What Injuries Can a San Antonio Auto Accident Attorney Handle?

As personal injury attorneys, the San Antonio auto accident lawyers at Pierce Skrabanek can file cases for any injury you’ve sustained due to a car wreck. 

The most common auto accident injuries include:

• Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and concussions 
• Spinal cord injuries to the neck and back, including those that cause paralysis
• Broken bones including crushing and amputation injuries
• Internal injuries to your vital or reproductive organs
• Soft tissue injuries like burns, lacerations, and disfigurement of the face or body

This is a general list of physical injuries, but psychological injuries are just as eligible for compensation. Conditions like PTSD, panic disorders, depression, insomnia, and the mental toll caused by a downgrade in your quality of life are also real injuries the court recognizes. 

An experienced car accident lawyer in San Antonio can hire the expert witnesses needed to describe these conditions in court, the impact they have on your life and family, and what is needed to treat them.

Your car accident compensation should cover the entire long-term cost of your care needs, both physical and psychological.

Important reminder: Insurance claims adjusters for car accidents work to minimize your payout, and may use any statement you make as evidence against you later. When you hire a lawyer to represent you, we can speak on your behalf to help protect your right to recovery from those who seek to deny you what you’re fairly owed.

What Types of Crashes Can a San Antonio Auto Accident Lawyer Handle?

These are some most common types of motor vehicle accidents that the lawyers at Pierce Skrabanek regularly handle:  

Side-Impact Accidents

Also known as “T-bone” or “broadside” collisions, side-impact crashes typically occur at intersections. For example, if a driver runs a red light or misses a stop sign, they could easily crash into the side of your vehicle. 

The sides of most passenger vehicles are far less protected than the front or back, where the presence of an engine or trunk can help absorb the force of the impact. Understanding the increased damage of this type of accident can help a lawyer strengthen your case in negotiations or at trial.

Rear-End Accidents

One of the most common types of accident claims our attorneys handle, rear-end accidents are nevertheless quite serious. This is due largely to the damage of whiplash injuries, head and neck trauma, or damage to a person’s face from impact with the steering wheel. In cases where an airbag deploys, a person can still suffer from eye trauma due to the force of the airbag, chemical or friction burns, a broken nose, or severe bruising.

Rear-end accidents may range from slow-speed, minor fender-benders to catastrophic high-speed freeway accidents. Any type of vehicle — especially heavy ones like commercial trucks — can cause substantial injury when it crashes into a stopped vehicle from behind. Aside from the injuries suffered by those in the car impacted, rear-end crashes also have the potential to trigger a chain of events that cause a multi-car pile-up. The suffering due to such an event can grow exponentially large.

Head-On Collisions

Head-on collisions are often particularly horrifying for the driver confronted by another vehicle barreling towards them. They can occur due to fatigued driving, distracted driving, or driving under the influence (DUI).

Drunk drivers in particular have caused fatal crashes by taking the wrong highway ramp and driving against traffic, oblivious to the irrationality of such an act. Such a driver may face criminal charges, but even if they do not, you have the right to bring a civil case against them. 

Reach out to our San Antonio car accident lawyers — a civil lawsuit can help you obtain compensation not normally covered in criminal cases, including punitive or “punishment” damages to deter the other party’s reckless behavior in the future. 

Sideswiping Accidents

Sideswipe accidents occur when two vehicles are traveling next to each other or in opposite directions on a divided highway. One car glances against the other, which is a low level of impact that can still cause panic, property damage, and potentially trigger a wreck as the other driver attempts to correct and flee from the danger. Sideswipe accidents usually happen because one driver was trying to change lanes when it was unsafe to do so.

Sideswiping crashes can happen in many instances, from parking lots to high-speed interstate highways. They are entirely preventable, so any damage you suffer due to a sideswipe accident can likely be attributed to the other driver’s negligence.

Rollover Accidents

A rollover accident can involve a single vehicle or several automobiles. Certain types of vehicles are often more likely to roll over than others, such as top-heavy SUVs and large commercial trucks, including the empty ones which may have their trailer caught by a strong wind. 

Rollovers can happen after a collision, during a tire blowout, due to bad weather, or because of driver error (such as overcorrecting a turn). If you are involved in a rollover accident with a commercial vehicle, the company as well as the driver may be liable for your losses.

Our experienced San Antonio car accident lawyers have seen all types of vehicle crashes, and the harm they cause to individuals and families. 

Regardless of what kind of accident you’ve suffered, the attorneys at Pierce Skrabanek are ready to help you recover. Contact our team at (832) 690-7000 — we are here to lead you through this turmoil to a better future.

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Record-breaking results: Several of the verdicts and settlements our San Antonio car accident lawyers have achieved are record-breaking. For one severely injured mother of two, Mike Pierce helped secure a $117 million recovery. The result of this rear-end accident case was the largest single personal injury verdict in Louisiana history.