QUESTION
A year ago I was in the middle of surgery for left hip laural tear repair when the traction table snapped and my body was thrown off the table.
Asked on Jul 20th, 2012 on Medical Malpractice - New York
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Surgery was abandoned and I went thru other tests all day to make sure there were no spinal or neck/head injury. Ae paintivll came out normal. But I did have to recover from aches with palliative treatments. My surgeon rescheduled surgery a few weeks after.
Now I have 2 "portals" holes/scar on my hip area and I lost wages of about $4750. I w as told that since I had no serious injuries, I had no case. Is that true ? No settlement were made on the Hospital part. No apologies, No responsibilities of making sure that there equipment are serviced well. No acknowledgement of any sort.
Can you help? What should I be expecting?
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Answered on Jul 21st, 2012 at 8:57 PM