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