It is difficult to estimate the average settlement for a bulging disc after a car accident because each injury is unique. Additionally, there are several ways to treat a bulging disc, and it is ultimately up to your doctor to recommend the best option for you.
A lawyer with our firm can help you calculate the damages that apply to your specific case. Keep in mind that a settlement could not only reflect your medical bills but also your non-economic losses, like pain and suffering.
Damages You May Seek After Suffering Injuries in a Car Accident
Your medical bills may not be the only losses you suffer after a car accident. A bulging disc injury can range from mild to severe. And in more severe cases, you may miss work or suffer a permanent disability.
Consider the following forms of compensation:
- Lost wages
- Reduced earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of quality of life
- Future medical costs
After consulting your doctor, a lawyer with our firm can help you determine which damages you should seek and calculate their worth. For example, if your bulging disc injury requires ongoing treatment or rehabilitative therapy, you will want your settlement offer to account for these expenses.
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According to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), a bulging disc may heal on its own within six weeks. If a bulging disc requires treatment, there are alternatives to surgery. Still, a severe bulging disc may require surgery.
All things considered, the costs of these different treatments vary greatly, which makes it hard to estimate the average settlement for a bulging disc after a car accident.
The Cost of Bulging Disc Surgery
In some cases, surgery may be needed to help you improve your overall quality of life, according to Penn Medicine. However, you could be facing thousands of dollars in medical bills as a result.
If you need surgery, you should also consider the possibility that you will be out of work for some time. You may also require rehabilitation to heal from the invasive procedure.
Medication
Your doctor may prescribe you different medications to address the symptoms you experience with a bulging disc, according to the IQWiG. Medication can include:
- Steroids
- Anti-inflammatory drugs
- Opioids
- Muscle relaxants
- Anticonvulsants
- Antidepressants
The cost for these medications can vary depending on whether you purchase a generic or brand-name medication. Different patients will also need to take these medications for different lengths of time.
Muscle Therapy
You may benefit from regular massages, ultrasound therapy, and heating and cooling techniques. The cost of these therapies vary, but they could quickly become costly.
Spinal Injections
After suffering a bulging disc, spinal injections may help you regain mobility and ease your pain. Once again, this therapy can range in cost.
How We Can Help You Calculate a Fair Settlement
Our firm can help you make sure you are seeking a fair settlement by properly calculating your losses after a car accident. Along with adding up your medical bills and estimating your future expenses for treatment, we can employ different methods to assign a dollar value to innumerable losses, like pain and suffering.
Helping You Negotiate
Most importantly, we can help ensure that you don’t accept a settlement offer that would not fairly compensate you. Many insurance companies make offers before they understand the full extent of a victim’s injuries and how they will affect their life going forward.
Insurers hope you will accept the first offer because doing so will usually bar you from seeking more compensation later on, should your injuries cause you more losses. This is why it is important to seek a medical assessment immediately after your car accident. Additionally, you can consult our firm to help you determine what your settlement should look like.
After we calculate your damages, we can negotiate a settlement with the insurer. We can handle all of the communication as well.
Help You Abide by the Statute of Limitations
In case we cannot negotiate a fair settlement with the insurer, we will not hesitate to bring your case to court. Through a court-awarded offer, you may be able to recover your due.
Taking legal action requires us to file a personal injury lawsuit, and you do not have an unlimited amount of time to do so. Under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33, you have merely two years from the date of the accident to file a suit. If you fail to do so in that amount of time, you may lose your right to take legal action against a liable party.
Call Bader Scott Injury Lawyers
While we cannot estimate the average settlement for a bulging disc after a car accident, we can tell you what your case is worth. Take advantage of our free consultation to determine if you have a case and what you may be able to seek.
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