• Magnifying GlassSEARCH
    Email IconEMAIL
    Chat IconSEND A TEXT
    Telephone Icon(816) 945-4409CALL

    • Hidden Injuries After a Car Accident

    Not all Car Accident Injuries Seem Serious … At First

    You may feel just fine after a minor car accident, but some injuries don’t present themselves until long after the accident occurred.

    A car is an extension of ourselves. Most people feel very comfortable in their cars. A car accident is a sudden and disturbing event. It’s a violent invasion of your privacy. In the immediate aftermath of a car accident a person’s ability to self-assess is unreliable due to the stress of the collision. Many people, even if they’re aware of an injury, will minimize it when talking with the police or emergency medical professionals at the scene of the collision. People, especially when they’re injured following a car accident, just want to go home and take a nap.

    I have had clients with very serious injuries following a car accident tell the police that they’re just “fine” and decline ambulance transport to the emergency room. It’s common for the injured party to wake up the morning following a collision, after a restless, painful night without sleep, and have a loved one drive them to the ER to get checked out. It is also true that, because of the adrenaline in your blood following a collision, you will not feel many soft tissue injuries. Injuries like torn ligaments and bruising start to hurt hours after a collision.

    Concussion After a Car Accident

    I have had clients sustain concussions without realizing it only to be diagnosed the following day. This is obviously very dangerous. Discharge instructions following a concussion diagnosis warn against sleeping or taking a nap because exhaustion following a head injury can be a symptom of a far more serious condition. After representing injured parties for sixteen years, if I were in a car accident, even a minor one, I would accept a ride in the back of an ambulance and get checked out at an ER because my ability to diagnose myself would be unreliable.

    Contact Plaza Injury Law After Any Car Accident

    Once you’ve made a police report and sought medical attention after a car accident, please contact Donovan Dodrill, a top-rated Kansas City personal injury attorney. He has helped hundreds of people across the country over the years. Contact him directly, or schedule a meeting to discuss your case.

    Plaza Injury Law Practice Areas

    Frequently Asked Questions

    With a contingent-fee agreement, your attorney does not charge a direct, hourly rate or require a set retainer fee. Instead, the attorney receives a percentage of the settlement or verdict as payment. This arrangement allows many injured persons to bring lawsuits that they would otherwise be unable to afford.

    Plaza Injury Law is located at 420 Nichols Road in Kansas City, Missouri. We're on the 2nd floor of the building located between Pennsylvania Avenue and Broadway Boulevard on the Country Club Plaza. Both street and garage parking are available.

    It’s a good question. However, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question when to file a personal injury lawsuit. To put it one way, anytime you have suffered injuries due to someone else’s negligence and you are at risk of not receiving adequate compensation, it is likely you will need to sue in order to be properly compensated.
    Plaza Injury Law - Kansas City Personal Injury Law Firm
    Skip to content