While working in the emergency room, you admit two patients who were in an auto collision. One is dead on arrival, having sustained a severed spinal cord at the level C2. The other patient suffered a similar injury but at the level of C6 and is still alive. Explain briefly, in terms of the origin and function of the phrenic nerves, why one injury was fatal and the other was not.

I have a really serious question, today i was just hanging with my close friend, and he wanted to sit on top of my car (sedan trunk area) and drive at like 5mph for fun for 5 sec and suddenly he decided to jump out of the car, but hit his head on the ground for bad landing. It cracked his skull and he is at emergency room in coma,I think he has a serious injury. Is this going to be a serious suing case? and will auto insurance cover for this?

On Jan. 14, 2011 I was involved in a auto accident. My car was wrecked in the process. I went to the emergency room that night because my legs were in pain. The cops gave me the ticket but it wasn’t my fault. I called 411-pain and went to therapy and went to talk to a lawyer. I was in therapy for almost 2 months then my lawyer dropped my case because he said I was at fault, even though I was fighting the ticket at court. My court case was dismissed. So does that mean i’m not at fault? If so can I go to any lawyer and try to see if I can get some money for my medical bills?

I have had a horrible past 3 months. I had to rent a car for 1 1/2 months because I work as a driver and that is my only means of money. I ended up spending over 00 in car rentals. I have a 00 medical bill. I was also in college at the time and my grades suffered big time. I was a A’s student and I went to C’s. I was very stressed with my insurance company because they were taking forever to resolve my case. I just want my bills paid off and some peace of mind. Please help me if anyone knows any info….

I was driving on a highway going about 68-70 in a 65 mph zone. A full sized truck pulling a boat trailer (no boat, just trailer) behind it did a turn around in an emergency vehicle ONLY turn around on the interstate. I hit the back of the trailer at about 40 mph after slamming on brakes and attempting to pull to the other lane (but there was an 18 wheeler blocking my way). I was not cited for the accident. The other driver was cited for failure to yield in an emergency turn around.

I was brought to the emergency room via ambulance, and suffered a sprained ankle (that now 4 months later I had to have surgery on because it was misdiagnosed).

The at fault party’s insurance is saying that I failed to keep a proper lookout and are trying to say I’m equally at fault for this accident. I currently have a lawyer who is sending in my demands next week for my losses’ including pain and suffering, medical bills, loss of work, future pain, car damages, and everything else included in the settlement.

My question is, am I equally liable? I don’t feel that I am at fault here. As soon as I saw that he was pulling out from the turn around I attempted to slow down. We collided not even 1/15 a mile from where he turned around. He claimed he was up to 50 mph before I hit him, But with the damage I did to his vehicle he was only going about 25 mph.

Also with medical bills and missed work and all the amount I owe/ deserve before pain and suffering is around ,000. After surgery and missing work and not being able to walk around for 3 months we’re putting suffering at 4x the bills. Is this too much to ask for?

Thanks in advance.
I didn’t actually hit the vehicle from the rear, I hit them on the side of the trailer when they were pulling out. But they didn’t stop until about 1/15 of a mile later. So they were still pulling out when I struck them. To clear up the rear ending issue. I meant earlier that we were cited 1/15th of a mile from the turn around’ not collided.

What does true back labor feel like? I am not having uterine contractions but my back is hurting like it never has before like someone is trying to pull my spine apart vertically and it is just above my tailbone in the sacral vertebrae. I have chronic low back pain from a prior car accident but this pain that I am having now is much lower than my previous back injury. So far it is unrelieved by my prescribed pain medicine and prescription muscle relaxant. I am afraid to let my OB know for fear of him sending me to the Emergency Room for nothing if goes away soon! I am trying the heating pad right now to see if that relieves the pain before I consider calling him and going to the ER with this. Any suggestions on what it could be? or is it just the weight of the baby making my back my painful?
ok I will call my OB if it persists past another 1 hour since i just started with the heating pad and so far it seems to be starting to help, thanks for the advice!

My mom has severe sciatic nerve pain and due to insurance problems she cannot go to the doctor or emergency room for it. I read up on it from a few sites and I told her move around when she is able to and she has heat wraps on her back. Ice made the pain worse. She can barely walk because she can’t put weight on her left leg at all. This is day 2 of this and she is miserable and I’m miserable watching her. What can she do for now to help the pain go away?

While working in the emergency room, you admit two patients who were in an auto collision. One is dead on arrival, having sustained a severed spinal cord at the level of c2. The other patient suffered a similar injury but at the level of c6 and is still alive. Explain briefly, in terms of the orgin and function of the phrenic nerves, why one injury was fatal andthe other was not?

