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August 23, 2021 By Justin Ziegler, Lawyer Leave a Comment

Femur Fractures from Accidents: Car, Motorcycle, Truck Crashes & More

Femur
Femur (in red)

If someone’s negligence caused your femur fracture, you may have a case.

Full Settlement Value – Displaced vs. Nondisplaced Fractures

The fragments of bone may meet up properly or displaced (out of alignment).

If the pieces of bone line up correctly, the full settlement value of a personal injury case is lower.

If the pieces of bone are out of alignment, the case may be worth more.  If the pieces of bone are very much out of alignment, the full value of the case is higher.

Open Femur Fractures Worth More Than Closed Fractures

The break may be closed (skin wasn’t broken) or open (the bone has broken the skin).  Closed fractures have a lower pain and suffering settlement value than open fractures.

Take pictures

If you have an open fracture, get someone to take photos that show that the bone has punctured the skin.

Photos May Increase Value of Your Femur Fracture Case

This may add value to your case as the photo may be graphic.  It will show the seriousness of your injury.

Along with your femur fracture, you may tear the skin and muscle above the bone.  If so, this increases the full value of your case.

Femoral: Head, Greater trochanter, Lesser trochanter
Femur

If you had surgery on your femur as the result of an accident caused by someone else, you probably want to know how much your case is worth.

Pain and Suffering Settlement Range for Femur Fractures

As a starting point, the full settlement value of the pain and suffering component for a fractured (broken) femur with surgery from a Florida accident caused by someone else is between $200,000 and $500,000.

The lower end ($200,000) of the settlement range for pain and suffering when there are no healing issues.  It applies if there is little, if any, resultant disability.

The upper end ($500,000) of the range is when treatment is delayed, there are healing issues and a significant resultant disability.

Now, $200,000 is a conservative estimate and $500,000 is if you get an awesome result.  To arrive at the full value of your case, you need to add medical bills and lost wages to the pain and suffering value, and then divide it by your fault.

Future Limitations Can Greatly Affect Femur Fracture Case Value

The injured person should be certain to have the doctor issue a report which states the future limitations of a femur fracture which may include, but are not limited, to having an altered gate.

This means a femur fracture can result in you favoring one leg more than the other which may result in back pain.  Back pain could result in an operation down the line.

The potential future limitations from a femur fracture are one reason that an adjuster may assign a large figure to the pain and suffering component of a femur fracture in a Florida injury case.

Many More Factors May Affect the Case Value

You should note that the above range ($200,000 to $500,000) for pain and suffering for a fractured femur with surgery (ORIF) does not factor in the more than 87 important factors that may affect the value of your injury case.

Every case is different.  One factor can significantly decrease the value of your case.

There is no guarantee that you will get any more for your femur fracture.

For example, if there is no insurance, you may not get any money for your case.

Pain and Suffering Values Don’t Apply to Workers’ Compensation Cases

The pain and suffering values that I give don’t apply to accidents where you are injured at work in Florida and no one other than your employer caused your accident.

Pain and Suffering Value Does Employee To Cruise and Boat Accidents

However, they do apply if you were injured while on a boat if you are covered by the Jones Act.  

If someone’s negligence caused your injury while you were working, you may have also have a case against the person who caused your accident in addition to a workers’ compensation case.

Online Injury Settlement Calculators for a Femur Fractures

Don't Use an Online Settlement Calculator Your Case Value in a Claim for Injury Against hip fracture case in Florida
Don’t use an online settlement calculator to figure out your case value in a Florida femur fracture case.

I strongly suggest that you don’t value your case based on an online settlement calculator.

There are many reasons why settlement calculators may not work for a Florida femur fracture or upper leg injury cases.  This is true whether you are looking at my Florida injury settlement calculator or one that someone else made.

$35K Settlement for Broken Femur (Upper Leg Bone)

A scooter rider got $35,000 after a driver failed to yield the right of way.  It happened in Miami Lakes, which is next to Hialeah, Florida.

He suffered an upper leg (femur) fracture.

United Auto Insurance Company (UAIC) paid $10,000.  GEICO paid $25,000.  There was no more available insurance.

