Legal Question in Personal Injury in Michigan

causality with respect to injury

Aloha,

I spoke to a lawyer about an injury I sustained while eating food from a restaurant.

The Lawyer brought up the question of causality.

I am a bit perplexed on the causality question.

A salad I was eating had a piece of metal in it.

Adulterated food with metal clip from kitchen shelving gets lodged in throat.

Body convulses to expel foregn matter.

Displacement caused by convulsion results in impact collision; Lumbar region with stationary object.

This would bear no different from hitting the corner of a table at the A&W or any other object that would generate an impulse sufficiently strong enough to cause the

right paracentral disc herniation and budge.

If not for the metal necessitating a reflex reaction (cause) the impact would not have happened.

If this is an obvious question sorry could some one explain.


Asked on 6/29/04, 4:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Stern William Stern, P.C.

Re: causality with respect to injury

If a doctor with credentials ties up the injury with the adulterated food, you have causation. It sounds like a real good case. I hope you're in Michigan. If so, give me a call at 248-353-9400. Bill Stern

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Answered on 6/29/04, 10:12 pm


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