enlightzen
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What is the name of your state?Florida
In Feb. I was 32 wks pregnant and fell off of a step at a local restaurant. It was raining and my husband was walking down the stairs with me. He was holding my arm until we got to the last step. There was a hand rail between us, but ended on the second to last step. As he opened the umbrella, we both stepped down. I slid off of the step, hit a brick pave, turned out I crushed my fibula and tibia. I had to have nine screws, a plate and rod put into my leg that night. I had little pain med. because of pregnancy and have been wheelchair bound for four months. I cannot walk w/ baby now that she is born, gave birth in a cast and was put under for extensive surgury on my let. Now get this, my husband is a contractor, he went back to take pics of the stairs and the side I feel off of was 10 inches high, the side he was on was 7 1/2. Code in Florida for stairs is 7 1/2 not to mention the stairs where wooded and wet. Thier insurance co. says I should have taked better care of myself during pregnancy and I should have known about the stairs since I was a local. I have never been to that rest. before and knew nothing about the tilt in the stairs. Apparently, law states that a building over 20 years old
does not need to follow code due to being grandfathered in. Can anyone give me some advice? I have major med bills, lost months of work and have been in physical therapy for a month. The orthopedic surgeon says I will never be able to run or jog again and as I age the screws may have to be replaced.
What is the name of your state?Florida In Feb. I was 32 wks pregnant and fell off of a step at a local restaurant. It was raining and my husband was walking down the stairs with me. He was holding my arm until we got to the last step. There was a hand rail between us, but ended on the second to last step. As he opened the umbrella, we both stepped down. I slid off of the step, hit a brick pave, turned out I crushed my fibula and tibia. I had to have nine screws, a plate and rod put into my leg that night. I had little pain med. because of pregnancy and have been wheelchair bound for four months. I cannot walk w/ baby now that she is born, gave birth in a cast and was put under for extensive surgury on my let. Now get this, my husband is a contractor, he went back to take pics of the stairs and the side I feel off of was 10 inches high, the side he was on was 7 1/2. Code in Florida for stairs is 7 1/2 not to mention the stairs where wooded and wet. Thier insurance co. says I should have taked better care of myself during pregnancy and I should have known about the stairs since I was a local. I have never been to that rest. before and knew nothing about the tilt in the stairs. Apparently, law states that a building over 20 years old
does not need to follow code due to being grandfathered in. Can anyone give me some advice? I have major med bills, lost months of work and have been in physical therapy for a month. The orthopedic surgeon says I will never be able to run or jog again and as I age the screws may have to be replaced.
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