Chapter 28
Jacksonville, FL
CHRIS GAVE MITCH a call first thing Monday morning to let him know he’d been medically discharged from the Navy.
“I’m glad you told me that, Chris,” Mitch said. “Now we can include lost wages in the claim.”
“Even if I go to work somewhere else?”
“Even if. But it would be better if you didn’t do that until after we win the case. I can’t wring much sympathy out of a jury over lost wages if you’re already earning two or three times your Navy pay at another hospital.”
“How long will it take, do you think?”
“That depends on the Navy and how embarrassed they are. They might want to get it out of the news very quickly, in which case they’ll settle. Or they might not. It’s much too early in the game to make those kinds of predictions.”
“Game?” Chris said.
“Yes,
