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Opinions. please?--Venting on Dr./Lawyer recommendations.....Izzy

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Izzy_*now*:
hi lighter

There are 3 categories:

1. General Damages (loss, pain and suffering and the cap is $300.000...in researching that is brain damage, can't tie shoe laces)
2. Special Damages (money I paid out of pocket, like hiring Karla, replacing my wheelchair, meds, lost wages) $25,000.00 plus
3. Future Care (self-explanatory) and I was given 17.05 years left per the chart that is used= 87th year, that was 2 years ago, so 15.05 now. That was the biggie to pay for Karla's therapy to keep me supple and not atrophy and gnarl iinto myself, and go to a pine box in a seated position, like my mother

I was just checking, and when ICBC cut Karla from me, I was still not doing my laundry, not able to reach to the floor, was in far more pain, not driving my car, and the 2 years June/10 to now Sept/12 has put me in far better shape due to Karla. It is my own opinion, and Karla's, that we have been maintaining me, since about the 3rd anniversary of accident, March 27, 2012. She went away for the month of June, and sent a friend who was not trained but was rehearsed. I was weaker upon Karla's return.

Our original was for over $300,000.00, for all three. I suspect if the full truth is to be put forth, that we ought to go to Court.

A lot of mistakes were made in decisions by hospital, and ICBC, and *I* am the one to tell them. ICBC treated this like just a broken leg, surgery and all healed and weight bearing in 5 months. Hospital didn't pass on the news of the tremors so a resident was guessing at diagnoses, like tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, D.T's. and drugging me as such. There is so much more and I'll bet my lawyer never scoured the hospital reports as I did. In reading Karla's session reports, there is much info--- bet he didn't read those either. I must ask him outright

It was just at the first of this year that I was able to take off my left shoe, as I had done before. By Court date it will be over 4 years.

If he had been prepared to talk with me the other day he would have had the Dr's report out and marked as per page ?, Line ? and not ra-ra-ra-ra'd his way while mumbling into the phone what he was by-passing, and I was to keep up with that?

We are dickering mainly over my Future Care--12 weeks or Karla indefinitely.

Insurance Co. is at $110,000.00 but does not have all the info yet regarding th 3 professional reports.

In court, though, I have to be sure my lawyer asks the proper questions to be able to answer about all the crapola that happened.

Iz

lighter:
Izz:

Most attorneys are only willing to work only as hard as their client, IME.

You're going to have to scour those reports, and highlight important items with yellow highlighter only, so clean copies can be made.  Yellow highlighter doesn't copy, and we need 3 clean copies of whatever will be entered as court exhibit so going wild with a pink highlighter might mean you're chasing documents under a time crunch.  Not good.   

I bet you already have your files pretty well organized and know what's what, but it helped me to file things, with 3 clean copies attached with a paperclip, in manilla folders with contents listed on front of each file to avoid flipping through entire files to see what's where. 

There will come a day when your attorney will be ready to sit down and go over all your hard work....... usually right before you go to court, which is typical of most attorneys, so don't get upset with him.  Have your documents ready, and be prepared to walk him through what you believe are the important parts when the day comes.  He'll be delighted you've done all his work for him, and be happier about having to go to court at all if it comes to that.

You didn't have just a broken leg, and it didn't just heal, and you didn't get back on it as we all know.  This isn't a case to be settled like a typical broken leg, and your attorney knows that too.  He;s likely overwhelmed and focused on whatever cases are coming up on the docket of his in the moment, and that's just the way it is. 

Wrap your mind around heading to court.  I think you'll have to tell your story if you don't want to get screwed by the Insurance Company.

Lighter

Izzy_*now*:
Thanks lighter,

You are a gal after my own heart with your organization.

I have all my documents in their proper folders, and Screen Captures from the hospital, plus the details stay fresh in my mind.

Karla came today and after discussing my lawyer's hurried phone call, and where I was confused, we determined that the Dr.'s report has to be completely correct or it can be thrown out as ALL lies. So the things that are incorrect we must make correct, i.e.my left foot care. So we worked on a position in which I tie my leg to the kitchen armchair, and use a thin bathrobe tie to pull each toe into working distance, and, while resting my arm on the armrest , I can lean forward and less painfully deal with my foot, with both hands.

That being accomplished the details went to Paul in an email that she dictated, to use the proper terms, such as "compression of the left hip area", then we questioned the aquatic therapy as it reads like 3 people, not 2, therefore confusion on my part, etc. For now he will think she is finished but we have made arrangements for one day a week, until we learn what the hell is happening! ..and more, like was his call not supposed to be about the DME in Vancouver??

Nothing was said about all the correct conclusions of Dr. V, only his incorrect ones.

I had a guy come to lok at my computer and he fiddled arounf not saying what he was doing, didn't find the problem, then it returned and he came back. I paid twice then complained to the owner. I will receive a refund of the $98.00 for the second visit, as I saw that he had deleted two program that I had purchased, and had deleted my ICBC folder from the desktop, with all my Expenses from June, 2010 to the present. I was floored, but having all the emails, I went back and checked from the beginning and the attachments were still there (or I would have been scanning everything over again.)

Lawyer had said he was going for the whole computer setup for working, but I didn't have to do it. Whatever I receive is mine to spend as I see fit--- so he can lie? Well Karla says I don't have to DO my left foot, just know how to do it!

We also expect the hurry is to presentt a new offer to ICBC with the new reports, of which they know nothing, and avoid court! Time will tell this Fall, maybe even before my Vancouver trip... and court date is April 15, 2013.

Thank Heaven for Karla

xx
Iz

lighter:
Izzy:


You rock, that's exactly what you need to be doing.

Sorry about your computer files..... wth?  It's always something.

Remember insurance companies have very deep pockets, and they can afford to pay you a fair settlemen, but avoid it at all cost.

They're operating under the directive to wear you down and knock the fight out of you...... their attorneys are high dollar, on retainer and focused on saving their company money.

THAT'S it.

Don't take it personally, and keep nattering at the details.... that's where the devil lives.

Lighter

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