QUESTION
What can I do about the permanent SI joint damage?
Asked on Apr 22nd, 2012 on Personal Injury - Florida
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An elderly woman backed into my drivers side door and I was parked behind her. Her Vehicle was a Chevy Avalanche and mine a Toyota. She immediately said" you sit so low that I did not see you" I have had MRI's, x rays,etc for about 3 years now, and what has started happening over the last year is my damaged left leg will just collapse and I fall down. This has happened coming out of a restuarant (which I fractured my Right ankle) at my home walking through the living room, stepping down onto the ground from a step stool and also in the exam room at the Urgent Care I went to after I fractured my ankle. I have brought this to my current attorneys attention and he will not recognize it was from the car accident even though I have witnessed and documented reports. My question is how do I convince my attorney that this is a permanent and ongoing thing and pursue further action? The Insurance companies last offer when I know for a fact that he has a $300,000 policy against injuries to another person? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Personal Injury Law Attorney serving Davie, FL
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I would have to review all your medical records to see if there is in fact a causal connection. If there is why wouldn't your attorney want to include it as part of damages. He would seem to have every incentive to do so.
Answered on May 09th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
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Ask your attorney to proceed with litigation and if he refuses to do so, fire him, get your file back from him and go hire an attorney who will pursue litigation on your behalf. Make sure you document your file by sending him a letter, perhaps even by certified mail, explaining that the reason you are relieving him of representing you is because he is not following your requested course of action, i.e., filing a lawsuit on your behalf. It is your lawyer's job to at least discuss with your treating doctors to see if they will render the opinion that your symptoms were caused by your injuries from the motor vehicle accident, within a reasonable degree of medical probability.
Answered on Apr 24th, 2012 at 3:51 PM