![]() ![]() As I've had to retire from nursing because I can't manage it anymore with this pain, Maurice Blackburn, it's like they're returning the favour, they're looking after me.Īt Maurice Blackburn, we come out and see a client in their home, discuss their life story and then go away and take care of everything, whilst keeping them updated as the process goes along. All of my life I've been a nurse because I've always loved helping people. I'd give them a good shake put them in the washing machine and that was something that went on for 40 years. He'd come home from work he'd change in the laundry. I developed this asbestos disease by washing Ray's work clothes. I knew that they can't operate because it's like they're like slithers of glass. I couldn't believe it for a while, but then I knew there was nothing I could do about it. She sent me for a CAT scan it's come back from the biopsies that you have what is called mesothelioma from asbestos. It was like a pain, so I left it for about, I suppose a month. ![]() I had a lot of trouble sleeping on my right side. It would have been round about May or June in 2015. So it's been good to know that at least, in the regard of financially the damage has been repaired, yeah it's been good. They made measly offers, and it wasn't until we pushed right the way through to make sure that she got the compensation that she was entitled to. The insurer, again, in this situation behaved badly. I wanted people to understand that the part that made me a good nurse was broken. She was clearly impacted by what had happened. And I just said, ‘should I even be doing this’? And I remember him saying ‘you 100 per cent need to let me do this with you’.Īmanda was, when she first saw me, she was really struggling she. I remember a conversation with Andrew, the first time I met him, and I went in and had a chat. I do want, I hope eventually that I will go back to it, but I can't say with any honesty at this point in time that I will go back to hands-on nursing. He stabbed me in the face, missed my eye by a centimetre and I sustained a fractured eye socket and a penetrating stab wound. I was in charge on a night shift with this particular patient, and he seemed perfectly fine before he decided to stab me. The little things that seem so insignificant to a bystander can actually take you straight back to that moment. Post-traumatic stress disorder is, I think, it's very misunderstood. I had that peace of mind from Maurice Blackburn that they were looking after me and doing what was best for me. Throughout the proceedings, Maurice Blackburn, um, they did everything in their power, which was amazing, and the results showed in the settlement. It was my job to organize his rehab, to make sure that everybody who was dealing with him, understood what he needed and to help him on that path to see a good future for himself. Yeah, at the time I had a friend who knew Michelle and suggested that, ‘look these Maurice Blackburn guys, they're good at what they do go and have a chat to them’.Īs a lawyer, it wasn't just my job to help him get damages, but it was to help him right along the way. And our job is to persuade the insurance company that the accident happened in the way that our clients said that it did happen. Sometimes insurance companies try to say that an accident wasn't the fault of the person that they insure and they do that to save money. It was, you think to yourself that I've got this profession that I've chosen and I enjoy and it's taken from you from one simple act.Įarly on in the piece, the insurer for the other party, basically pointed the finger at me and said you're 80 per cent at fault. The outlook on life after the accident was, it was pretty bleak, yeah. The effect it had on my family was quite severe. Three weeks in hospital, six months to sort of get to walk again, wheelchair and all the jazz, so. It's like the furthest thing from the truth.Ībout three years ago now, coming home from TAFE, only two minutes around the corner from home, and next thing you know I've just heard a car engine and then, yeah, bang.īy the time I come to, I looked down at my ankles and my knee and I wasn't in a good state. Yeah, so it's quite a common misconception, I guess, that any person who's riding a motorcycle on the road, um, when they're involved in an incident, they're just automatically deemed at fault because they're a clown, they’re a hoon. ![]()
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