Where to find a person to personally assist an almost blind man file law suet/transp. ect for a percentage?

[armin]

I had a corneal transplant operation that went horribly wrong and left spiral cuts in my retina causing permanent blindness in left eye. before surgery was told that people that have this operation sometimes have several times that it can be retried if cornea is rejected anjd success rate is extremely high in general, Afterwards my surgeon says that was my fault for my eye moving while scalpeling by hand (for this procedure everything I have read says that it is a cookie cutter type machine used to remove cornea) and didnt tell me anything about not having a chance for site or about my having an additional condition in the back of my eye (first I have heard of it and not in my prev. examination notes before)and that is why the surg. cannot be attempted again suppossedly. until way after the date of the surg. I understand that there is a statuet of lim. on this type of negligence / malpr. or incompitence case . And only have a couple months left before it would have been a year since the actual incident/procedure had taken place. I need help fast! This is difficult for me to use my vision for more than 20 minutes at a time reading or web especially because the eye I have left is legally blind as well and has the same condition that my left one has and is getting worse eventually leading to total blindness/ or rupturing all together. The condition is known as Advanced Stages of "Keratoconus". A slow falling apart of the cornea until eventual rupturing of the eye and blindness. I need a pro-bono injury att./lawyer w/doctor referal for neg./malprractice suet asap as only have a couple months left til statuet of limit. runs out I believe it is a year from the incident? Not sure. Need all info. on what options / assistance in pursueing this matter and/or legal means to extend lim. or special considerations to persons in my situation that may grant myself special circumstance and inability to properly be informed adaquately of my rights and means/personal help with papers documents filing ect. if any from private organizations or otherwise as welll as possible university research on eye disease operations ect. that I may volunteer for that may not be available to the opthalmic surgery professionals to0 offer as of yet. I AM ATTEMPTING TO SALVAGE WHAT REMAINS OF MY SIGHT, LIFE, SANITY, MARRIAGE, FUNDS TO KEEP A ROOF OVERHEAD/ FOOD/ CLOTHING ECT. I know that people do get assisted in recieving proper care and compensation for such a situation as this one but, How / where / when / what? I need help before I lose more of the functionality to search for myself! Most likely because I am not supposed to strain my eye in this way, am going to get severe migrain pain, at times enough for me to pound head, pouring sweat, slurred speach while wife rubs my neck n shoulders til I finally pass out. from upclose to screen for more than 10- 15 min. as I am now..

[tai38]

there are many lawyers that will sue a doc for millions on contingency over minor things..beiing that you have a real issue--you may be able to get the lawyer on contingency--many of tehse lawyers will come to you if you can't get to them--

just open teh phone book and start calling

in the us--the statute is 2 years for a lot of things

you have to talk to a lawyeer ahead of time to see if you have to pay if you lose--some will make you pay--some won't--that is what contingency is--they only get paid if tehy win

[coinleain]

If you are suiing the doctor for malpractice, then the lawyer will take the case on a contingency basis; usually 33.3 percent of the final award. Be aware, however, that fees and costs also come out of that - and if you do not win, you are still liable for those costs, fees and expenses.

I had a lawsuit and out of a almost $300,000 award, after fees, expenses and costs, I walked away with less than $140,000...just something to be aware of.

[forde]

Okay --- You mentioned married

Have your spouse sit down with you... look for lawyers in your community/city, etc.. who are Personal Injury lawyers

Maybe even an old-fashioned phone book will prove easier to work with

Have your spouse read to you the name & phone number.... call... if they say NO ask them who they recommend & call... keep calling every lawyer listed as Personal Injury and keep asking for whom else to call until you eventually get one.... they will offer you a free consultation..... make an appointment in the very near future (they might decide to not take the case & you may have to keep looking)

Keep a log of each lawyer you call so that you can pick the search back up without doubling back if the one who gave a consultation won't work out

also consider going ahead completely thru all attorneys listed & see if you can get more than one appointment....that way if one won't take it, the other might and also if more than one will consider it, then you can pick the one you like

Be prepared that an attorney may or may not pursue as quickly as you would like because they take on more cases than they can handle... I have had that happen.

another resource for attorneys is to contact your local law school.... ask them for a referral to a recent grad who needs the work & the experience... they will certainly spend the time & effort rather than drag their feet because of case-overload.

Many of us have lost everything we hold dear as a result of our disabilities... I hope you find your solution... but many us tried diligently to hold on to Life as we knew it, Marriage, Home, Funds, etc.... only to find that because of how the SSD process takes so long & because of Human Nature... we have lost everything we ever had & then had to start all over again.

[elkan80]

Look in the yellow pages under buzzard. A lawyer will get you all he can as what he gets he gets most of.

[osmont]

I'd recommend contacting your local National Federation of the Blind. They will be able to help point you to resources.

www.nfb.org