A local woman here was awarded 34 million a couple of years ago after she and her husband were invited to test drive a muscle car while they waited for their personal car to be repaired at a new car dealership in NW Indiana. The salesman, supposely told the husband to kick it ( TransAm) while they were on a wet road and they ended up wrapped around the tree. How much is really enough W In a message dated 9/30/05 1:07:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I thought this information would be of interest to you all. A man with paraplegia was hospitalized in one of our local hospitals, St. Luke's, with pneumonia. When he was taken down to X-ray he was unconscious. They propped him up and left him unattended during the x-ray. He fell off the table and broke his neck. He is now a high quad. The settlement was announced a couple of days ago- 5.7 million dollars. My husband and I discussed if this would be enough to provide care for him for the rest of his life. I asked my husband if some of the money could be placed in trust so it wouldn't have to all go to care. So he could buy a home and have other benefits and he felt his attorney would probably do so (he is an attorney- and works for the P&A.) We have a friend who had a child born with disabilities because the doctor chose to golf rather than deliver her baby. She almost died and her son was born blind and with very severe CP and multiple problems. They were awarded somewhere around 4 million. They had insurance. They started running out of money when he was ten. He lived until he was 18. 5.7 million sounds like a lot, but if you have to pay for all of your medical care out of it, it can be eaten up real quick. What do you guys think? >>
