Originally Posted by Legal Bill

It's far more gruesome, Dave. In addition to broken ribs, his leg had to be rebuilt around two platinum rods, one of which was removed after the bone fragments healed, the second of which was abandoned in place. But Carl recovered pretty well. He went on to open a sports car shop and an autocross racing team that met with some national success. Later, he followed in my footsteps and went to law school and practices law here in Massachusetts to this day. He needs at least one if not both of his knees replaced now, but that is due more to old football and 101st Airborne injuries than the motorcycle accident.