Dancer,
Can you put into date order when the aneurysm was diagnosed and MVA occurred?
Did your aneurysm rupture immediately after the MVA like during testing/diagnosis of your injuries immediately following the MVA? Or some time after?
Did the MVA cause a rupture instantly?
Ironically, I have talked a lot w/my auto insurance on this issue....not for a lawsuit...Eventually (I am soooo slow) I will be sending them my data /story... because...
I was in two MVAs four months apart...the headaches began...likely development of the aneurysm following those two...The first, at a stop light, rear-ended, thrown into the one in front of me... Four months later, I was hit broad-side on my driver's side...My aneurysm is on my left internal carotid artery (L ICA) ...at the origin of the posterior communicating artery (PCoA)...(supraclinoid segment)...
My docs did no testing on me when the headaches were of record post-MVAs...did prescribe Xanax and then referred me to a psychiatrist...Likely as a menopausal must be depressed female patient... this was all at the facility/clinic of years of my records...which were minimal...to no profit...
My aneurysm, even five years later, was small...the neck space apx 1/8th of an inch on the wall of the artery... I believe that the weak spot is congenital; aneurysms are known to be near the bifurcation of an artery or where the others branch off...This type of data is available...
One place you may want to view for finding an expert is PubMed...at that site, search for brain aneurysm (other terminology of choice) and, pursue the names of the doctors on the various studies/research...Pick the ones w/the highest numbers of studies/opinions/results...then, which organizational involvement similar/same as those serving on the Medical Advisory Board here at our BAF site...then, would suggest your lawyer make the formal connection/request...
I have a vague memory of one of the med authored books in on aneurysms referencing the potential of injury...I am slow to find anything...
Please remember, I have no expertise...medically or legally...tho I do have my personal opinions... based on my personal experiences...
Prayers for your success...and, getting more input here...because I am aware of a number of others who had MVAs related in timeframes to their aneurysm treatments...
Pat