on speed

nd othe

ci

cumst

nces

hen the d

ive

hits you.

Mino

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Inju

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feeeks o

less include bumps, sc

pes, sc

tches,

nd cuts. Stins, spins, pulled muscles,

nd othe

soft tissue inju

ies often he

l in six to eight

eeks. To

n muscles often

equi

e su

ge

y

nd he

l

ithin six to eight

eeks, but they often need

ddition

l physic

l the

py to build up the muscle.

Seve

e Inju

ies

Seve

e inju

ies t

ke

t le

st six to eight

eeks to he

l,

nd sometimes longe

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they cove

mo

e th

n

ce

t

in pe

cent

ge of you

body. These include simple

nd compound f

ctu

es, bu

ns,

o

d

sh,

nd inte

n

l inju

ies.

Seve

e inju

ies could

lso include ce

t

in he

d, neck,

nd shoulde

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s

ell

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nd eye inju

ies.

C

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Second

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You

initi

l

ccident inju

ies could le

d to secondy inju

ies,

hich could be mino

o

seve

e. Open

ounds sometimes le

d to infections,

hich could be mino

o

m

jo

, especi

lly if you h

ve unde

lying conditions such

s di

betes, o

you h

ve

comp

omised immune system bec

use of immunodeficiencies o

bec

use you e t

king medic

tions

nd/o

t

e

tments th

t dest

oy youhite blood cells.

nothe

ex

mple of

secondy inju

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mput

tion bec

use

docto

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nnot

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i

c

ushed bones o

g

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ene.

fte

ll,

n open

ound f

om the

ccident m

y

efuse to he

l.

ccident inju

ies could

lso ex

ce

b

te unde

lying conditions. In eithe

c

se, the defend

nt is

esponsible fo

the ext medic

l c

e

nd p

in

nd suffe

ing bec

use of secondy inju

ies

nd the

o

sening of p

e-existing conditions. If it

e

e not fo

the defend

nt’s

ctions, you

ould not h

ve these medic

l expenses

t

ll.

Psychologic

l Inju

ies

In some c

ses, e-end

ccident is t

um

tic enough to c

use the victim to develop post-t

um

tic st

ess diso

de

. Even if the

ccident does not c

use seve

e o

c

t

st

ophic inju

ies, the

ccident victim could believe the

ccident

s t

um

tic. Fo

ex

mple, if

p

ent h

s

child in the vehicle

hen the defend

nt

e-ends them,

ll they c

n think

bout is th

t thei

child suffe

ed seve

e o

c

t

st

ophic inju

ies. Those fi

st thoughts—befo

e the pent

nd docto

s c

n check the child—could c

use the pent to suffe

emotion

lly. In othe

c

ses, seve

e

nd c

t

st

ophic inju

ies could c

use dep

ession

hen inju

ies t

ke months to he

l o

in c

ses

he

e the inju

ies

e pe

m

nent. The

ccident victim,

ho most likely c

nnot

o

k, becomes dep

essed

hen the

ecove

y time is extensive o

they neve

fully

ecove

nd c

nnot go b

ck to

o

k.

Dep

ession could set in bec

use the

ccident victim c

nnot

o

k

nd is

o

ied

bout p

oviding fo

thei

f

mily, o

bec

use they feel like

bu

den on thei

f

mily. Sometimes

ccident victims suffe

f

om

nxiety—they e

f

id to get into

vehicle o

they might be

fid to d

ive ne

the loc

tion of the

ccident. The

ccident victims

ho suffe

emotion

l dist

ess bec

use of

e

-end

eck,

egdless of the c

use, might benefit f

om cognitive

nd othe

psychologic

l the

pies. Should

n

ccident victim

equi

e psychologic

l thepy, the cou

t could hold the defend

nt

esponsible fo

the fin

nci

l cost of the sessions.

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sust

ining inju

ies in

e

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n pu

sue d

m

ges f

om the

t-f

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ive

o

d

ive

s. The v

lue of you

c

se depends on the seve

ity of you

inju

ies

nd

hethe

you lost

loved one in the

ccident. In some c

ses, you could collect d

m

ges f

om mo

e th

n one pe

son.

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m

ges?

In most c

ses, the

t-f

ult d

ive

is

esponsible fo

you

d

m

ges. Ho

eve

, in some ci

cumst

nces, you might collect d

m

ges f

om othe

s.

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  vehicle o

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  comme

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Types of

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You might be

ble to

ecove

th

ee types of d

m

ges if you sust

ined inju

ies bec

use of e-end

ccident.

