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Losingitfast
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This is a complicated case but I will try to be brief.
I was hit from behind after slowing down for a turning vehicle in front of me as on a two lane road. I was in Nebraska and I was declared not at fault 100%. The person who hit me was in a large pickup pulling a very large carnival trailer. No brakes on the trailer (illegal) which likely made it impossible to stop quickly.
I am an pet courier meaning I deliver pets over the entire country. I basically am on the road all the time. At the time I had two dogs in kennels and they were fine. I was taken to emergency with a sore neck, cat scanned, and was told nothing broken. Just soft tissue strain.
I refused pain killers and relied on aspirin which took the pain down. I never asked for more medical care because I would likely just be offered strong pain killers which I refuse to take.
Here is my problem. My car was a total loss and I had to finish the two dog deliveries. I was given a rental and was able to finish planned deliveries. A week after the accident I was offered 1000 plus property damage. But after 3 weeks no paperwork which I was told was going in the mail the day they offered it. By that time I was losing income because I couldn't arrange any pets until I had a vehicle that was mine. I asked for another 1200 since each pet usually brings about $400 and I had to wait until I had a car to start arranging new transports. The adjuster just stuttered and sputtered about how I'd have to send in documentation and blah, blah. Fine. I could do that. She wouldn't budge.
The next day she called and said I only had the rental for a couple days meaning hurry up. I called the actual insurance company of the guy who hit me. He laughed and told me, well she said you were being difficult and we wanted to hurry things up.
I could not plan anymore pet transports and I had to tell regular customers I was out of commission for lack of a car. It rippled through the next three months, the busiest holiday months. I did get property settlement and a month after accident I had a car but no work since it generally takes about three weeks to set up a transport.
This is getting too long but bottom line, I sent documentation of my income and determined over four months I lost 9 pets at $400 each. So I asked for 3600 lost income. I was refused without even a partial offer.
I just want to get back what I lost and forget about this mess. Is court an option?
I was hit from behind after slowing down for a turning vehicle in front of me as on a two lane road. I was in Nebraska and I was declared not at fault 100%. The person who hit me was in a large pickup pulling a very large carnival trailer. No brakes on the trailer (illegal) which likely made it impossible to stop quickly.
I am an pet courier meaning I deliver pets over the entire country. I basically am on the road all the time. At the time I had two dogs in kennels and they were fine. I was taken to emergency with a sore neck, cat scanned, and was told nothing broken. Just soft tissue strain.
I refused pain killers and relied on aspirin which took the pain down. I never asked for more medical care because I would likely just be offered strong pain killers which I refuse to take.
Here is my problem. My car was a total loss and I had to finish the two dog deliveries. I was given a rental and was able to finish planned deliveries. A week after the accident I was offered 1000 plus property damage. But after 3 weeks no paperwork which I was told was going in the mail the day they offered it. By that time I was losing income because I couldn't arrange any pets until I had a vehicle that was mine. I asked for another 1200 since each pet usually brings about $400 and I had to wait until I had a car to start arranging new transports. The adjuster just stuttered and sputtered about how I'd have to send in documentation and blah, blah. Fine. I could do that. She wouldn't budge.
The next day she called and said I only had the rental for a couple days meaning hurry up. I called the actual insurance company of the guy who hit me. He laughed and told me, well she said you were being difficult and we wanted to hurry things up.
I could not plan anymore pet transports and I had to tell regular customers I was out of commission for lack of a car. It rippled through the next three months, the busiest holiday months. I did get property settlement and a month after accident I had a car but no work since it generally takes about three weeks to set up a transport.
This is getting too long but bottom line, I sent documentation of my income and determined over four months I lost 9 pets at $400 each. So I asked for 3600 lost income. I was refused without even a partial offer.
I just want to get back what I lost and forget about this mess. Is court an option?
