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I’ve had a lot of spinal cord injuries
um the the thing to remember about
spinal cord injuries is they vary of
course they could be neck they could be
back uh which are the primary areas of
the spinal cord that are injured there
are things called pre-existing
conditions which means if somebody for
example if they’re my age you have a
pre-existing condition because you’ve
got a lot of degenerative conditions in
your spine they may not be what we call
symptomatic because pain however if the
person strikes you and those conditions
become symptomatic and they become
painful then the person who caused the
crash is responsible for everything that
follows the crash irrespective of
whether or not you had a pre-existing
condition if you end up with spinal
pathology like a herniated disc um Facet
Joint issues osteopathic complexes that
type of thing and it requires surgery
the defendant is responsible for
everything that follows the crash so
they’re responsible for the cost of the
surgery the rehabilitation any future
surgeries those are all part and parcel
of recoverable damages in that type of
case
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