What is the name of your state? Florida
I will be as brief as possible. Understand that these will be the key points and I will leave information out. But, in a nutshell...
Sitting at a red light Sept 17, 2006, 2130 hrs. I was rear ended. She did not attempt to stop or swerve to miss me so it is evident she was either not paying attention or she had it in for me or my little Santa Fe. She WAS ticketed. She was also driving a car registered to a VERY large corporation and had just left a pool party, her swim suit was still wet. The trooper on the scene didn't feel as though she was drunk, just completely stupid (her words).
I sustained, head, neck, and lower back injuries as well as tingling and weakness in my right arm which all to this day still bother me. I al;so get frequent migraines directly related to the neck injuries. At this point I must tell you, I suffered from low back pain before the accident but comparison MRI's prove conclusively that the prior injury was aggravated.
On to the problem...I hired a law firm from 1-800-ASK GARY to represent me and other than their habit of taking days to return calls and emails all was going fine until recently when the attorney took over the case from the assistants.
They had told me from the beginning that once all was finished (Dr reports, therapy, etc) a file would be constructed and a "demand package" (DP) would be fwd'd to the opposing insurance adjuster. From there they would have 30 days from receipt of the packet to reply with an offer.
ON the 30th day, at my request, the atty called the adjuster's office and discovered that she had not only left on vacation but had turned over the "DP" to the company because the amount was too high for her authority. It has now been 42 days since they 1st received the DP and still no word. My atty hardly returns calls, will not "pester" anyone into an answer and accepts "we'll get back to you next week" from the opposition knowing they will not "get back" I needed a pit bull I got a ****er spaniel (no offense to spaniels!) that was my fault for choosing them BUT don't I the victim, deserve compensation, and doesn't my atty need to work for that? I have been out of pocket since November. All but $300 of my PIP went to expenses accrued during treatment and therapy, which means EVERYONE else has gotten paid but me, I received one check for $300 early on. They fixed my car, but that's it. And why would an insurance adjuster turn the case over to the insured (the company) for authorization? That makes no sense to me.
Sorry it went on so long but that is the basics and the meat of the matter.
Thank you all.
I will be as brief as possible. Understand that these will be the key points and I will leave information out. But, in a nutshell...
Sitting at a red light Sept 17, 2006, 2130 hrs. I was rear ended. She did not attempt to stop or swerve to miss me so it is evident she was either not paying attention or she had it in for me or my little Santa Fe. She WAS ticketed. She was also driving a car registered to a VERY large corporation and had just left a pool party, her swim suit was still wet. The trooper on the scene didn't feel as though she was drunk, just completely stupid (her words).
I sustained, head, neck, and lower back injuries as well as tingling and weakness in my right arm which all to this day still bother me. I al;so get frequent migraines directly related to the neck injuries. At this point I must tell you, I suffered from low back pain before the accident but comparison MRI's prove conclusively that the prior injury was aggravated.
On to the problem...I hired a law firm from 1-800-ASK GARY to represent me and other than their habit of taking days to return calls and emails all was going fine until recently when the attorney took over the case from the assistants.
They had told me from the beginning that once all was finished (Dr reports, therapy, etc) a file would be constructed and a "demand package" (DP) would be fwd'd to the opposing insurance adjuster. From there they would have 30 days from receipt of the packet to reply with an offer.
ON the 30th day, at my request, the atty called the adjuster's office and discovered that she had not only left on vacation but had turned over the "DP" to the company because the amount was too high for her authority. It has now been 42 days since they 1st received the DP and still no word. My atty hardly returns calls, will not "pester" anyone into an answer and accepts "we'll get back to you next week" from the opposition knowing they will not "get back" I needed a pit bull I got a ****er spaniel (no offense to spaniels!) that was my fault for choosing them BUT don't I the victim, deserve compensation, and doesn't my atty need to work for that? I have been out of pocket since November. All but $300 of my PIP went to expenses accrued during treatment and therapy, which means EVERYONE else has gotten paid but me, I received one check for $300 early on. They fixed my car, but that's it. And why would an insurance adjuster turn the case over to the insured (the company) for authorization? That makes no sense to me.
Sorry it went on so long but that is the basics and the meat of the matter.
Thank you all.