… A 78-year-old widow was crossing the street with her wheeled walker. An 88 year old woman, pulling out of a driveway, hit the widow and knocked her to the ground, sending her walker flying. The impact fractured her tibial plateau, the bone where your knee connects with your shin. From the hospital she was transferred to a skilled nursing home for three months of rehabilitation. The fractured bone healed, but the widow had a permanent deformity. Her knee was turned inward, making her prone to falling. A lawsuit was filed. The case settled for a substantial sum after the orthopedic surgeon’s medical deposition was recorded shortly before jury selection.