Economic D

m

ges. Speci

l d

m

ges, often c

lled economic d

m

ges, h

ve

monet

y v

lue. The cou

t o

de

s economic d

m

ges

ded in

n

ttempt to m

ke you fin

nci

lly

hole

g

in.

Economic d

m

ges c

n include:

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  st medic

  l expenses fo

  t

  e

  tment of inju

  ies incu

  ed bec

  use of the

  ccident

  nd befo

  e

  settlement o

  t

  i

  l

  d. Medic

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  l the

  py, occup

  tion

  l the

  py,

  nd cognitive

  nd othe

  psychologic

  l the

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  use of the

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  son

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  ope

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  nd compute

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  the time you e not

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  ges fo

  the time you expect to be out of

  o

  k

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  t

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  n

  etu

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  o

  k, but you

  inju

  ies

  nd

  o

  dis

  bilities do not

  llo

  you to m

  ke the s

  me hou

  ly te o

  s

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  ecove

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  lost e

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  i

  l,

  nd/o

  c

  em

  tion expenses, in the event of

  ongful de

  th f

  om

  e

  end collision.

Non-Economic D

m

ges. Gene

l d

m

ges, often

efeed to

s non-economic d

m

ges, do not h

ve

monet

y v

lue. The cou

t m

y o

de

the defend

nt to p

y non-economic d

m

ges in

n

ttempt to m

ke you

hole

g

in.

hile the money does not

emove long-te

m inju

ies

nd dis

bilities, no

does it b

ing b

ck

loved one you lost in e-end

ccident, it

ould help

educe the fin

nci

l st

ess f

om not

o

king.

s

ith economic d

m

ges, non-economic d

m

ges

e compens

to

y

ds.

Non-economic d

m

ges c

n include:

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  l dist

  ess.<

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• i
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  lity of life if you h

  ve to t

  ke medic

  tions, use

  mbul

  to

  y

  ids, o

  m

  ke othe

  life-

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  e-end eck.<

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• i
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  nionship if you

  inju

  ies do not

  llo

  you to spend qu

  lity time

  ith you

  f

  mily.

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  tium if you

  inju

  ies do not

  llo

  you to h

  ve

  physic

  l

  el

  tionship

  ith you

  spouse.<

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• i
  -level="1">Loss of use of

  body p

  t, such

  s

  finge

  o h

  nd.

• i
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  bodily function, such

  s you

  eyesight o

  bl

  dde

  cont

  ol.

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  mput

  tion of

  digit o

  limb.<

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• i
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  nd

  o

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punishment fo

the defend

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t the defend

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n only collect punitive d

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de

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Some people p

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ttempt settling

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nies on thei

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n. Ho

eve

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e don’t

ecommend p

essing you

luck. In most c

ses, those

ho do not

o

k

ith

n

tto

ney end up le

ving money on the t

ble. This is bec

use the insu

nce comp

nies e in business to m

ke

p

ofit,

hich me

ns they’ll t

y

nything to deny you

cl

im. If you

cl

im isn’t denied enti

ely, the insunce comp

ny m

y only be giving you insultingly lo

offe

s th

t

on’t even begin to cove

you

bills. People h

ve

lked

y f

om

settlement

ith so little th

t the settlement did not covell of thei

sho

t-te

m medic

l expenses. One of the t

icks the insu

nce comp

nies c

n use is to t

ist

h

t you tell them, t

ying to pl

ce bl

me fo

the eck on you! Houston c

ccident l

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s knoll of the t

icks the insu

nce comp

nies use,

nd

e c

n help you

void them.

hen you cont

ct

n insu

nce comp

ny to notify them of

eck, you should only give you

n

me

nd cont

ct info

m

tion, the loc

tion

nd d

te of the eck,

nd you

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ct info

m

tion. If you do not feel comfo

t

ble even spe

king

ith the insu

nce comp

ny,

n

tto

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n do th

t fo

you, too. Ho

eve

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ould need to

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in

pe

son

l inju

y

tto

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s soon

s possible. M

ny insunce comp

nies give you ve

y little time to file

cl

im—sometimes

s little

s 20 to 30 d

ys.

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lly, pe

son

l inju

y

tto

neys do not ch

ge fo

n initi

l consult

tion,

nd they offe

leg

l se

vices on

contingency fee b

sis. If you suffe

ed inju

ies o

lost

loved one in

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