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It May Be the Only Option: Spinal Fusion Surgery After A Truck Or Car Accident
The Mayo Clinic likens the rubbery cushions or discs found between back vertebrae to jelly donuts, in that they encase a soft center in a tougher exterior. When the tougher exterior tears, some of the softer material may push out of the disc. These herniated discs are also sometimes called ruptured discs or slipped discs and may require spinal fusion surgery after a truck or car accident. Severe Pain Possible This protruding material may impinge on nerves. This may cause pain, which often radiates down an arm or leg. In some instances, the pain is excruciating and debilitating. Nerve impingement may also cause numbness or weakness. In car and truck crashes, the severity of the impact may suddenly herniate one or more discs in a victim’s back. When a medical diagnosis suggests a surgical solution, outcomes may vary. The repair of a herniated disc is sometimes accomplished with a single
EP10 S03: Important Advices For New Lawyers
Advice for New Lawyers / Law Students Opening a NY Personal Injury Law Firm – Young Attorneys Looking to Open a New Law Firm Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Hello everyone and welcome to Trial Stories. I’m your host Arkady Frekhtman, a New York city personal injury trial attorney. One of the questions that a lot of people ask and topics that I really wanted to talk about was what I would tell my younger self. So for example, all those law students out there, all those people that recently graduated from law school and are about to start a law firm, what would you want to know? And I could maybe give you some advice because I’ve been doing this since 1999, for 21 years. I think the important thing to consider is client selection. If you’re
Most Recent Trial Court Verdicts for Spinal Discectomy
Recent verdicts involving spinal discectomy surgery confirm that multiple factors determine the ultimate outcome of a personal injury trial. The court venue, case type, liability, attorney quality, expert testimony, injury severity, and permanence of disability all play a decisive role in final compensation amounts. #1 Result: $8,326,000 – Verdict, Plaintiff Venue: Suffolk County, New York Case type: Motor vehicle accident The plaintiff sustained a C6-7 herniated disc with nerve root and spinal cord impingement requiring a radical total cervical discectomy. The defense offered $75,000 before trial. The jury awarded $8,326,000 – the highest recorded single-level cervical discectomy verdict in New York State at the time of reporting. The case demonstrates how conservative venues can still produce landmark awards when nerve damage and surgical necessity are clearly documented. Source: New York Jury Verdict Reporter #2 Result: $3,500,000 – Settlement Venue: Bronx County, New York Case type: Motor vehicle accident A 52-year-old
Why Personal Protective Equipment Often Fails to Fully Protect Workers
Construction site supervisors have a legal duty to their workers to carefully choose the most effective personal protective equipment PPE for every project. Maintaining a safe working environment not only helps to complete projects on time – it prevents workers from suffering serious injuries or deaths. What is personal protective equipment? Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as “PPE”, is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits. What can be done to ensure proper use of personal protective equipment? All personal protective equipment should be safely designed and constructed, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion.
EP09 S03: How You Can Investigate Building Accidents For Free Online to Win Your Case
How You Can Investigate Building Accidents For Free Online to Win Your Case Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Hello everyone and welcome to Trial Stories. I’m your host Arkady Frekhtman, a New York city personal injury trial attorney. Today, I’m going to show you how our law firm handles premises liability cases on behalf of clients that we represent. So a premises liability case could be a slip and fall on ice, a trip, and fall due to a raised sidewalk, an accident that happens in an apartment building, a ceiling collapse, or a leak from a ceiling that leads to a fall, or many other types of accidents or injuries that happen in premises or a building of any type. So the first thing that we do when the clients hire us, is we have a video
EP08 S03: What Every Car Accident Claimant Should Know About Full Coverage!
Learn all about FULL COVERAGE: Does it even exist? Or is it just a MYTH? Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Welcome to Trial Stories an informative discussion of civil justice with a focus on the human story. I’m your host. Arkady Frekhtman a New York City trial lawyer passionate about helping serious injury victims and their families. And today, I wanted to talk about full coverage. A lot of the time I deal with clients or prospective clients, and when we chat on the phone, people say, “Oh, don’t worry, I have full coverage.” But what is full coverage? In reality, as an attorney who’s been practicing law since 1999, more than 20 years now, do you think full coverage is a thing? Do you think it really exists? The answer, surprisingly, is no. There’s no such thing