PLEASE HELP Is this cause for a law suit 10 points !!!?

Question

Four years ago my boyfriend got into a accident that broke his femur and shattered his knee. Since then he as gone through 4 surgeries and 4 years of horrible pain. Every time we asked the doctor that has been working on his knee from the beginning all he would say is “well it was a bad accident and you are going to be in pain”.

My boyfriend decided to go to a highly reputable physical therapist starting 2 weeks ago and within a few minutes of the physical therapist just touching his knee the therapist said he was missing his ACL.

The ACL is one of four main part of the knee that connects to the femur. Those are the two damaged areas from his accident and the doctor that has done all his past surgeries has never mentioned an ACL damaged or missing.

The physical therapist is basically disgusted by the fact that the doctor has allowed my boyfriend to walk around in pain for the past four years which has been caused my a missing ACL.

The main doctor has now moved out of state .

I feel so angry because 4 years of pain has been pin pointed by something that could have been fixed. My boyfriend has such bad pain that he cant work all the time his knee is always swollen, now having back problems and he is only 27!!!

If anyone has experience or tips is this cause for a lawsuit and if so how do we go about filling it, finding an attorney and so forth. We are not sue happy, I feel this doctor should not be allowed to treat any one after allowing my boyfriend to live a life of pain.

Thank you if you can help

More about the ACL: http://www.aclsolutions.com/theacl_1.php

Answer 1

Most injury lawyers don't charge for their services, or their consultations. Their fee comes from what you collect in winning the case in a percentage form. My suggestion is find out from them, you have nothing to lose, and possibly a lot to gain.

Answer 2

Talk to a lawyer as if there is a case, they will often take it on contingency - rather than payment up front.  However, you may run into a problem with statute of limitations - this is often 1 or 2 years from the date that malpractice was known "or should have been known".

Answer 3

It might be grounds for malpractice, but why the h**l didn't he go see another doctor if the one he had wasn't helping him?