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tatnurse
I recently started seeing reports about Ambien lawsuits online. I contacted an attorney about an incident and am waiting for an investigator to contact me. The attorney's office thinks I have a case, but they really didn't tell me much. I told my story to one of the partners, who then had me give all my information to someone else. I'm not sure if the woman who took my information was a paralegal or what, but she didn't have much info for me. I was just told that they thought I had a claim and that the investigator would call me in 7-10 business days. I have never been part of a civil lawsuit, so I am not sure how any of this works, but I have a few questions I would like to have the answer to before I speak with the investigator.
My story is this: I was taking Ambien for several months. One night my husband was working night shift and I was home alone. I was sitting on my couch talking to someone on the telephone at around three in the morning, and the next thing I knew my husband was trying to wake me up. I was in our home office, passed out in a puddle of vomit, sitting at our desk. I was hurting all over, and had absolutely no clue what had happened to me. It was 8 a.m., so I had 'lost' about 5 hours of time. My forehead was bruised, hurt, and felt numb over my eyebrow. The worst thing was, my privates were hurting really bad and I couldn't imagine why. I felt like I had been beaten and raped, and I was terrified. The only reason I KNEW that I hadn't been raped is that we have dogs, and I know that no one would have been able to get in my house and attack me without the dogs attacking them. If a stranger had come in my house I would have either found a dead body or a signs of a bloody attack. My dogs go crazy when someone comes in the house. There has been a few times that someone has come in that they know, but I have been asleep or have been in my bedroom. My English Bulldog, Chumley, bows up to about twice his normal size and starts growling really deep and low. Even though he knows the visitor he will not allow them in the house when 'mommy' is asleep or in bed. He is wicked protective of me. When my husband found me unconscious at the desk, Chumley and our other, older dog DOG (a chow mix) were seated at my feet, 'guarding' me.
Anyway, I was confused, ashamed, and felt 'dirty', just like a rape victim. I was terrified because I had no idea what happened, but it was obvious that something violent had occurred. My husband was alarmed and upset as well, afraid to leave me home alone. He took me to the doctor who performed a gynecological exam to find out why I was hurting so bad. He actually found an area of necrotic tissue on my labia, caused by severe trauma. I had also 'killed' a nerve in my eyebrow. The only scenario we could piece together based on the injuries I sustained, is that I must have been sleepwalking and ended up in the office. Once in there I must have had a seizure and while I was seizing, I apparently fell straddled on the arm of the desk chair, which caused the trauma to my labia. Then I must have fallen, face first, onto the desk, hard enough to cause the nerve damage to my eyebrow. Now, the injuries have since healed, but I remain psychologically traumatized by the incident. I am afraid to take any sleeping pills while I am home alone, even though I suffer from severe insomnia. My sex life suffered as well.
My question is, in cases like this, how much money do they usually ask for? I'm not trying to get rich or anything, but I don't want to have to relive all of this and go through a bunch of drama if it isn't going to be worth it financially. Also, how long does this type of thing take to go to court?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, T.J.