I know I like to work without getting paid. Oh wait, no I don\’t.
Doctors are a very important part of society. Sometimes they save people\’s lives. Isn\’t that worth the pay they are getting? (And then some).
Of course, police officers, firefighters and teachers are also extremely important. They should get paid more.
But to say a doctor is greedy for wanting to be paid for doing his job? Uhm, then you\’re greedy too. Maybe he/she does other pro bono work. Maybe they don\’t. In any case, they deserve to get paid.
I am with ad, she could have had the surgery and then the ins. co. could have subrogated.
I feel badly for this woman; it is an unfortunate situation. Medical insurance would have been nice. I know it is expensive though. However, sometimes people\’s priorities are all out of whack. (Not saying hers were because I obviously have no way of knowing.)
If she was thrown forward against the seat belt, her head is still moving at the speed of the car. Unless she was wearing a head band attached to her seat belt, she could have suffered from whiplash.
Sorry Thrown Forward but whiplash injury comes from REARWARD hyperextension of the neck muscles…not forward. Forward hyperextension is close to impossible as the chin hits the chest before hyperextension can occur. The bounceback may or may not have caused it (would have to study the dynamics of the collision to know for sure) but seems unlikely IF there was no impact. I smell the same rat as State Farm did (nope, don\’t work for state farm, not insured by state farm and frankly, i don\’t even particularly LIKE state farm…but I grudgingly agree with their IME)
Unless that car has some amazing brakes, it is hard to believe that there was enough inertia involved here to cause a neck injury without some previous trauma / genetic issues involved. Cars don\’t stop on a dime unless you hit something.
The exact injury mechanism that causes whiplash injuries is unknown. A whiplash injury may be the result of impulsive stretching of the spine, mainly the ligament: anterior longitudinal ligament which is stretched or tears, as the head snaps forward and then back again causing a whiplash injury.[2] The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety defines whiplash as: \”a range of neck injuries that are related to sudden distortions of the neck.\”[citation needed] It takes about 100 milliseconds for an occupant\’s body to catch up to the car when it is hit, and it is during this time that the damage occurs.[citation needed]
Whiplash may be caused by any motion similar to a rear-end collision in a motor vehicle, such as may take place on a roller coaster or other rides at an amusement park, sports injuries such as skiing accidents, other modes of transportation such as airplane travel or from being hit or shaken.[3] Shaken baby syndrome can result in a whiplash injury.[2] Even a rapid, jerking movement of the head without the application of external forces, e.g., an especially violent double-take, can induce whiplash.
Sorry boys: Being thrown forward would produce a hyperflexion force. Intervertebral discs are injured with flexion motions not extension in the vast majority of cases. The flexion force injures the posterior aspect of the annulus fibrosis of the intervertebral disc causing the nucleous pulposis to herniate. Yes she could have had pre-existing degenerative disc disease but if she was asymptomatic prior to the accident with no history of prior ongoing visits for neck pain….then the injury was causally related to the accident. But that is not for us legal eagles to decide.
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I know I like to work without getting paid. Oh wait, no I don\’t.
Doctors are a very important part of society. Sometimes they save people\’s lives. Isn\’t that worth the pay they are getting? (And then some).
Of course, police officers, firefighters and teachers are also extremely important. They should get paid more.
But to say a doctor is greedy for wanting to be paid for doing his job? Uhm, then you\’re greedy too. Maybe he/she does other pro bono work. Maybe they don\’t. In any case, they deserve to get paid.
I am with ad, she could have had the surgery and then the ins. co. could have subrogated.
I feel badly for this woman; it is an unfortunate situation. Medical insurance would have been nice. I know it is expensive though. However, sometimes people\’s priorities are all out of whack. (Not saying hers were because I obviously have no way of knowing.)
If she was thrown forward against the seat belt, her head is still moving at the speed of the car. Unless she was wearing a head band attached to her seat belt, she could have suffered from whiplash.
Sorry Thrown Forward but whiplash injury comes from REARWARD hyperextension of the neck muscles…not forward. Forward hyperextension is close to impossible as the chin hits the chest before hyperextension can occur. The bounceback may or may not have caused it (would have to study the dynamics of the collision to know for sure) but seems unlikely IF there was no impact. I smell the same rat as State Farm did (nope, don\’t work for state farm, not insured by state farm and frankly, i don\’t even particularly LIKE state farm…but I grudgingly agree with their IME)
Unless that car has some amazing brakes, it is hard to believe that there was enough inertia involved here to cause a neck injury without some previous trauma / genetic issues involved. Cars don\’t stop on a dime unless you hit something.
The exact injury mechanism that causes whiplash injuries is unknown. A whiplash injury may be the result of impulsive stretching of the spine, mainly the ligament: anterior longitudinal ligament which is stretched or tears, as the head snaps forward and then back again causing a whiplash injury.[2] The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety defines whiplash as: \”a range of neck injuries that are related to sudden distortions of the neck.\”[citation needed] It takes about 100 milliseconds for an occupant\’s body to catch up to the car when it is hit, and it is during this time that the damage occurs.[citation needed]
Whiplash may be caused by any motion similar to a rear-end collision in a motor vehicle, such as may take place on a roller coaster or other rides at an amusement park, sports injuries such as skiing accidents, other modes of transportation such as airplane travel or from being hit or shaken.[3] Shaken baby syndrome can result in a whiplash injury.[2] Even a rapid, jerking movement of the head without the application of external forces, e.g., an especially violent double-take, can induce whiplash.
Did anyine notice the souce of this story?
\”Source: SKWC\”
AKA http://www.skwwc.com/
Methinks there is another side to the story.
Maybe?
Let\’s all watch what happens and let the system do what it\’s meant to do which is flesh out the truth.
If State Farm did what it\’s being accused of, then a big bad faith finding will occur.
Physics my boy: Force = Acceleration x mass. An occupant\’s body is exposed to this equation. Check any physic\’s textbook.
Sorry boys: Being thrown forward would produce a hyperflexion force. Intervertebral discs are injured with flexion motions not extension in the vast majority of cases. The flexion force injures the posterior aspect of the annulus fibrosis of the intervertebral disc causing the nucleous pulposis to herniate. Yes she could have had pre-existing degenerative disc disease but if she was asymptomatic prior to the accident with no history of prior ongoing visits for neck pain….then the injury was causally related to the accident. But that is not for us legal eagles to decide.
State Farm the Vultures..