So, in 2021 (in Pittsburgh, PA, USA) in was working in a small local restaurant and got my hand stuck in an old pasta machine while making pasta. In hindsight, the machine is probably 60-70 years old. The mixer part impaled my hand. Luckily I didn’t need any surgery, just stitches and a little bit of rehab. I did take workman’s comp, which almost ruined me financially as I was getting ~$400 per week.

While I was off of work, I called around to different attorney’s and literally no one was interested in my case past the initial consultation, I believe I recall one attorney saying they have some sort of relationship with the business owner and couldn’t do anything. My former bosses wife is an attorney/law professor, could she have done anything to prevent people from taking my case?

I ask this now because, years later, I have been getting progressive weakness in the affected hand plus twitching and spasming. My doctor says it’s likely that the scar tissue has attached itself to tendons/nerves and might need surgery.

Is this something that I can still pursue or is it too late? The business has since closed and the owner moved out of state