Settlement for Lady Who Fractured Hip from Fall on Curb in Apartment Building

2 Rods and screw in femur for intertrochanteric hip fracture from fall
2 Rods and screw in femur for intertrochanteric hip fracture from fall

I reached a confidential outcome for a lady in her case.  She suffered a femur fracture from tripping and falling in the courtyard of a Miami Beach, Florida apartment complex.

Court OKs $640K Verdict ($575K for Pain and Suffering) for Femur & Face Fracture

See why a Florida appeals court approved a $640,587 verdict ($575,000 for pain and suffering) for a femur and facial fracture for motorcyclist hit by a car.

Shopper Gets Zero Against Publix for Femur Fracture

This isn’t my case.  A shopper claimed that a Publix Supermarket employee negligently directed a customer who was driving a powered shopping cart.  The customer claimed that other customer was exiting the checkout lane.

The customer claimed that the other shopper hit and knocked down the decedent.  Plaintiff claimed the fall eventually caused his death.  

The trial was only to determine whether Publix was negligent.  Publix claimed that the employee was not careless.  Publix claimed that the shopper did not hit the decedent with the cart.

The 78-year-old decedent suffered a comminuted subtrochanteric fracture of the proximal left femur.  

Three days later, he had open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of the hip with an intramedullary, cephalomedullary nail.

(The image above is an image of ORIF of the hip, with an intramedullary rod, from a separate case that I handled.)  The shopper died four days later.

The plaintiff claimed that the decedent’s fall, fracture and surgery caused his death.  Publix argued that the customer in the powered shopping cart did not hit or knock over the decedent.

Publix argued that the customer had passed the decedent.

They argued that the decedent took two steps and fell.  Publix argued that its employee was reasonable in guiding the shopper (on the powered shopping cart).

The jury saw the store surveillance of the incident.

Publix Argued Death  Wasn’t Caused by Fall

Publix was expected to argue that the fall did not cause the man’s death.  The death was listed as atherosclerotic heart disease.

Publix claimed that the decedent was stable and getting better after the surgery.  He then died four days later.

The verdict was in 2014.  Date of Accident was November 2010.  The case is Duarte v. Publix Supermarkets.

Shopper Wins $1.3 Million ($1 Million for Pain and Suffering) for Femur Fracture

This isn’t my case.  A shopper won $1,345,000 ($1 Million for pain and suffering) for a femur fracture and surgery.

She Fell at Costco

She slipped and fell at a Costco in North Miami Beach, Florida.  She was a 57-year-old lady.

Femur Shaft Fractures (Broken Thighbone)

The long, straight portion of the femur is known as the femoral shaft.  A fracture on this part of the bone is known as a femoral shaft fracture.

The femoral shaft goes from beneath the hip to area where bone starts to get broader at the knee.
The femoral shaft goes from beneath the hip to area where bone starts to get broader at the knee.

Open fracture

If a bone fractures and the broken bone points out through your skin, or a cut goes down to the fractured bone, you have a compound or open fracture.

Open fractures usually a lot more injury to the surrounding ligaments, tendons and muscles.

Thus, they have a higher full value for settlement purposes.  They have an increased chance of complications, particularly infections and have delayed healing.  This increases the claims’ full value.

A femoral shaft fracture typically results in sudden, intense pain.  This is one reason why the full value of femur fracture cases are higher than many other broken bones.

Can’t Put Weight on Leg (Increases Value)

You won’t have the ability to place weight on your leg that is hurt.  It may appear deformed, not as long as your other leg and not straight.  All of these things increase the full value of the case for settlement purposes.

If you fracture (break) your thigh bone, known as the femur, it may need surgery.

Surgery Increases Case’s Full Value

The most common type of surgery to fix a femur fracture is an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF).

During this surgery, your doctor will cut your leg and put metal (internal fixators) into your leg to hold the bones together during the healing process.

Another image of the femur, with some labeled parts, is below.

Did someone’s carelessness cause your femur fracture, upper leg injury or another injury in an accident in Florida, or on a cruise or boat? 

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in April 2013 and has been completely revamped and updated.

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