Yours is not a legal question and it is not something that a bunch of strangers on the internet can even guess at.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
Herniated disk on a no fault accident (hit and run)... No surgery only 6 months therapy.... How much insurance usually settle for? Or approximately how much they will offer?
New York has some peculiar laws, as ECM said. I'm not sure how they work. Also, you'll have to prove that the accident caused the injury and you had no prior history of trouble in that area.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
Herniated disk on a no fault accident (hit and run)... No surgery only 6 months therapy.... How much insurance usually settle for? Or approximately how much they will offer?
The driver was identify and I am claiming it under his insurance... Prior to this accident I was involved in another hit and run(DUI) they settled with me for 50,000 for herniated disk. now the sec accident caused new herniated disk
Documentation of a new herniated disc linked to a new car accident shouldn't send any red flags of suspicion at all.A good lawyer should be questioning the fact that you were involved in "another" hit and run and that the second accident caused a "new" herniated disc.
I agree .. any medical issue would be questioned in any event and the first one may actually provide evidence (MRI) that the newly effected disc was indeed in good shape after the first accident.It's not that suspicious. There are many discs in your spine. The medical evidence should clearly show the spine's condition before and after the second accident.
Disc cases do vary widely. On the eve of trial I settled an unoperated disc in a plaintiff friendly jurisdiction for $155k in 2006. A few weeks ago I settled an operated two level herniation in a defendant friendly jurisdiction for $535k. That one was an anomaly though. She had complications during the two level fusion that lead to a spinal fluid leak and almost 4 weeks in a hospital bed ($200k in med bills, time off work, etc). Thankfully we were working with a $1m commercial policy.Way to make crap up. Liability is the same whether it's a new injury that was caused or a pre-existing injury that was aggravated. And I love how people can just pull numbers out of the air without even knowing the amount of medical bills or the degree of permanent functional limitation.