http://dancingwithpain.com/medical-negligence-to-sue-or-not-to-sue/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dancingwithpain.com/medical-negligence-to-sue-or-not-to-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-10604 Heather Freeman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:05:02 +0000 http://dancingwithpain.com/?p=2564#comment-10604 I sympathize. I'm currently engaged in a lawsuit against the person who caused the car accident that sent my nervous system into spasmodic overdrive (and his insurance company which blithely dismissed my claim), and I have been struggling with that same pull between needing to move forward with my life and having to prove the permanent harm that was done to me and my family. On the one hand, the way our society is structured, lawsuits are really our only recourse when The System fails us. Even the ability to bring a lawsuit, with the expenses and time required, is a privilege, and in a way I feel like I have to fight it on behalf of all the people who can't. But it is hard, very hard, to stay focused one day on the things I can do, and turn around the next to fill out reams of documentation on my inability to pursue my career or be active in my church. I still don't know if I made the right choice, and likely won't until it's all over. I sympathize. I’m currently engaged in a lawsuit against the person who caused the car accident that sent my nervous system into spasmodic overdrive (and his insurance company which blithely dismissed my claim), and I have been struggling with that same pull between needing to move forward with my life and having to prove the permanent harm that was done to me and my family. On the one hand, the way our society is structured, lawsuits are really our only recourse when The System fails us. Even the ability to bring a lawsuit, with the expenses and time required, is a privilege, and in a way I feel like I have to fight it on behalf of all the people who can’t.
But it is hard, very hard, to stay focused one day on the things I can do, and turn around the next to fill out reams of documentation on my inability to pursue my career or be active in my church. I still don’t know if I made the right choice, and likely won’t until it’s all over.

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