about 8 years ago my friend Candace was in a bad motorcycle accident, she broke her hip and split her head open and some other things and was in the hospital in a drug induced coma for a while till she healed, they fixed up her head and stuff but never fixed her hip, she said that the doctors and them decided that fixing up her head and brain was more important than her hip, since then she has had trouble with pain in her hip, she can no longer work cause she can't sit or stand for more than an hour without having to go home in extreem pain, she is on social security disability, even doing things like vaccumming and mowing the lawn are to hard for her, she does go to physical therapy once or twice a week, she is on medication for the pain but has had to switch a few times over the years cause after a while the drug has no effect, she has thought about suing before but life happened and the years went by, could she still sue the hospital or has it been 2 many years?
2007-11-28 19:07:00 · 4 answers · asked by pumpkin2 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
usually you up too two years to file a lawsuit...but check with your local state laws since you did not state where you guys were living...best advice is to contact a good lawyer, the first visit is free, he or she will tell you on the spot if she has a case or not!!!
2007-11-28 19:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by joy ride 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is not enough information here.
Not all hip fractures require surgery. Often times, after a hip fracture, the person will develop arthritis and pain. Also, surgery would have been unlikely to prevent this issue.
Something might be done to try to fix her pain that has developed, but I doubt she has a malpractice suit.
2007-11-29 03:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by dwp_hornblower 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
her head is fixed and she is going to rehab. what is she hoping to get? at this point what can they do fore her hip that is not being done?
as with anything if you find the right lawer you can sue whom ever you want.
2007-11-29 04:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by mkst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sue for what? Malpractice? Did they leave a knife in her skull after surgery?
She can't sue because what you explained to me just now doesn't constitute malpractice.
2007-11-29 03:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by bigapple 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