whittington30
New Member
I was involved in a car accident a year and half ago. It was a double impact and the person who hit me was a city government driver. I called the city insurance to notify them of an accident I had with their driver. S Initially the police did not issue fault for the accident, later after I retained an attorney the city was "coded" for an illegal turn. So the nightmare begins.
I have m.s. and developed blurred vision in my left eye. I later had an mri and it showed a bulge in my neck at c-4. I later had several nerve blocks done to alleviate the pain in my neck. The nerve blocks did not work and I was later referred to a neck surgeon. By the time I saw the surgeon he was hesitant to perform any major surgery because of my age and recommended a disc coblation . That seemed to have worked for 2 months til the lack of motion came back. Finally I just had my neck fused at the c-4 level, and I am slowly healing
Now on to the legal issues because we are now into deposition schedule phase. I had been keeping all my medical records and I have now exhausted my p.i.p. (which my pip was $100k). My insurance has jumped on my claim against the city . My insurance found that I was 0 % liable for the accident. I also had an accident reconstructionist veerify the impact from the car accident justifies the injuries that I have suffered from. Although the city claims it was a "light impact."
I never had any pre existing conditions with my neck and I am becoming anxious to settle my case. I am trying to figure out how much my claim could be worth , although my atty will not tell me til after depositions, of which I can see his point of view. I am just looking for some outside guidance in this long debacle of mine.
I have m.s. and developed blurred vision in my left eye. I later had an mri and it showed a bulge in my neck at c-4. I later had several nerve blocks done to alleviate the pain in my neck. The nerve blocks did not work and I was later referred to a neck surgeon. By the time I saw the surgeon he was hesitant to perform any major surgery because of my age and recommended a disc coblation . That seemed to have worked for 2 months til the lack of motion came back. Finally I just had my neck fused at the c-4 level, and I am slowly healing
Now on to the legal issues because we are now into deposition schedule phase. I had been keeping all my medical records and I have now exhausted my p.i.p. (which my pip was $100k). My insurance has jumped on my claim against the city . My insurance found that I was 0 % liable for the accident. I also had an accident reconstructionist veerify the impact from the car accident justifies the injuries that I have suffered from. Although the city claims it was a "light impact."
I never had any pre existing conditions with my neck and I am becoming anxious to settle my case. I am trying to figure out how much my claim could be worth , although my atty will not tell me til after depositions, of which I can see his point of view. I am just looking for some outside guidance in this long debacle of mine.
