Delores 22
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State: FL
I'm writing this on behalf of a friend.
His elderly mother was living in an assisted living facility. She had health problems but essentially
functioned well and used a walker. She had recently had a pacemaker put in.
He took her to a restaurant where she went into the handicap bathroom, slipped and hit her
head against a wall that had a protruding screw about a half inch long. Ambulance took her
to the ER. The screw had cut her scalp and she'd bled profusely requiring about 15 stitches in her
head, two bags of blood, and several days of hospitalization followed by a week or two of rehab,
then she wanted to be released. He consulted a lawyer at that time (around March 2015).
After the fall, she was unable to walk using her walker and required a wheelchair. She died about
a month or two later. Her health insurance company told him last week they want to know if it's
a lawsuit.
The lawyer who's working on the case is dragging his heals.
First question: The son wants to know if he should tell the lawyer about the insurance company.
Second question: Lawyer has done nothing except a few phone calls. How can he get the lawyer to finish
the case? Isn't there a statute of limitation?
Thanks
I'm writing this on behalf of a friend.
His elderly mother was living in an assisted living facility. She had health problems but essentially
functioned well and used a walker. She had recently had a pacemaker put in.
He took her to a restaurant where she went into the handicap bathroom, slipped and hit her
head against a wall that had a protruding screw about a half inch long. Ambulance took her
to the ER. The screw had cut her scalp and she'd bled profusely requiring about 15 stitches in her
head, two bags of blood, and several days of hospitalization followed by a week or two of rehab,
then she wanted to be released. He consulted a lawyer at that time (around March 2015).
After the fall, she was unable to walk using her walker and required a wheelchair. She died about
a month or two later. Her health insurance company told him last week they want to know if it's
a lawsuit.
The lawyer who's working on the case is dragging his heals.
First question: The son wants to know if he should tell the lawyer about the insurance company.
Second question: Lawyer has done nothing except a few phone calls. How can he get the lawyer to finish
the case? Isn't there a statute of limitation?
Thanks
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