Any many car accident cases in Colorado, my clients suffer only soft-tissue injuries. What is a soft-tissue injury in a car accident case? As an example, let’s say that John gets rear-ended by another car while slowing for traffic on I-25. John sustains no broken bones, but seeks treatment at the ER and is diagnosed with cervical and lumbar strain or whiplash. Later John follows up with a chiropractor who specializes in soft-tissue injuries from car accidents.

A soft-tissue injury is injury to muscles and muscle fibers. There are no fractures or broken bones. If there are bone fractures or broken bones then the case is a fracture case and is not a soft-tissue injury case. Fracture or broken bone cases are normally worth much more money than soft-tissue injury cases. Insurance companies pay much less money for soft-tissue injuries or whiplash cases because these type of injuries cannot be seen on X-ray or MRI.

SOFT-TISSUE INJURY

Every person who is injured in a car accident in Colorado deserves the best representation possible. I treat a soft-tissue injury case with seriousness and work hard to recover money damages for my clients. Some attorneys will not even take soft-tissue injury or whiplash cases because the insurance companies do not believe in soft-tissue injuries and normally do not offer much settlement money (as opposed to cases where clients have fractures or broken bones). It is really a shame because soft-tissue injuries can bother people for years and they will require yearly chiropractic visits or physical therapy visits.

In fact, soft-tissue injuries can actually often take longer to heal than broken bones. Not many attorneys will take soft-tissue injury cases to Trial because so many people, insurance adjusters and jury members often believe that these injuries do not exist. Why? Because you cannot see a soft-tissue injury on X-ray like you can readily see a fractured bone. So there is very little visual evidence that can be presented at Trial. Normally at Trial, an attorney will call the treating chiropractor or physical therapist to explain to the Jury how soft-tissue injuries affect a person’s daily living activities and explain the mechanics of a whiplash injury with diagrams or videos of crash dummies. There are many ways to explain the effects of soft-tissue injuries to a Jury or insurance adjuster. But, it is a risky proposition to take these cases to Trial, especially if there is very little damage to the cars involved.

Many times, you can prove soft-tissue injuries through the services of a biomechanical expert or accident reconstructionist. These experts can explain the forces on one’s neck and back when being struck by another vehicle. The forces can be very strong and go right to a injured victim’s neck and back. The neck and back takes the brunt of the force of impact from a collision.

Soft-tissue injury cases deserve the full attention of your attorney. If you feel like your attorney is not paying much attention to your case and is instead concentrating on his “big” cases, then definitely find a personal injury specialist attorney who is willing to devote the same amount of time to your soft-tissue injury case as a big case. I am an attorney with 32 years of experience handling soft-tissue injury cases and I treat every soft-tissue or whiplash case just as I would a “bigger” fracture or brain injury case, for example. Every injured person deserves the best legal representation. Do not hesitate to call me no matter how minor your injuries seem to be.