A serious auto, motorcycle, truck, car, bicycle, pedestrian, bus, SUV, off-road or other motor vehicle accident can cause a neck or back injury, and part of that injury may be an injury to one or more discs in the accident victim's spinal column.

A disc is herniated if it protrudes out of the spinal column causing a pinched nerve. The result of that condition is usually severe pain, and it may also cause pain, numbness or tingling in the arms, hands, feet or legs depending on whether the herniated disc or discs are in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine.

California personal injury attorney Sebastian Gibson has represented accident victims with herniated discs for over 25 years in California. With law degrees and experience both in Great Britain and throughout southern California, Sebastian Gibson has represented accident and personal injury clients from San Diego to the Palm Springs Desert area, from Orange County to Los Angeles, from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara throughout the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

Herniated discs, sometimes also commonly referred to as bulging discs or slipped discs, can require surgery or fusion with another disc. Once a person has had one such surgery, it is not uncommon to require at least one additional surgery after stress is placed on the adjoining discs after such surgery.

A person can have a herniated disc and have no pain from it or even be aware that he or she has a herniated disc until an accident aggravates the herniated disc and makes the damage to the herniated disc greater. In such cases, the party that caused the accident or their insurance company is responsible for the aggravation to the pre-existing condition and all the treatment and consequences which result, including wage losses and any pain and suffering.

In perhaps no other type of injuries, do insurance companies try harder to pin the cause of a person's pain and suffering as well as his or her treatment on the person's pre-existing injury than in the case where a person had a mild herniated disc prior to an accident that wasn't causing the accident victim pain, and which now requires significant treatment and/or surgery following an accident.

If you have a herniated disc as a result of an auto, truck, motorcycle, car, bicycle, or pedestrian accident or have had a herniated disc aggravated as a result of such an accident, call California personal injury attorney Sebastian Gibson for a free consultation in your home or hospital. Remember, insurance companies, are not in business any more than the casinos in Vegas to give away money. They have a long history of making profits off of insurance premiums and your case isn't likely to be the one where they suddenly turn generous, especially if you don't have an attorney on your side.