I think you should sue. It won't help immediately. It's a long process, but you should be compensated for the injuries. I sued after a car accident 8 years ago. I was rear-ended by a woman who was talking on her cell phone in rush hour traffic in Calgary! My neck was injured. I still have neck pain at times and will for the rest of my life. The lawsuit could not be finalized until my doctors and therapists all said that I had reached "maximum medical improvement"--as good as it is going to get!

Your hubby had back pain before right? My hubby has lived with severe chronic back pain for several years. I would be hospitalized begging for morphine if I had to cope with the kind of pain Stuart wakes up with every day! I'd recommend that he checks out a book called "the back doctor", by Dr. Hamilton-Hall. It's very good and will give him lots of non-drug, non-surgical ways to help reduce and cope with his pain. It will help you too--living with a pain patient can be just as hard for the spouse and family as it is for the person actually in pain.