December 14, 2020 This post looks at the average settlement amount in back injury car accident claims. I last updated this page on December 14, 2021. Let’s start with a few statistics. A verdicts and settlements database found that the median plaintiff’s verdict award for motor vehicle cases that involved back injuries is $212,500. For all car, truck, and motorcycle accident injury cases in the database that earned a plaintiff’s verdict, the median award is $300,000.
Sample Verdicts and Settlements in Back Injury Cases 2017-2021The difficulty in using average verdict statistics is that they are pretty useless. Why? The typical back injury case does not go to trial. So the average settlement for a back injury will be different from the average verdict. So the better weapon, albeit far from perfect, is to look at comparable back injuries to your injury. This will not give you the settlement compensation payout you will get in your case even if the facts seem identical. But sample back injury settlements and verdicts, help you better understand the possible ranges for your case. Below are sample back injury verdicts. Most are in the Baltimore-Washington area in 2017-2021. But we have updated it to include some national settlements as well.
Some Older Verdicts
You can get even more back injury settlements and verdicts. What Is the Average Back Injury Settlement?Estimates on the average back injury settlement range from $10,000 to $90,000. Our lawyers prefer to look at median statistics than average statistics (which is how I started this post). With back injuries, there are so many extremely minor injury claims and there are also a small er number of catastrophic back injury claims. These numbers distort the settlement average in a way that can mislead. So I prefer median statistics instead of the average. How Much Does Steroid Injection Increase Settlement?Steroid injections increase the average compensation payout for a back injury settlement. Epidural steroid injections signal to the insurance company that you have a more serious back injury. There are no statistics on exactly how much the average increases and back injury settlements without surgery will almost invariably have lower compensation payouts than those with surgery. Understand the Value of Your Back Injury CaseStatistics and sample settlements and jury verdicts get you started in understanding the range of value for your case. But they are just the beginning of the analysis. Statistics and prior cases cannot predict the value of your case. There is no back injury settlement calculator. There are too many variables in the mix to isolate the factors that led those results to go as they did. There is just no formula or metric to calculate a settlement payout of an individual back injury claim. Still, these examples of back injury settlements and verdicts I gave you above are not without value. They are one tool of many at your disposal to help narrow the likely range trial range of your case which is ultimately the number the insurance companies will use to calculate your settlement compensation. If you want to learn more about your case, you can get a free online case evaluation or call me at 800-553-8082. Do epidurals injections increase settlement?An epidural steroid injection will therefore increase the value of your car accident or slip and fall claim, and make it more likely to get exactly what you want at the end of your personal injury negotiations.
What is a herniated disc lawsuit worth?The median jury verdict for a herniated disc case is $75,000 with an average of $350,000. This means that a few disc herniation cases are awarded very high jury verdicts, but most are under $100,000.
How long does a steroid injection last?The injections normally take a few days to start working, although some work in a few hours. The effect usually wears off after a few months. If you're having an injection to relieve pain, it may also contain local anaesthetic. This provides immediate pain relief that lasts a few hours.
How long does steroid injection take to work?Most research concludes that steroid injections take between 3-5 days to work. However to be on the safe side we would normally encourage patients to have their injection ideally 7-10 days week before their event. This gives the maximum chance that the steroid will achieve maximum benefits.
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