Florida
In 2016 I was rear-ended by a driver that was under illicit influences. By the time I was 5 month pregnant. Luckily I was taken immediately to the Hospital where they confirmed my baby's heart beat was strong and ok. I hired a lawyer who sent me to chiropractor treatment, where they could do very little for me due the pregnancy. Eventually my lawyer referred my case to another lawyer and they did not explain reasons to me. Once I gave birth to my child, they did 2 MRIs on me, cervical and lumbar. Cervical MRI showed 3 bulges and 1 herniation. which explained the neck discomfort and pain I been suffering after the accident. I moved to another county maintaining constant communication with my new lawyer about my case. Everything seemed positive for my lawyer, all I want is treatment as I deal with neck discomfort and pain daily which ends in headaches at the end of the day, specially If I drive a lot or stay seated too much. After mediation things started to fall apart and my lawyer is now aggressively recommending me not to go to trial. 2 weeks before trial my lawyer disclosed I still have money in my PIP for treatment, information that was totally new for me, if I knew before I would have use it to alleviate my discomfort with treatment. He is now saying that this will affect negatively my case and if I go to trial I am possibly ending with a huge debt. He also says that the defendant expert report has more value that my MRI results. I been asking for treatment in every meeting and all I been doing is waiting for this case to be resolved to finally get treatment, and now my attorney says I had money for this maybe 1500.00. is this considered negligence? or It was my responsibility to find out this? I trusted him to guide me all this time. I have decided to still go to trial because I consider this is not fair and not right, but I am feeling extremely nervous about my lawyer's new attitude and I understand it is too late to switch to another lawyer. I have lose trust on my attorney and I am afraid he will on purpose not defend me as he should. Can things like this happen? Hoping for advise. Thanks!
In 2016 I was rear-ended by a driver that was under illicit influences. By the time I was 5 month pregnant. Luckily I was taken immediately to the Hospital where they confirmed my baby's heart beat was strong and ok. I hired a lawyer who sent me to chiropractor treatment, where they could do very little for me due the pregnancy. Eventually my lawyer referred my case to another lawyer and they did not explain reasons to me. Once I gave birth to my child, they did 2 MRIs on me, cervical and lumbar. Cervical MRI showed 3 bulges and 1 herniation. which explained the neck discomfort and pain I been suffering after the accident. I moved to another county maintaining constant communication with my new lawyer about my case. Everything seemed positive for my lawyer, all I want is treatment as I deal with neck discomfort and pain daily which ends in headaches at the end of the day, specially If I drive a lot or stay seated too much. After mediation things started to fall apart and my lawyer is now aggressively recommending me not to go to trial. 2 weeks before trial my lawyer disclosed I still have money in my PIP for treatment, information that was totally new for me, if I knew before I would have use it to alleviate my discomfort with treatment. He is now saying that this will affect negatively my case and if I go to trial I am possibly ending with a huge debt. He also says that the defendant expert report has more value that my MRI results. I been asking for treatment in every meeting and all I been doing is waiting for this case to be resolved to finally get treatment, and now my attorney says I had money for this maybe 1500.00. is this considered negligence? or It was my responsibility to find out this? I trusted him to guide me all this time. I have decided to still go to trial because I consider this is not fair and not right, but I am feeling extremely nervous about my lawyer's new attitude and I understand it is too late to switch to another lawyer. I have lose trust on my attorney and I am afraid he will on purpose not defend me as he should. Can things like this happen? Hoping for advise. Thanks!