Sacramento Fracture Injury Lawyers

California Personal Injury Attorneys

Founded in 1993, Demas & Rosenthal is the law firm that believes in getting to know each and every client on a personal level to successfully represent California injury victims. Sacramento attorneys, John Demas and David Rosenthal, started their firm with the vision of achieving justice and obtaining maximum results for serious injury victims. With extensive experience in all types of serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, Demas & Rosenthal will not quit until your case is settled.

Bones are not easily broken, but when a force is exerted on a bone that is stronger than the bone itself, a fracture will occur. In children, fractures account for 10 to 15 percent of all childhood injuries. For elderly people, a fracture might occur more easily because our bones become more brittle as we get older. Types of fractures are:

1. Complete - The bone is broken into two or more pieces.
2. Incomplete - The bone cracks but does not completely break.
3. Compound - Also called an open fracture, it is when the bones break through the skin.
4. Simple - Also known as a closed fracture, the bone breaks but does not leave a wound in the skin.
5. Stress - When a hairline crack in the bone is caused by repeated stress.

There are a hundred ways a bone can be broken, but the most common causes involve falls, blows, or other traumatic events. Diseases such as osteoporosis and bone cancer may contribute to the fracture by weakening the bones, but a force exerted on the bone causes the break. Here are some common indications you have suffered a fracture:

1. Localized pain that hurts more when moving
2. Inability to used the affected area
3. Affected area is tender and swollen
4. Deformity in the area around the fracture
5. Muscle spasms with little movement
6. Feeling the bone ends grate together.

Bones can be fractured in many types of events, but litigation may be necessary to ensure you are taken care of properly. Knowing your rights as the victim of a traumatic event can help you to pay for medical bills and lost time off work. You need the advice of an experienced California fracture injury attorney.