You were rear-ended on the Belt Parkway, or you fell down a broken staircase in your Brooklyn walk-up, and after months of injections that didn't touch the pain, a surgeon fused two levels of your spine. Now you're living with a scar, a permanent lifting restriction, and a stack of hospital bills — and you want a straight answer about what your case is actually worth. Recent New York spinal fusion verdicts and settlements tell a consistent story: fusion surgery is one of the