Justice is often slow, but sometimes justice
prevails. This is the story of justice prevailing after
six long years.
An Anderton Law Office client was injured when a pickup
truck ran a stop sign and broadsided her mini-van in 1999.
The client was injured in the crash, but got better after
a few months of chiropractic treatment. She continued
to have back pain, however. Eventually, she had an MRI
that showed she needed back surgery.
Luckily, she had not settled her case when she first
began to feel better.
Unfortunately, when the client underwent back surgery,
she had complications and was placed in a nursing home
for assistance while she recovered.
The client required strong pain medication following
the invasive surgery and was still completely unable to
walk. The nursing home determined that she required two
people to assist her in and out of bed.
After being helped out of bed by a single person, she
was left alone when the attendant decided to go on break.
The client then fell face-first and the contents of her
eye spilled out on the floor.
She underwent emergency eye surgery but lost all vision
in the injured eye.
Meanwhile, she filed suit against the pickup truck driver
because, in Washington State, negligence claims must be
settled or a suit filed within three years.
