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Update from.....Izzy
lighter:
Well, Izzy.....
if this trip is JUST A PLOY to spy on you and disprove your injuriess :shock:
I fear mightily for the IC employees, with respect to Karma.
You sound good and up to this challenge, however.
Perhaps documenting this journey yourself would be prudent......
Karla could roll film at all times outside the bathroom, etc.
The insurance company wouldn't be able to cobble together 40 seconds of film where you look confident, competent and able bodied out of a 24 hour period, kwim?
Lighter
Izzy_*now*:
hi lighter,
Yes. I've said it before, but maybe not on here.
"Why are they wanting their own Examination after 3½ years? Why now?"
Yes. This is not just a broken leg; it's become a nightmare on wheels!
I cannot help but be suspicious (paranoid, even) so I have to do things as though I am on my own, but I know I cannot take a day trip to the Coast, alone.....so if they want to see clumsy they will see clumsy, if they are watching!
Karla and I will be talking about vegetarian recipes while on the plane......and I am interested to know who all knows our exact plans.
I have an appointment with my orthopaedic surgeon for an X-ray and talk. I asked ol' Yarrow (GP) for the referral and go next week. I want to see inside my leg, and mention a few things to be ready to take on their Godzilla!
A document of the journey is a good idea. Fodder for my lawyer to add to everything else.
Izzy
(just to add a quote from the Internet from a personal injury lawyer in Vancouver:)
On examination for discovery she agreed that it caused her to waddle most of the time. She said that it was a particular problem when she walked after driving.
[18] The January and February 2008 videotape evidence is of little assistance – the recordings are brief and do not show the plaintiff walking to any extent. The May 2009 videotape evidence is much more extensive. On May 19, 2009 the plaintiff was at a gas station purchasing flowers. To my eye, her gait appeared normal. On June 14, 2009 the plaintiff was videotaped while at a garden centre, and again her gait appeared normal. A year later, on June 15, 2010, there is videotape of her walking. There is no apparent limp but she does appear stiff and careful in the way she moves. On June 17, 2010 Ms. Wilkinson was videotaped walking to her car with a grocery cart full of groceries. She was captured loading the groceries into the hatchback of her vehicle. She did all of that without apparent limitation. On June 19 of that year she purchased a three or four foot tall house plant which she loaded and unloaded from her car, again without apparent limitation. Finally, there is a lengthy videotape of her on June 19, 2010 at a garden centre with Mr. Bains and her daughter. She is captured squatting down, standing up, and walking about the store without noticeable limitation. In summary, the videotape reveals some minor stiffness or limitation on some occasions. There are also occasions when she appeared to have little or no visible limitation.
lighter:
Izzy,
Thinks go consider;
What about contacting a nearby University Journalist Department, and discussing your case...... perhaps a senior journalist student would be a good pick to actually document your journey? I suppose the Professor or Teacher in charge of that department would have some good insights, if nothing else.
What about contacting a local left leaning newspaper and asking for the names of jounalists who would typically be interested in a case like yours? Discussing and picking brains doesn't cost yo anything, and you might end up with information you find very helpful, even if you don't choose to deal with a reporter in the end.
What about contacting a victim's advocacy group and picking their brains?
On the whole, I think you're spot on about the IC treating you like someone with a simple broken leg. That's egregious, considering the circumstances. If it were me, I'd document in a "just in case" manner, which is apparenlty something I do compulsively, which turned out to be very helpful in my last legal case. Did I have a bunch of stuff that wasn't useful in the end? At this time, that's how it looks, but those things could turn out to be necessary in the next case, kwim? Hard to say, but being OCD in the documentation department has on the whole been a life saver for me.
I'd also talk to a few attorneys about this..... pick their brains for free if they allow it. If you have folkes refer you, you can get some free advice typically, which is what I've been doing a lot of lately, and the referrals weren't people I actually know either. Attorneys are intrigued by unusual cases that tease their brains..... they enjoy rolling questions around and sounding informed and wise. Some of them actually want to tackle the case, bc they can't believe what's happening.... they want to be the ones to turn things around, which is what happened at this last trial. My attorney wanted to do what all the male attorneys "failed to get done," and she certainly did that.
If you can effect some change, or help some other people in your position, all the better. Ahh yes, the familiar smell of pie in the sky.... I just can't help myself.
Ok, how about this? The Insurance Company ends up taking a public relations hit, and knows your case will cost them more if it goes to trial, so they settle right away to get you out of their hair.
More realistic, and........
::whispering::
Squirrrrrel jusssssstice.
::shrug::
I just love that commercial.
Lighter
Izzy_*now*:
hi lighter,
Thanks for the input and now I know where to come for more info if needed.
My input to my case is private, unless the Insurance Co, can hack into my computer and read forum postings and emails, in which case they have evidence that is to be released when my lawyer says so.
Anything I have said to Karla is fair game if they put her on the stand.
Everything I have said here is the truth.
OK. So I have told only the truth, but what if I 'joked' to Karla about something, and I have, but forget what, as it wasn't the truth, but if she were asked under oath would have to repeat it and I am "up the creek".
OK. I need an example!! "Listen I can fake this soft tissue pain as long as it takes to nail those bastards!" THEN where am I? Up shit creek!
I know my lawyer would not appreciate my calling in the re-enforcements at this time. I must be as patient as I can be, as I have been all along and determine what is the best tact, without calling my lawyer ever day. Karla is a good sound board, in translating some of his verbiage! (Once was sneaky wording to account for his forgetting something about my case when writing to Defence Council.)
--- Quote ---Quote from: Skits on November 07, 2012, 10:00:19 AM
So, you just stay calm, and all will work its way out, in my favour.
--- End quote ---
This week I see my surgeon for 2nd and 3rd surgeries, for an x-ray and talk about what we see inside my leg. Then I have more knowledge about this when I see the Defence's surgeon next month. He can also explain to me what another surgeon, filling in for him one day in 2009, means in her report, which I have Screen Captured, printed and it's in my purse already yet so soon!
But, believe me, when this is all over, signed sealed and delivered, I won't know what to do with myself!
Love
Izzy
lighter:
Eeeek, Izz.
It would be terrible if Karla represented every joke you ever made as fact during a deposition or trial.
Lighter
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