I was rear ended 4 months ago. No doubt of the other guys guilt. He received 2 tickets for it and we even have the surveillance video from the store I was turning into. My question is, I received as they call it a soft tissue injury. I was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, MRIs showed the muscles affected were spasming severely. I was put on a 5 lb weight limit and pain pills and muscle relaxers. I was unable to do even routine things like sweep my floors let alone able to even pick up my children. The insurance company is not denying their responsibility but they only want to pay me 00 to cover my pain and suffering and mental anguish due to the recklessness of their client. I missed work, I have unpaid medical bills still that are currently in collections, and I still have pain if I over due it at work to this day. They are willing to pay my medical bills of 00. I have asked for ,000 to cover what I believe the pain and suffering and the total disruption to my life for the last 4 months since their client negligently hit me. They claim the 00 is their final offer, am I asking for too much? Or are they just not willing to pay what they should. I know of people who have gotten alot more for alot less happening.
It took me 3 1/2 months to decide what I have been though does equal money because I didn’t want to sound greedy. But realisticly how else to you get validation for the heartache, pain, stress, and interuption of your life? I feel by not "paying" something they are belittling the real pain, the loss of experiences, the loss of time that I missed out and can never get back because of their clients carelessness.
Thank you to those who understand what I was asking. Boo to those of you who try to judge and down grade what I am doing. 5 months ago I may have said the same thing as some of you, then I have had to go through the hell of this "accident". Don’t judge me until you have walked in my shoes. For those of you with the good advice, I have planned on settling for less without a lawyer, mainly because the guy’s insurance policy won’t pay more than ,000 so if I used a lawyer I would probably only get -6,000 anyways. I just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. Thank you!!

Ok, brief run down…This happened in NC, on 4-25-08. I was on the highway (65 mph) heading to work, traffic had come to a stop, next thing I know I get hit hard from the back! Someone not paying attention had rear ended the truck behind me which then plowed into me.

My car took 5K worth of damage and was total loss. I was taken to emergency room and had xrays which actually showed muscle spasms. I was given 3 different pain meds for whiplash. I immediatly felt numbing/tingly sensations along with the soreness after being hit.

I missed 4 days of work and an hour for each of the 25 chiropractor sessions I had over few months.

I had 7692 in med bills. 1140 in lost wages. So 8832 in special damages…the adjusters "final offer" was 8500, which obviously doesnt even cover my special damages!? She said the average med bills for such an injury are 6500, and lost wages arent paid on an hourly rate ~they are just figured into the inconvinence…

I called and complainned to the supervisor, saying I felt my claim was being handled in bad faith and was trying this step before retainning the attorney I have been speaking to. I want my special damages paid for as they have supplied no reason to deny them and something for pain suffering.

They call me back with a new "final offer" of 10,000. This leaves 1,200 for pain suffering…does this sound low to anyone else? Since they made point to say "final/top offer" guess Id have no other choice but to retain an attorney and go to court in couple years?
JLG:
You obviously have no grasp of the law in regards to auto injury claims…
I will clarify for you, I did not have sick or vacation time, I am on contract pay. BUT, even if I did, that too is considered lost earnings and is entitled to be reimbursed. Same goes for med bills. If health insurance paid for it, which I dont have, yes they would demand to be reimbursed from settlement. Medpay from my insurance does not have to be repayed, but is also not to be considered, in fact it is ILLEGAL for an adjuster to bring up such extra coverage benefits as you are mentionning, it is the law.

Guess you learned something new today.
JLG, you gave yourself a thumbs up lol? Figures.

My husband want to go to emergency room and he want to go for the surgery right away. He is keep telling me the pain he is having and it’s terrible in the morning. He can’t drive and He can’t sit down and he can’t walk more than 2 mins. He need to get surgery done. How long he is going to have to stay in the hospital? Are they going to take him for the surgery right away?

For a week I’ve been having this horrible pain in my chest everytime I swallow. For 3 days the pain went to my back. So now I have both upper back and chest pain, everytime I swallow. I went to my doctor 3 times and to the Emergency Room once, but they have no solution. I tried Motrin, Mylanta, Advil, and Ibuprofen. Yet, no medicine works. Is there anything I can try or do to relieve this pain? I have not been able to eat or even drink a simple thing like water without pain.

recently I had a car accident, a semi truck rear ended me totaled my car, I had neck injury. the lawyer recover 00 for me(included all medical, car rental expense), he want to charge me 00 33.3 % of the settlement . But however my medical expense is 00 and my rental car car expense is 0. This basically leave 0 for my wage lost and other pain and suffering. my question is can lawyer take a percentage on my medical bill, rental car which in my opinion those arematerial demage, and I think they should just take the percentage from my wage, pain and suffering demage. Please advise regards
David
Well medical expense and car rental expense I could recover without lawyer. Because these arewith a fixed cost. I had an accident 10 years ago and I just files the cliam against the other party’s insurance company. They assign me a rental car the very next day, and also they pay for my emergency room visit. since this time my accident was more serious I hire a lawyer. but however he didn’t get me a rental car the lawyer ask me to go rent car out of my pocket first which I think their motive is take a percentage on my rental car expense they recover. so that why I think why should take a percentage on my rental car expense (they couldn’t get a settlement for the demage of my car for 4 weeks so I had to paid 800 dollar for rental car the lawyer could’ve just ask the insurance company to rent a car for me) and medical expense is fixed cost as well. the motive is truly questionable

I have had a terrible ache in my lower right side of my back and my hip. It sometimes shoots down to my leg. I can’t walk, lay down, sit or stand, without having these shooting pains. I can’t do simple everyday tasks. I have had the pain for 4 days now and it only seems to be getting worse. If anyone knows what this is please let me know. (I am going to go to the emergency room shortly)
I had a baby 6 months ago, my 3rd.

My husband is in extreme pain, and his ortho prescribed Prednisone, advised against the Emergency room Saturday because they would give him pain meds that could disguise warning signs for worse injury. The prdnisone is not helping yet.

Can anybody refer me to a good personal injury attorney??. I hurted my self in the dishwasher of my apartment bldg where I live. My back is hurting really bad and my foot is very swollen. I have gone to the emergency room and was told that I need treatment. Thank you for your help