Herniated Disc Projects in the Summer of 2021
Hip and knee injuries are one of the most commonly litigated health issues of our times. In recent years, the number of hip lawsuits has more than doubled from previous years. This is due to a number of factors including advances in medicine, changes in diagnosis and treatment, as well as the inherent risks of these particular injuries.
The plaintiff’s case is usually presented in the northern district of California, which is in the predominantly plaintiff-friendly part of the state.
It is also the home of the Silicon Valley based law firm of Siskind &izenoff, one of the most prominent plaintiff’s litigators in the country. They have represented many low income and minority individuals who have been harmed by employers or their companies. Many of the plaintiffs in the hip lawsuits are African American and Latino. The most common injury is a herniated disc, which results in pain and tenderness for months, or even years.
Siskind &izenoff have represented numerous plaintiffs in hip and other injuries that they filed in the northern part of California and are familiar with the problems that can arise when a doctor does not promptly act on a case’s suspicions.
In many of the cases, the doctor failed to promptly file a report to the superior court. Instead of immediately filing an order to quell the complaint, the doctor chose to ignore it. There were many cases in which the complaining parties waited over six months before they received an order from the panel.
When a doctor fails to act quickly enough, there is ample opportunity for damage in the form of severe pain and suffering.
This is why the plaintiffs’ lawyers are so eager to obtain a verdict in their favor. Unfortunately, there is not always enough evidence to support their accusations in these types of cases. Often, witnesses who claim to have seen the event unfold will claim to be unable to remember specifics, and fail to properly describe their account. For this reason, it is essential for the plaintiff’s lawyers to acquire witness testimony from another source besides their client. In the northern district, there are usually two qualified witnesses in a case: one who were present at the time of the alleged incident, and one who was an employee of Siskind &izenoff at the time of the alleged injury.
There are also a couple of lawsuits against Dr. David Satow, a former owner of a health care facility in San Francisco.
The suits are still pending. It appears that Satow may have allowed employees to work under conditions in which they did not meet minimum safety standards. While it is unclear how many plaintiffs are involved in these lawsuits due to the ongoing nature of the litigation, it looks as though several cases of mismanagement may still be pending in the summer of 2021.
The current litigation location for these lawsuits is the state courts, because the federal government has little jurisdiction over state law.
For instance, most insurance companies have chosen to file their claims with the state courts, because the standards of liability are very similar. There is still a chance that the lawsuits could move forward in the July 2021 timeframe, but for now it looks like the federal lawsuits will dominate the early phases of the lawsuit process.
