Woman’s Dupuytren’s Contracture worsened from car crash, marriage suffers break up

… A 42-year-old LPN was participating in a medieval group festival at a local park.  Dressed in her medieval garb, she was driving back to her house when a young man driving the other way crossed the center line, crashing first into another car then the LPN’s car.  The LPN had a congenital condition, a hand deformity called Dupuytren’s Contracture.  This condition prevented her fingers from straightening completely.  As a result of this crash, she broke her wrist. Her Dupuytren’s Contracture got worse in that hand, preventing her from returning to work.  A lawsuit was filed against the young driver. After the case was scheduled for trial, it settled for the young driver’s insurance limits.  The LPN and her husband were getting a divorce, in part because of the difficult times they experienced due to this crash.  Because she and her husband couldn’t agree on the allocation of the lawsuit proceeds, a hearing was held before a judge who divided up the proceeds.