...the pressure of those moments will follow me the rest of my life…When Kerri is making the final vault, I am thinking, One legged, no legged, just stay there. And bless her heart, she did it” (Jenkins 39). Kerri landed square, desperately trying to keep the weight off of her left foot. She hopped on one foot to acknowledge the judges and then collapsed in a heap of tears and frustration. The rest was a blur. America cheered as Bela carried her to the stand to receive her gold. There were so many emotions playing across her face as the national anthem played: pain, happiness, and a deep sadness because her injury would end her Olympic experience (Parillo n.pag). Kerri’s bravery acts as a symbol to all human beings. If a four foot ten, one hundred pound girl can carry the weight of an entire nation on only one ankle, then who’s to say that anything is impossible?
In “A Work in Progress” by Aimee Mullins the main character is Aimee. As an infant she had both legs amputated below her knee, and at age five had a major surgery to correct the growth of her tibia. After the surgery, she was first put into a wheelchair, and her teacher called her a distraction and that she shouldn’t attend school anymore. She had struggled as a child with being in a wheelchair, but gets prosthetics when she gets older and decides she wants to become an Athlete. She becomes comfortable prosthetic legs and becomes the athlete she always dreamed she could be.
Plaintiff Robert Lopez filed a claim against Adelanto Stadium Inc. for injunctive relief and damages. Specifically, Mr. Lopez claims that Adelanto Stadium Inc. was negligent by having a defective design of their stadium and they were negligent in their failure to warn visitors of the chances that they may be injured by a foul ball during the course of a baseball game ¶¶ 2, 3. Mr. Lopez alleges that Adelanto Stadium Inc., is liable on the sole grounds that Adelanto Stadium Inc., is the home stadium for the baseball team ¶ 5. Adelanto Stadium moves to dismiss because Mr. Lopez’s claims fail as a matter of law, since they lack sufficient factual matter to render finding negligence in defective design and negligence in failure to
While working, Alex Bennett slipped and fell onto a lumber saw, severing his ankle joint. After cleaning and stitching his hanging foot to his leg, Myra and Alex traveled 60 miles to the doctor in Bonne Bay while Myra was pregnant. Due to her efforts, amputation was avoided. (Green, 1973/2012, pp. 127-133)
I stood up, shook the dust off, and climbed back up on the bike. I felt how proud my mother was to watch me try again. She chanted that I could do this. Taking in a few deep breaths to calm my nerves enough to place my feet back on the pedals. Once again, I pedaled as fast as I could to gain momentum while trying to maintain my balance. My mother still behind me supporting me. She then let go of me and I kept going. I didn’t fall that time. Finally, I could ride a bike by myself without help. My mother cheered me on as I rode my newly improved bike to the end of the block and back. Once I arrived back to her, I stopped and gave her a gigantic hug. A soft cry came from my mother. I questioned why she had tears coming down her face, but she said it was tears of happiness.
As she trained she felt a shooting pain that started from her back and ended at her toes, for months her pain continued and she was diagnosed with post viral myositis, a muscular inflammation that can cause severe pain and
Unfortunately, accidents happen for which there is no legal liability. From the defense’s perspective, there are two alternatives as to how this matter must resolve. Either first, the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff because they had no reason to know they were putting the plaintiff in jeopardy. Alternatively, if the defendants did owe a duty to the plaintiff, the plaintiff assumed the risk of injury by observing the dangerous condition and voluntarily encountering it anyway. The evidence adduced in this matter definitively shows that the defendants are no more at fault for this accident than the plaintiff.
L. H. a 22-year-old female who came into the clinic as a new patient complaining of lower back pain. Vital signs include: height 62 inches, weight 108 lbs., and 16 respirations. The patient stated that her back pain has gone on for quite sometime now (about 2 years total). She works as a nursing assistant in a nursing home in Wahoo. The physician stated that he wanted to taper her off tramadol (she takes 150 mg a day). He also wants to taper her off Effexor as well. The doctor noticed that the painful region was in the patient’s upper left side of her back. He recommended to the patient that L1 to L2 and L2 to L3 facets would benefit from steroid injections. The patient and her mother wanted to make sure they met their
His head still bleeding using his belt putting it around his head to keep the compress in place as he climbed out. Once the cloth was in place, he shined the flashlight back. He shook his head, “Dumbass, she is not here.” He put his pack on, hoisted himself up a level to a small ledge. He was down about fifteen feet he saw a larger ledge within his reach. Gripping he used his feet to climb his body up. Swinging his legs around he was struggling to reach th top of the ledge. Throwing his rope anchoring from there so he could climb out.
As a plaintiff, Georgina (P) has suffered a legally-recognisable harm, as she broke several of her ribs and suffered from severe internal bleeding. Georgina then need to establish a duty of care owed by Andrew (D) to her.
The patient was diagnosed with low back pain, a strain of the muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, and sciatica on the left side.
There was no specific injury or trauma. She said the right side of her body along the lower ribs and the skin area became painful even to light touch. She feels the pain not only in the right front, but also towards the right back, where the ribs are as well. She had not done any unusual activity. She has not had any unusual other symptoms that she is aware of. Initially, it was coming and going, but now it is becoming more constant. She realizes when she takes a deep breath it worsens the pain. If she touches it or lies
In Dinnen v. Kneen, No. 16–cv–00882–PAB–STV, 2017 BL 332704 (D. Colo. Sept. 19, 2017), the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted PdC, LLC, Timothy Kneen, Michael Roberts, Timothy Flaherty, and Carl Vertuca (“Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss, finding that Michael W. DInnen’s (“Plaintiff”) Amended Complaint failed to sufficiently allege scienter in their Section 10(b) claim under the heightened pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”).
The patient first noticed sharp pain that originated from her spinal cord that traveled up to her brain stem, causing headaches (Mayo Clinic 2014). After a couple days of this pain, the patient noticed a rash as well as numerous blisters that covered her entire back. Within a day or two of noticing the blisters, they started opening and letting out a puss-like fluid, causing more sharp pain up the patient’s spinal cord. For the next two to three days, the patient started to develop flu-like symptoms.
The start of the class went great, better than Zion expected it. She found the warm up exercises very fun. However, when it came time to practice on the balance beam, to tumble and volt, Zion struggled. Her feet kept tangling up. She kept losing her balance and became clumsy.