Anyone who has suffered a back injury knows that the pain can be disabling. In a recent case, handled by Eliot Bickoff, Esq., Asta & Bickoff was successful in obtaining a $1,500,000.00 recovery for a driver who suffered a back injury in an collision. The crash occurred on the Williamsburg Bridge when our client’s vehicle was hit from behind by the other car, which then hit the divider. Our client, sixty years old at the time, suffered herniated discs her back which pushed against her spinal cord. She underwent conservative treatment consisting of physical therapy and therapeutic back injections. When that treatment failed, our client underwent fusion of the discs in her low back to relieve pressure on her spinal cord. Despite the defendants claim that the back injury pre-existed the car crash, medical evidence established that our client would not have needed surgery but for the injury. A settlement of $1,500,000.00 was reached before the trial.