Summary
William Hoesch, a 71-year-old cyclist from Oregon, has filed a $997,000 lawsuit against Columbia River Fire & Rescue after being struck by one of their ambulances in October 2022.
The ambulance, which was turning right, hit Hoesch, fracturing his nose and causing additional injuries.
After the accident, the ambulance transported Hoesch to the hospital, later billing him $1,862 for the ride.
Hoesch’s suit seeks damages for medical expenses, expected future costs, and $900,000 for pain and suffering due to reduced mobility and grip strength following the incident.
In capitalist America, Ambulance chases you.
liability is a bitch… and the ambulance company is definitely about to learn that. if they just sent it to their insurance it’d probably have been less of a big deal.
Id just send it as a medical expense to their liability carrier. Ez.
That being said they probably did and are suing because commercial carriers are fuck heads that tried to negotiate his claim to peanuts.
Seems like a good business model
It’s like something out of a Looney Tunes cartoon… ambulance runs a cat over, takes him to a cat hospital, gives him a bill a mile long including a ‘being run over’ fee.
“A mile long, you say?” --CVS executive
The sad part is that even CVS is aware of how much everyone hates their super long receipts and thinks it’s funny.
Getting threatened with a hospital bill? Just say no! The Big Pharama can’t legally rush you the hospital without your consent.
bleeds to death on ground
The libertarian way.
You have to put a quarter in the ambulance before it will drive you to the hospital
PR disaster. Good. I’m glad it’s in the paper.
