The Spillane & Mrowka Report provides facts and estimated ranges of value for Massachusetts pain and suffering for specific traumatic injuries. Often in trauma cases, many body parts are injured. As a result, the verdicts, settlements and case histories that you often hear discussed on the evening news or in the newspaper do not help you determine the value of your injury when you have injured only body part. Additionally, liability in valuing injury cases can always be a factor. In Massachusetts the amount of your recovery will be reduced by a percentage of the amount you were found to be at fault for your own injury.
Therefore, please understand that if you have suffered a traumatic injury to more than one part of your body, you should use the information in The Spillane & Mrowka Report only as a starting point. The value of your case could be much less or much more than the amounts discussed here.
Often, in cases involving rotator cuff injuries -- resulting from slip/trip and fall trauma, car accident trauma or construction injuries -- the victim has other injuries as well. These frequently include humerus (arm) fractures and neck injuries. For information about a specific claim regarding those injuries, see The Spillane & Mrowka Report that deals with that specific injury.
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Please understand that the values set forth here are also effected by the amount (if any) when an injured person also incurs significant lost wages, significant medical expense payments and other so-called special or out of pocket damages.
Now, here are the estimated Massachusetts pain and suffering values of injuries based on the circumstances described:
Low Range of Value for a Torn Rotator Cuff Injury: $0 to $15,000
Your case is often valued in the $0 to $65,000 range when any or all of the following factors are present: When you have no or minor fractures. When physicians dispute whether the rotator cuff is torn. When you need only minor surgery or no surgery at all. When you have an excellent recovery. When you will not likely have future pain or disability. And when your case would be tried in an area where juries are conservative in their awards.
Actual Case: $30,000
Actual Case: $50,000
Mid Range of Value for a Shoulder Injury: $15,000 to $75,000
Your case is often valued in the $15,000 to $75,000 range when any or all of the following factors are present: When you have a clearly torn the rotator cuff. When you need open or complicated arthroscopic surgery. When you have a fair to good recovery. When you will likely have some future pain or disability. And when your case would be tried in an area where juries are about average in their awards.
Actual Case: $200,000.
High Range of Value for a Shoulder Injury: $75,000 to $150,000
Your case is often valued in the $75,000 to $150,000 range when any or all of the following factors are present: When you have a significant torn rotator cuff. When you require multiple surgeries. When you have a poor to fair recovery. When you will likely have significant future pain and disability. When additional future surgery is credibly recommended. And when you have significant loss of income or can no longer do the same job because of the rotator cuff injury.
Actual Case: $300,000
