Average settlement range: $15,000 – $150,000. With surgery: $50,000 – $300,000.
Get My Free Estimate →Broken bones (fractures) range from simple, non-displaced fractures that heal with casting to complex, comminuted fractures requiring multiple surgeries and permanent hardware. The type, location, and severity of the fracture directly impact both medical treatment and case value. Common accident-related fractures involve the arms (radius, ulna, humerus), legs (femur, tibia, fibula), ribs, pelvis, vertebrae, wrist, and ankle.
Fracture types include simple/closed (bone breaks but skin is intact), compound/open (bone pierces the skin — high infection risk), comminuted (bone shattered into multiple pieces), displaced (bone fragments are misaligned), and growth plate fractures in children (risk of uneven growth). X-rays confirm the diagnosis, with CT scans used for complex fractures.
Simple fractures require casting, splinting, or bracing and typically heal in 6 to 12 weeks. Displaced and complex fractures require surgical fixation — open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) with plates, screws, rods, or pins. Compound fractures require surgical debridement, fracture fixation, and antibiotic therapy. Physical therapy follows to restore range of motion, strength, and function. Some patients require hardware removal surgery after healing is complete.
Settlement Range
$15,000 – $150,000
With Surgery
$50,000 – $300,000
Average Settlement
$65,000
Fracture cases have strong value because they are objectively documented on X-ray, the treatment is well-established, and surgical fractures involve significant medical bills. Key factors increasing value: surgical intervention (ORIF), permanent hardware, multiple fractures, weight-bearing bone fractures (femur, tibia), open/compound fractures (infection risk, scarring), fractures near joints (risk of arthritis), growth plate fractures in children, and any resulting permanent limitation of movement.
$15,000 – $30,000 – $100,000 – $500,000+
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$20,000 – $50,000 – $200,000 – $1,000,000+
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$10,000 – $25,000 – $100,000 – $500,000+
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$20,000 – $50,000 – $250,000 – $1,000,000+
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$15,000 – $40,000 – $150,000 – $750,000+
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$25,000 – $75,000 – $500,000 – $3,000,000+
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