What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
I don't know if I'm posting in the correct forum or not, but I'll give this a shot. I bought a car and insurance before I drove off with it. I was pulled over later that evening for reasons that were excused, but I could not yet provide a proof of insurance, so I had to bring it to court when I received it. When I brought my proof of insurance in, I was turned away by the State Attorney Assistant without being able to see the judge. He said, "All I see is binding date, and effective date, and the day you got pulled over the insurance wasn't effective." I told him what an insurance binder is, and cut me off, telling me to come back with a different proof of insurance. I did come back as a walk in a few weeks later, at my earliest convenience. Both my driver's license as well as my vehicle plates were suspended, so my mother had to take a day off of work to drive me the the county circuit court which is 2 hours away. I brought with me the same piece of paper with the definition of an insurance binder that I printed off of the Illinois Insurance website. Luckily, I got to speak with a different Attorney's Assistant, and he didn't understand why I was turned away before and apologized. I was not given a Court Deposition letter or Order to Vacate letter because the court supposedly handles my suspension lift. The problem is, that's going to take over 2 weeks, and my case was thrown out! All because this guy didn't know what an insurance binder is. Why am I not able to drive? I believe I am a victim of some kind of malpractice here, and there is a lot of damage that I would like to recover.
I don't know if I'm posting in the correct forum or not, but I'll give this a shot. I bought a car and insurance before I drove off with it. I was pulled over later that evening for reasons that were excused, but I could not yet provide a proof of insurance, so I had to bring it to court when I received it. When I brought my proof of insurance in, I was turned away by the State Attorney Assistant without being able to see the judge. He said, "All I see is binding date, and effective date, and the day you got pulled over the insurance wasn't effective." I told him what an insurance binder is, and cut me off, telling me to come back with a different proof of insurance. I did come back as a walk in a few weeks later, at my earliest convenience. Both my driver's license as well as my vehicle plates were suspended, so my mother had to take a day off of work to drive me the the county circuit court which is 2 hours away. I brought with me the same piece of paper with the definition of an insurance binder that I printed off of the Illinois Insurance website. Luckily, I got to speak with a different Attorney's Assistant, and he didn't understand why I was turned away before and apologized. I was not given a Court Deposition letter or Order to Vacate letter because the court supposedly handles my suspension lift. The problem is, that's going to take over 2 weeks, and my case was thrown out! All because this guy didn't know what an insurance binder is. Why am I not able to drive? I believe I am a victim of some kind of malpractice here, and there is a lot of damage that I would like to recover.