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Update from.....Izzy
Izzy_*now*:
Lighter
I won't know what happened until I see something on paper, such as numbers. There will be 2 cheques. One quote from my lawyer (what does it cover) does not add up, so he is guessing
I learned that The Insurance Company is just now going over all my expenses of FOUR years. The adjuster didn't know they hadn't paid for the w'chair I bought in 2009, nor what the grocery delivery charges were, no records. I had records....to be refunded.
All the time spent on Future Care and being prematurely incarcerated was wasted time because that is part of Part VII and just goes on the shelf--not likely ever to be revisited, per my lawyer.
I got so angry when the lawyer's Assistant said that all I spent on Karla would not be refunded...yada yada, as I wrote to twoapenny... anger, an emotion that poued out about unfairness, and now I have no more tremors. I swear they have disappeared, after 4 years. There was one side of my left knee that I couldn't bear to have touched. It was so tender it would set off the tremors. Now it is no longer paining, plus no tremors. Those tremors where in my mind, but visible... I spout anger, and they are gone. Makes sense? Why didn't someone let me know"
I swear that no one has a crazier life than mine, and I have no idea what's on the horizon.
I didn't get Karla. I pay her from my settlement, therapy and "up higher" housekeeping.
Dizzy Izzy
lighter:
Skits:
I'm glad you're experiencing relief.... going to court is a terrible burden. I understand.
I am concerned about your not having a written deal in hand, however. Even a handwritten one would be necessary before taking your case off the calendar, IME.
I'm sure your attorney gave you enough info to feel comfortable, but I'm still concerned..... every attorney who told me to take a deal, or got a case dismissed without a trial ended up causing me overt trauma.... I had to go anyway, and almost always my position was weakened bc more funds and time and trauma were involved.
Every time I ever had a moment's respite thinking I really didn't have to go to court, it was just another attorney's delusion, and I had to go every single time, sometimes twice as much as I thought I would in the beginning.
Greedy/bad people don't want to do what's fair, or decent unless you hold their feet to the fire in a courtroom, IME.
Ins Co's want to break you down, and make you give up so they don't have to pay you. They collect premiums, they aren't in the business to pay claims..... I'm hoping your attorney didn't take your case off the calendar until he has a signed deal in hand is all I'm saying. Having your hopes dashed, being insulted by the Ins Co who has another 2 years of jerking you around in mind would be terrible for your mental and physical health, IMO. I'm happy you're experiencing relief bc you don't have to go to court... I just don't know what the reality will be. The vast majority of attorneys don't want to go to court. They'll have their clients agree to stupid things to get out of trying a case, IME..... even the bulldog, capable attorneys do it.
The Ins Co should have to go to court, on time, if they can't hammer out a fair deal in rapid fashion, IME. .... before the original courtdate, IMO. They shouldn't get a chance to dismiss this case, then screw you around for 7 more months with offers that aren't fair, then you have to start all over again, gear up for war, and wait for more court dates.
That's the way bad people with bad intentions operate in the courts, Izz.
That's the reality.
I'm hopeful for you, but experience tells me you may have more struggle ahead.
I'm going through that very thing right now.....
shortcuts, with evil people, aren't short cuts at all.
They're strategic moves that add time, money, and suffering in hopes of wearing us down. Making us go away empty handed. I think it's one of the things choking up the legal system.
Lighter
--- Quote from: Skits on April 12, 2013, 02:07:40 PM ---Lighter
I won't know what happened until I see something on paper, such as numbers. There will be 2 cheques. One quote from my lawyer (what does it cover) does not add up, so he is guessing
I learned that The Insurance Company is just now going over all my expenses of FOUR years. The adjuster didn't know they hadn't paid for the w'chair I bought in 2009, nor what the grocery delivery charges were, no records. I had records....to be refunded.
All the time spent on Future Care and being prematurely incarcerated was wasted time because that is part of Part VII and just goes on the shelf--not likely ever to be revisited, per my lawyer.
I got so angry when the lawyer's Assistant said that all I spent on Karla would not be refunded...yada yada, as I wrote to twoapenny... anger, an emotion that poued out about unfairness, and now I have no more tremors. I swear they have disappeared, after 4 years. There was one side of my left knee that I couldn't bear to have touched. It was so tender it would set off the tremors. Now it is no longer paining, plus no tremors. Those tremors where in my mind, but visible... I spout anger, and they are gone. Makes sense? Why didn't someone let me know"
I swear that no one has a crazier life than mine, and I have no idea what's on the horizon.
I didn't get Karla. I pay her from my settlement, therapy and "up higher" housekeeping.
Dizzy Izzy
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Izzy_*now*:
Hi lighter,
I had until yesterday to accept or reject the offer and have just now (Saturday) written to my lawyer, if that is why I haven't heard what's happening. I asked him if my court date was cancelled.
I am still keeping my trust in my lawyer, since this is a settlement out of court, and hope that is the case.
I can't allow myself to become too worked up over something that hasn't happened--- like the "fear of the unknown"----could be nothing. I cannot say, though, that I am not "worked up"
Later when news changes
Izzy
lighter:
--- Quote from: Skits on April 13, 2013, 03:54:40 PM ---Hi lighter,
I had until yesterday to accept or reject the offer and have just now (Saturday) written to my lawyer, if that is why I haven't heard what's happening. I asked him if my court date was cancelled.
I am still keeping my trust in my lawyer, since this is a settlement out of court, and hope that is the case.
I can't allow myself to become too worked up over something that hasn't happened--- like the "fear of the unknown"----could be nothing. I cannot say, though, that I am not "worked up"
Later when news changes
Izzy
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Izz, did your attorney put off your court date, or worse yet, dismiss your case?
Promising to finally do the right thing and settle out of court with a fair agreement is only possible bc your courtdate was coming up...... the ins co could have done that any time over the last 4 years. They haven't.
The pressure is off for the ins co to make a fair agreement if the court date went away. They know you and your attorney don't want to go to court...... don't let them promise you the world then give you the dick, when you're ready to go to court, and prepared. You can pass notes to your attorney the entire trial, and keep him on track, no matter how badly he's prepared.
Lighter
Izzy_*now*:
I had to get up early for bathroom ceiling painters and am glad no court. I asked Paul about cancelling, his response said nothing, so I guess it is all out-of-court now, but I did gain one thing that threw me. By accepting the offer, I "cut off" my Future Care i.e. early incarceration would be expensive, but P. assures me he is keeping that open should it be needed.
Those parts bothered me with people speculating on when my arms will give out, when I will die and no two people said the same. I guess my mind went into shock when no one knows those answers and I was cutting it off to settle---had only one week to decide, before Court, which would have been today. Dirty Trick! and a high enough offer that no way of knowing if we could beat it in Court. If not then I would have paid all the court costs! $10,000-$50,000.
I expect there is more to come!
xx
Iz
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