Bone Injury Attorney for Los Angeles

Traumatic Bone Fracture

A person in Los Angeles may suffer a traumatic bone fracture when they are involved in a car accident where the broken bone may be a a pathologic (spontaneous) fracture or because of a medical condition, including, but not limited to, osteoporosis.

Types of Bone Injuries

The most common type of injury sustained by someone in a personal injury in Los Angeles is a bone injury.  While most people believe there is only one type of bone injury, there are actually two types of bone injuries:

Open Bone Fracture Injury

If you were involved in a Los Angeles accident where the bone pierces the skin, this is referred to as an open bone fracture injury.  These open fractures can be life-threatening as the open wound could easily become infected.  For example, if someone were involved in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident they may easily suffer an open fracture on their leg or arm.  If you are able to see the broken bone, then this is an open fracture.  Seeking medical attention is a priority for all open fracture injuries.

Closed Fracture Injury

Similarly, if the bone fracture doesn't break the injured person's skin, this type of broken bone injury is referred to as a closed fracture.  However, from one Los Angeles accident, it is possible that multiple bones may be broken or fractured where the injured person has bone open fractures and closed fractures.  Regardless of the type of fracture which they are suffering from, medical attention should be received as quickly as possible to reduce pain and suffer, blood loss and nerve damage.

How Can Bones Break?

How Many Bones Are In An Adult Human Being?

The majority of adult humans have 206 bones in their body.  At the time of birth, a baby has anywhere from 300-350 bones, where some of them may fuse together as the infant grows into a child, a teenager, and ultimately an adult.  Some of the most common types of bones that fuse together are the various bones surrounding the brain of the skull, the sacrum (holding hip bones) and the hip bones themselves.

How Many Bones Comprise The Feet and Hands?

More than half of the 206 bones comprise and make up an adult humans hands and feet.  Generally, 106 human bones make up the hands and feet of a human body.

How Are The 206 Bones Divided Amongst The Various Body Parts?

These 206 bones are generally divided amongst the various body parts of an adult human as follows:

• An adult human skull has 28 bones. 
  • 14 of those are human facial bones, such as cheek bones. 
  • 8 bones comprise the human cranium protecting the human brain. 
  • 6 skull bones are in the human ear.
• The hyoid bone of the neck which looks similar to a horseshoe.
• 26 vertebrae
  • 7 neck or cervical bones
  • 12 thoracic
  • 5 lumbar (loins) bones
  • Sacrum
    • comprising 5 fused vertebrae
  • Coccyx
    • comprising 4 fused vertebrae
• 24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone
• Shoulder
  • 2 clavicles
    • Most frequently fractured bone in the body
  • 2 scapulae
• the pelvis
  • comprising 2 fused bones
• Arms
  • 30 bones in each
• Legs
  • 30 bones in each
• Joint bones
  • 8-18 bones

Even though the human clavicle is the most frequently broken bone in the human body, many people break their arms, legs and hands when they are involved in a Los Angeles accident.  Specifically, there are 37 bones in a person's hand and 26 in the foot.  Many times someone will break one of these bones in either their hand or their foot, but they won't identify it as a broken bone and will therefore not seek medical attention.  This may lead to immobility and life-long pain and suffering by not seeking proper medical attention.

Breaking / Broken Bones From California Accident

Depending on the type of accident and the stress which is put on any of the 206 bones which make up a human body, the Los Angeles injured person's bones can do any of the following:

• Hairline Bone Fracture
• Incomplete
  • Greenstick Fracture
  • Fissured Fracture
• Shatter
• Stress Fracture
• Twist

Symptoms Of A Broken Bone

If you were involved in an accident and one of the injuries was a fractured or broken bone, the injured person may have some or all of the following symptoms:

• bruising;
• deformity;
• exposed bone;
• joints locked;
• unable to move appendage;
• pain;
• swelling; and / or
• tenderness.

If young children break or fracture a bone, one very rare type of broken bone of the epiphyseal disk could result in stopping or slowing the child's long-term growth.  For adults, a broken bone, especially an open fracture, can result in other related diseases or conditions, such as pneumonia or an infection, which could ultimately result in death.

Speak With a Los Angeles Bone Injury Attorney

Anyone in Los Angeles who suffers a broken bone as a direct result of the negligence of another should contact a Los Angeles Bone Injury Attorney to seek compensation for their injuries.  The more serious the bone fracture, and the cause of the bone fracture will increase the compensation you will be able to recover.

If you or a loved one has suffered a serious bone injury because of someone else's negligent acts, you may be able to recover compensation for your bone injuries and for any related medical expenses.  Our Los Angeles Bone Injury Lawyers will research your claim, determine who the liable parties are, assist you in receiving medical attention for your fractured bones, represent you through the settlement process, represent you in court and fight for the maximum possible compensation for your bone injuries.

Call our Bone Injury Attorneys today at 800-715-4489.