Personal Injury Law

Victim of stabbing and now a victim of bill collectors.

By Steve Lombardi

Cheryl Larsen-Kear was preparing for a funeral trip when she was stabbed. On a quick shopping trip to Wal-Mart she was stabbed by a would-be purse snatcher. Reportedly she had insurance that paid many of her medical bills, but still has $10,000.00 of debt that isn't going away and has been put further out of reach by the assault.

A woman who tried to steal Larsen's purse, stabbed her in the arm, neck and back. Store workers rushed to help her and get her to the hospital. But even with doctors pumping pain medicine into her, it wasn't enough, the knife punctured her lung.

7 months later, Larsen sees a doctor once a month and takes morphine twice a day. But it's not just the physical pain she's struggling with; it's the mental anguish of bills piling up. Insurance handled most of the bills, but she still owes 10,000 dollars and can't work to pay them. Her husband has come out of retirement to try and help but it's not enough.

What should she do or if this were a lawyer's client what advice should they give to her?

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).