The compensation you need for ongoing care
Orthopedic injuries affect your musculoskeletal system, including damage to your bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and nerves. Nearly anything — from sports and recreation accidents to motor vehicle collisions to slips and falls — can cause an orthopedic injury. Serious or long-lasting orthopedic injuries often cause severe pain and impairment. We want to help you regain your quality of life.
Harrison Pensa’s orthopedic injury lawyers will seek financial compensation for your ongoing care. Physiotherapy and other rehabilitation options can be helpful alternatives to surgery or drugs, but they can be costly. You shouldn’t have to settle for less. We can assist you with locating qualified rehabilitation specialists and securing funds to pay for their services. Those who take regular medication for conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and high blood pressure may be able to get financial assistance if their condition worsens due to the orthopedic injury. It starts with contacting our approachable team of lawyers.
Helping people affected by orthopedic injuries:
- Broken bones
- Tendon and ligament tears
- Sprained ankles
- Shoulder dislocations
- ACL tears
- Rotator cuff tears
- Meniscus tears
- Tennis elbow
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Stress and compression fractures
- Among other injuries
Frequently Asked Questions
Orthopedic injuries can range in severity from spinal fractures and skull fractures to sprains. They include fractures, post-traumatic arthritis, whiplash, torn ligaments, torn rotator cuffs, thoracic outlet syndrome, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Orthopedic injuries are those that occur to bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves.
One should seek the help of a lawyer when filing one of these claims simply because they can be so complex in nature. Injuries involving joints can cause osteoarthritis, a condition that can lead to increased pain and impairment over time. It is important the joints be properly tested for injuries and these injuries treated correctly.
Those who have suffered an orthopedic injury as the result of an accident may be eligible to receive an award of damages, including compensation for medical or attendant care expenses and loss of income, as well as housekeeping or home maintenance expenses.