accident, litigation,bad faith insurance

[mustang]

just spoke to my lawyer. proceeding with deposition soon for a car accident. there is definately bad faith insurance practices going on. my lawyer said the other side would be less likely to settle out of court if i ammended my suit to included the bad faith, is this true? i want to punish the insurance company so that they do not do this to someone else. she said she would add it if i wanted, should i? here in canada the government is already investigating insurance companies for "being in bed with the independant medical examiners". i have had the causation part covered since almost the beginning and they still refuse to pay benefits because of one of these "independant examiners" i know my lawyer does work for both sides of the fence in litigation depending on who hires her. should i hold off with the ammendment? thanks for the advice in advance.

 

[HomeGuru]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mustang:
just spoke to my lawyer. proceeding with deposition soon for a car accident. there is definately bad faith insurance practices going on. my lawyer said the other side would be less likely to settle out of court if i ammended my suit to included the bad faith, is this true? i want to punish the insurance company so that they do not do this to someone else. she said she would add it if i wanted, should i? here in canada the government is already investigating insurance companies for "being in bed with the independant medical examiners". i have had the causation part covered since almost the beginning and they still refuse to pay benefits because of one of these "independant examiners" i know my lawyer does work for both sides of the fence in litigation depending on who hires her. should i hold off with the ammendment? thanks for the advice in advance.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mustang Sally, sounds like your attorney knows what she is talking about. This kind of stuff goes on in the US also. I would recommend that you stick to the facts of the case. Including the bad faith claim will only muddy up the waters. If you have a multi-million dollar claim, then throw the book at them, otherwise try to settle.