Glenn Greenburg, a senior consultant in the public relations department at Liberty Mutual told NJ.com on Tuesday that he would look into the matter but was unsure if he would comment on the case.

“We don’t publicly discuss details of claims,” he said.

‘As good as I’m going to be’

For years, Dana Corrar worked as a registered nurse in CareOne at Ewing, an assisted living facility in Ewing Township.

She has witnessed her share of pain.

She worked as a wound nurse, helping people recover from injuries like the ones she sustained in the Route 18 accident.

“It’s been difficult being on this side – being a patient,” she said. “Everyone here has been good. I know what they’re going through, trying to help me. And I’m probably a little more patient than some people who are in my position.”

Corrar spends her days in a private room on the third floor that overlooks a wooded area rich with the colors of autumn. She’s one of the youngest patients in the sprawling complex and spends a lot of time sitting up and on her mobile phone, texting friends and relatives.

She does not watch much television.

“Watching the news is horrible. It makes you scared of things,” she said. “It makes you worry for your family.”

Mostly, she reads novels and thinks about her 15-month-old grandson, Dylan.

“He turned one a week before the accident,” she said.

Babysitting Dylan always involved getting down with him on the floor and playing, she said. It’s something she hopes to do again.

“Before the accident I did anything I wanted,” she said. “One of the worst things is when you lose control of yourself.”

Recovery will be slow and may not be 100 percent, her doctors have said.

Eventually, Dana will reach a point where she will be able to return to her home in Old Bridge, which she shares with her boyfriend of seven years, Iqbal Rizvi.

But Corrar is unsure whether she will work again.

“My doctor told me it will be about one year before I’m as good as I’m going to be,” she said.

“This has been a big, life-changing event,” she said. “Sometimes you wake up and you just want to cry all day. You have your bad days and you have to let it out.”

In an email, Edelstein explained that Corrar will likely suffer from her injuries for the rest of her life.

“Unfortunately, the full extent of Dana's injuries are not known at this time because she really has not stood up yet,” Edelstein said.

“It is likely when she does, there will be additional consequential soft-tissue injuries discovered, likely to her cervical and lumbar spines as well as her knees. Those injuries, if they manifest themselves, are likely to require additional treatments including surgeries, physical therapy and diagnostic testing.”

Edelstein estimates orthopedic visits, and various tests like x-rays and MRI, along with physical therapy and possible future surgeries could cost more than $1 million.

“Ultimately when a person like this has these types of constellation of injuries, the long term prognosis is not good,” Edelstein said.

“All of the orthopedic injuries will result in significant arthritis and thus it is likely that she will decelerate far quicker than someone who did not suffer any or of course all of these injuries,” he said.

Edelstein said as Corrar fights out insurance coverage issues between health-care and auto, it is his belief that Martell’s must bear some responsibility.

“The real insurance carrier that should foot her bills now and into the future are the ones that represent the negligent parties, chief among them, the bar,” Edelstein said.

The lawsuit

In a lawsuit filed last week in Middlesex County, Edelstein claims Chieco was visibly intoxicated while at Martell’s Tiki Bar and that bar employees were negligent in continuing to serve her.

Martell’s employees “violated and breached their duty owed to the public and also to Plaintiff Dana Corrar not to create a foreseeable, unreasonable risk of harm (by) engaging in the activity and business of selling intoxicating liquors to their patrons and customers who are visibly intoxicated,” the lawsuit states.

The suit also names Chieco’s mother and the owners of the parking lot where the car that struck Corrar was stolen.

The suit seeks unspecified amounts for compensatory and punitive damages.

Martell’s management has not responded to numerous requests by NJ.com for comment.

Edelstein said he does not necessarily blame Liberty Mutual and Corrar’s health insurance carrier for not paying her claims. He said Martell’s should pay the bills.

“Although we would like to see Dana get the treatment she needs right now and to do that we need her health insurance carrier or one of the automobile carriers to step up, why should they pay bills that were incurred as the result of the bars negligence?” Edelstein asked.

“We don't think they should and that's one reason why we have to bring suit,” he said.

Corrar said she does not dwell on details of the accident and has no anger for Ashley Chieco, the driver who hit her.

“She made bad choices,” Corrar said. “She lost her life. I’m glad to be alive.”

Still, the crash has made Corrar less brave than she used to be.

When her boyfriend took her out on the grounds in her wheelchair, she became afraid of the cars moving through the parking lot.

“I was a wreck seeing cars,” she said. “I’m scared for everybody on the road.”

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