frankenfoot
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Minnesota.
Hi - Short version -
Went to Dr with bone spurs in ball of my foot.
Dr said I'll remove spurs, and to make foot work better I'll put screws in middle of foot to make ball movement easier in future. OK.
HAd work done, two screws inserted. Both broken. No fusion.
Months of BS with Dr and lots of foot pain. Blames screw company says he's got 3 patients w broken screws. But doesn't fix my foot. I wore a walking boot for 15 months.
Find new Dr.
VERY well respected one. Hard to get into but I did it.
Dr literally looks at my foot and says "Who did this ****"?
He really said that.
He told me that the screws put into my foot were made for a little child and not a grown man of my size. Dr tells me other Dr screwed up bad.
New Dr. Fixes my foot (repair surgery) by removing broken screws and inserting plate with huge screw and a few smaller ones, but quite bigger than the original. Worked fine and I'm finally healed.
Problem is I went to a lawyer ----- 11 months ago.
He has my broken screws (removed during repair surgery)
Keeps telling me he's talking to the "expert" and will get back to me in a day or so.
Keeps telling me this for months.
What do I do?
I Know I have a case against the guy who did my first surgery.
I "think" I might have a case against the screw company.
My lawyer is good, quite good in fact, but i'm getting no attention.
Do I hang in there or get a new lawyer?
I'd think 11 months is long enough.
Hi - Short version -
Went to Dr with bone spurs in ball of my foot.
Dr said I'll remove spurs, and to make foot work better I'll put screws in middle of foot to make ball movement easier in future. OK.
HAd work done, two screws inserted. Both broken. No fusion.
Months of BS with Dr and lots of foot pain. Blames screw company says he's got 3 patients w broken screws. But doesn't fix my foot. I wore a walking boot for 15 months.
Find new Dr.
VERY well respected one. Hard to get into but I did it.
Dr literally looks at my foot and says "Who did this ****"?
He really said that.
He told me that the screws put into my foot were made for a little child and not a grown man of my size. Dr tells me other Dr screwed up bad.
New Dr. Fixes my foot (repair surgery) by removing broken screws and inserting plate with huge screw and a few smaller ones, but quite bigger than the original. Worked fine and I'm finally healed.
Problem is I went to a lawyer ----- 11 months ago.
He has my broken screws (removed during repair surgery)
Keeps telling me he's talking to the "expert" and will get back to me in a day or so.
Keeps telling me this for months.
What do I do?
I Know I have a case against the guy who did my first surgery.
I "think" I might have a case against the screw company.
My lawyer is good, quite good in fact, but i'm getting no attention.
Do I hang in there or get a new lawyer?
I'd think 11 months is long enough.