QUESTION
can I sue sucessfully for pain,immobility,surgery,time devoted to taking test,xrays,MRI,CT scan, and loss wages for injury ?
Asked on Apr 07th, 2016 on Slip and Fall - Florida
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my wife had surgery on 10-29-15 at a local hospital for total knee .Hours later the nurses and aides told me I didnot need to call for her bathroom needs that I could take her.Because they were slow on other calls I made the effort in a grossly overcrowed room and she lost her balance and fell on my left leg and hurt my knee. Thinking it would get well I did not go to doctor for several weeks and the pain increased. After an xray,a CT, an MRI I now am planning on arth repair to my meniscus.
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Generally, NO. This likely falls into the classic"assumption of risk" category. Moreover, merely being slow for other calls is subjective standard and moreover, its is HIGHLY unlikely that the nursing staff would admit that they told anyone that a post-op patient should be assisted to the bathroom by anyone but the trained nursing personnel.
Answered on Apr 12th, 2016 at 12:37 PM
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