# Who, if anyone, do I have a lawsuit against? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811 "2014-04-23T22:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/21 "2014-04-24T05:38:24Z")
LCD apparently in the eyes of the OP is **L** ackadaisical **C** are **P** hysician. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/22 "2014-04-24T10:26:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > If I didn’t use my wheelchair, I would’ve been homebound, and probably bed bound. Sometimes, when their cars go kaput, people remain homebound until it gets fixed. Or they have to come up with alternate arrangements, like having a friend drive them around. In your situation, since your wheelchair is essential to your mobility, you should call your insurance provider and ask if they can get a loaner wheelchair to you until yours gets repaired. Mention that you’ve already had several accidents and you’re afraid you might seriously injury yourself. If that doesn’t work, call a social service agency such as United Way to see if they can assist. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/23 "2014-04-24T11:18:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 24 hours later, I was in the ER, diagnosed with a broken femur. How could you not know you had a broken femur? Has Broomstick visited you lately? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/24 "2014-04-24T16:42:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Guin- Why is that facepalm worthy? I thought **smeghead** was joking. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/25 "2014-04-24T16:59:27Z")
Have you thought about suing your parents? They probably should have raised you to know better about not using a broken wheelchair once you’d already fallen out of it a few times. I’d have papers served to them toot suite if I were in your shoes (Adidas?). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/26 "2014-04-24T17:04:24Z")
People who behave like victims whenever something negative happens to them, are typically unhappy people, not fun to be around, don’t have strong healthy relationships with other people, and typically don’t get very far in life because they don’t own their own life. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/27 "2014-04-24T17:14:00Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > That’s it! They person you should sue is “They”. And since all that are not **etv78** is they, **etv78** should sue everyone. In the larger sense, aren’t we all guilty of not informing **etv78** that the chair was unsafe? I know I didn’t do everything I could have, and neither did **Little\_Pig** , I’ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/28 "2014-04-24T17:16:17Z")
Maybe you should ask your daughters to call around to local ambulance chasers. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/29 "2014-04-24T17:33:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Smeg- What exactly are you asking? The chair is manual. But he’s got a point - even my kid’s stroller has required maintenance, cleaning and oiling the axles and joint to keep it rolling smoothly. Had you kept it in a good state of repair? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/30 "2014-04-24T17:59:25Z")
At this point I’m just picturing ETV sitting in his broken chair furiously hitting the report button every 60 seconds to try and get us all yelled at for not taking his problem seriously. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/31 "2014-04-24T19:13:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Agreed all. I’m not litigious by nature. … Yet your first reaction is trying to figure out who you can sue. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/32 "2014-04-24T19:29:49Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > … Yet your first reaction is trying to figure out who you can sue. :dubious: Not to mention I’m pretty sure he posted not too long ago about wanting to sue somebody else about something. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/33 "2014-04-24T19:35:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Agreed all. I’m not litigious by nature. If I didn’t use my wheelchair, I would’ve been homebound, and probably bed bound. I will ask you what your monetary damages are, that you can provide the court as real, incurred damages due to a 24 hour delay in diagnosing an injury, that you did to yourself. Suing someone is all about the monetary damages that you can show. Pain and suffering are sometimes allowed, in conjunction with actual real damages but are rarely given just because somebody was wrong. You, **etv78,** are responsible for falling out of your chair and breaking your leg. You are also the person who failed to communicate the severity of your injuries to the ER personnel. If I were you,\*\* etv78\*\*, I would get a lawyer and just sue the fuck out of myself. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/34 "2014-04-24T21:26:18Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Not to mention I’m pretty sure he posted not too long ago about wanting to sue somebody else about something. My comment was actually because I thought he was the guy who was talking about suing the garage that changed his oil and screwed up something minor. I probably have him mixed up with someone else. I don’t care enough to check. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/35 "2014-04-26T00:03:38Z")
It was an autocorrect mistake. It was supposed to say PCP. Primary Care Physician. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/36 "2014-04-27T03:30:57Z")
> [@](#): > > I had a couple of falls out of my wheelchair, most recently the Tuesday before my doctor visit. The front casters on my chair are shot, and was waiting on new parts. I was never told not to use my chair, and they had already come to see the problem. You really are coming across as too stupid to be allowed to use a wheelchair by yourself. This is seriously making me doubt the integrity of the first part of your whining post. Riddle: Q. How many times does etv have to fall out of his wheelchair before he concludes that it might be unsafe to use? A. Infinity. It’s not unsafe until “they” tell him it is. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/37 "2014-04-27T03:52:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Agreed all. I’m not litigious by nature. If I didn’t use my wheelchair, I would’ve been homebound, and probably bed bound. You could use crutches, but I suspect their operation might be a bit too technical for you to grasp. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-do-i-have-a-lawsuit-against/686811/39 "2014-05-05T09:47:19Z")
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