Giving valuations in accident cases is one of the most difficult parts of a personal injury lawyer’s job. Every case is different! With a knee injury, you see many different type of cases. A common injury that we see is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Most commonly you see this injury resulting from a twisting motion with the knee, so this injury is more common with slip and fall or trip and fall cases. Generally, these injuries are worse than meniscus injuries as if surgery is requires, this is more more invasive and thus the cost of the surgery is significantly more than for meniscus surgery. Further, the rehabilitation is generally much more involved as well. While football players are able to continue a career often times following such injuries, many people continue to struggle with ACL injuries and thus the value of these cases is usually pretty high. However, the amount of bills can vary a lot. In some cases, if the ACL is not fully torn, then sometimes therapy can solve the problem and those cases, within the group, would be worth less money generally. In sum, it is difficult to give a simple value to a ACL injury case as there are many different factors that play into the ultimate value.
