{"id":6342,"date":"2016-11-16T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2016-11-17T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:33:30","slug":"5-49-million-jury-verdict-injury-home-health-aide-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-49-million-jury-verdict-injury-home-health-aide-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"$5.49 Million Jury Verdict in Injury to Home Health Aide at Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ana Espinal, 41, was a home health aide who was working in a New York City hospital. She was walking in a hospital hallway when she slipped and fell in a puddle of water that had leaked from an air conditioner in the ceiling. She suffered neck, back, left hip and left leg pain and diminished sensation in her left, non-dominant arm. Espinal was diagnosed with herniated disks at C5-6 and L4-S1, bulging disks at C4-5 and L1-4, left shoulder impingement and aggravation of asymptomatic arthritis in her left knee.<\/p>\n<p>Espinal underwent conservative treatment, but that failed. She then had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywell.com\/spinal-stenosis-surgery-296643?utm_term=what+is+laminectomy+back+surgery&amp;utm_content=p1-main-1-title&amp;utm_medium=sem&amp;utm_source=google_s&amp;utm_campaign=adid-7cb7b872-1ff5-4152-8ec4-e9cd17d79df6-0-ab_gsb_ocode-34444&amp;ad=semD&amp;an=google_s&amp;am=broad&amp;q=what+is+laminectomy+back+surgery&amp;o=34444&amp;qsrc=999&amp;l=sem&amp;askid=7cb7b872-1ff5-4152-8ec4-e9cd17d79df6-0-ab_gsb\">laminectomy infusion<\/a> at L4-S1, which included implantation of stabilizing hardware. The following year she underwent three separate surgeries, including implantation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/back-pain\/spinal-cord-stimulation-for-low-back-pain\">spinal stimulators<\/a> and her neck and lower back and a left knee replacement. She required additional surgeries for repair or replacement of the spinal stimulators.<\/p>\n<p>Her past medical expenses totaled $439,000. Her workers\u2019 compensation carrier paid all the medical bills plus indemnity benefits and maintained a worker\u2019s compensation lien of $567,800.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-49-million-jury-verdict-injury-home-health-aide-hospital\/#more-6342\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ana Espinal, 41, was a home health aide who was working in a New York City hospital. 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