Four years ago, Ashley’s life changed forever in one split
second. The reason? She was texting
while driving. Today, Ashley is
partially paralyzed.
Ashley got ready for work, but did not see her husband
before she left. Wanting to tell him she
loved him and to have a good day, so she pulled out her phone to send him a
text. When Ashley drifted over the
center line into oncoming traffic, she overcorrected and lost control of her
vehicle. It flipped and she was thrown
into the air; Ashley was not wearing a seatbelt. When she came to, Ashley knew immediately
that she was paralyzed.
Ashley suffered a broken neck; she could not stand or sit
up; she could not bathe or dress herself.
Every day since has been a struggle; the hardest part for this
now-divorced mom is not being able to be the mom she once was to her daughter. Ashley’s daughter will say things like, “I
like to go play with your friends, because they have legs, and they can do
things,” or “'Momma, I will wait. I'll wait until you walk, I'll be patient.”
That is a powerful
message from a child. DTRT (Do The Right
Thing); stop texting and driving; it’s not worth it.
Lawsuit Financial is a pro-justice lawsuit funding company that strongly
supports a national ban on texting while driving. Owner and founder, Mark Bello has thirty-six years experience as a trial
lawyer and fourteen years as an underwriter and situational analyst in the lawsuit funding industry. Lawsuit Financial Corporation helps provide
cash flow solutions and consulting when necessities of life litigation funding is needed by a plaintiff involved in pending, personal
injury, litigation. Bello is a Justice Pac member of the American Association
for Justice, Sustaining and Justice Pac member of the Michigan Association for
Justice, Member of Public Justice, Public Citizen, the American Bar
Association, the State Bar of Michigan and the Injury Board.
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