San Francisco Car Accident Attorneys Helping Victims of Rear-End Accidents
Rear-end accidents cause distinctly different types of injuries than head-on or side-swipe collisions. By far the most common injury in a rear-end car accident is so-called "whiplash," a stretching or tearing of the neck muscles, ligaments and adjacent soft tissue as a result of high-speed flexion and extension of the neck and back.
Whiplash is a soft tissue injury to the ligaments, tendons and muscles. Your doctor may refer to the injury as a cervical sprain, cervical strain or hyper-extension injury (the neck tissue has extended beyond its normal range).
A neck injury can significantly impair your quality of life. It can cause intense pain, limitation of motion, sleeplessness and anxiety. Disk injury may produce pain radiating down the arms, muscle spasms, and difficulty moving your head from side to side. You may suffer headaches, and have difficulty working and driving.
While most whiplash victims may recover within six weeks, 40 percent of all victims still experience symptoms after three months. One in five people still have some symptoms two years after a rear-end car crash.
At the San Francisco law office of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, we understanding how traumatic a rear-end car accident can be. For more than 50 years, our lawyers have been helping injured people and their families achieve financial recovery, so they can move forward with their lives.
We invite you to review the results we've achieved for past clients who have been hurt in rear-end car accidents and other motor vehicle accidents. Then, contact our office to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION.
EXAMPLES OF OUR SUCCESS IN AUTO ACCIDENT CASES
Rear-End Collision - $431,000 Jury Verdict
Our car accident trial lawyers obtained at $431,000 jury verdict against the Salvation Army when a Salvation Army truck rear-ended the subcompact driven by our client, a world-renowned surgeon. The impact caused "whiplash" injuries to our client's neck and upper back. While this might be a mild to moderate injury for many people, our client used the muscles in her neck to support a large operating device she wore on her head to guide a laser scalpel during micro-surgeries. She was one of only a handful of surgeons in the entire world qualified to perform these procedures. She worked with chronic pain because of her accident-related soft tissue neck injuries. The jury's award was more than three times the size of the defendant's last settlement offer prior to trial.
Experienced California Injury Lawyers on Your Side
Contact the San Francisco law office of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger for a FREE CONSULTATION to discuss your car, truck, motorcycle or pedestrian accident injury claim.
