After injury, trooper's family fights for care

During his eight years as a trooper, Humberto Reyna was the poster boy for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, literally. He was also a key liaison for the force in the Latino community.

For years, Kay Reyna battled the state for rehabilitation and care she believed her husband deserved.

Humberto Reyna is physically active. He plays golf, swims, runs.

A private investigator, hired to confirm whether he deserved workmen's compensation, followed the family with a video camera.

"They're saying nothing is wrong with me, and they're not doctors," Humberto Reyna said.

Psychologist Ellen Curry, who evaluated him as part of the workmen's comp process, said, "There's continued questioning of the fact that's been arrived at again and again by multiple evaluators.

"I was just doing my job when this happened to me," he says. "How can they do that to me? Do they know what they're doing?"

"It's a prolonged process for the decision makers to understand the medicine involved with brain injuries," Kerr said.

Baker said that when attorneys get involved the process becomes far more formal and less personal.

After five years, Kay Reyna is relieved and ready to look to the future.

"I think what we want to see is with what he has left that he can live his life in peace," she said.