Putting pins into someone's arm is very serious. Hopefully the girl will be able to have full use of her arm after the final surgery, but that will be only with a lot of pain and hard work. I'm sure you're angry about the money, but this kid will be living with this for at least a year and a half, if not the rest of her life.

Did you get a final judgement from the police?

Hoping you recover from this soon yourself. 40K is indeed not small change.