Yay! I'm being sued! I'm Lovin' It!

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Dean
Funny thing about whiplash, You do not go in pain immediately. It usually takes hours and sometimes a day for the symtoms to come to light.

Funny thing about greedy people, they seem to always get some sort of super-whiplash which reduces their quality of life.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: DonVito
I don't see why you're taking this so personally. You were at fault and hit this guy. I actually think $35K is on the low side as an initial demand in this case (though I think the reasonable settlement value is considerably lower). You have insurance and they will take care of your representation. Just enjoy the ride.

lol i dont live in america so this sounds crazy to me

35 grand compo for a fender bender? hahaha seriously he would get laughed out of court here, and thats if his lawyer didnt laugh at him first.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Greg04

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
This was back in July 2005, FYI. I was waiting to turn right going East on Hebron from 121. (Dallas) Truck in front of me pulls and goes, I look left, no cars, so I take my foot off the break and lightly step on the gas. Look ahead, truck is stopped dead ahead, too late. Boom, hit him, my nose of the car goes under his bumper. He pulls up a little bit, immediately gets out and grabs his neck saying he's injured. I couldn't have been going more than 5-10mph, if that much.

I'm like "oh ****** bull ******" so finally I wave his dumb non-English speaking ass into the 7-Eleven parking lot. His son or something apparently arrives and yea, they look rather shifty, look on in "concern" over his injured dad. Oh wait, I hear sirens. A fire engine, an ambulance, and 2 cops pull into the parking lot. For a 5-10mph hit? The guys in the fire truck are befuzzled looking at the damage at his truck and my car.

Cop #1 is a total asshole to me, treats me like I hit his dad or something, and gets on my nerves. Cop #2 eventually takes over and reassures me it'll be fine, it happens, etc. GF at the time comes up to the accident scene and buys a disposable camera and takes pics, which is a smart thing. Anyway the injured guy is taken away in an ambulance.

Fast forward a few days, insurance company calls, says the guy has already hired a lawyer to sue me for damages. Everyone I know think it's bullshit because you know what? It is, it's horseshit. Pics of the damage:

http://www.melvinchu.com/picturegallery/accident

My car was completely driveable, no leaking fluid, all body damage.

Pictures of the said guy's truck, a white mid-90's Dodge Ram:

http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck1.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck2.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck3.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck4.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck5.jpg

I apologize for the crappyness of those pictures - those were all scans of 4x6 photos taken with the disposable camera that day. And note the damage to his truck: the only damage that I did to that truck was bending/pushing the left hand side of that bumper up. The scratches and marks on that truck bumper were 100% re-existing and were not of my doing.

Anyone who has ever driven in a truck like that and been in an accident knows what a ****** tank those trucks are, especially in accidents.

Anyway last I hear was back in February from our insurance agent - guy wants to sue my ass for $35,000. Insurance offers him $3500. I think "ok whatever, let them handle it". Insurance guy calls me up 2 days ago saying "bad news - guy is probably going to serve you papers, he rejected our latest offer of $4600, they want $11,500".

So today at about 8pm I get the papers. Being sued for negligence and "extensive damage to his vehicle", among other things. Yea, that $600 to replace your bumper is quite extensive, jackass.

The insurance company will take care of me and hire a lawyer and deal with it 100?but I'm just so pissed it's come to this. My insurance refuses or doesn't want to investigate this as being potential fraud, which it is. The guy's demeanor immediately exiting the vehicle and grabbing his neck, and the overall lack of damage to his truck, you would think they'd at least realize the guy is total bull ******.

Oh and even better - the firm representing the jackass? One of those shady personal injury lawyers. I'm not going to post the website or names of the lawyer, but their website is obviously shady and is just total crap.

Sure, it's my fault I hit him, and I take responsibility for that. But heaven forbid I have to hit a jackass whose intent was to defraud me and sue my ass. ****** assholes. :roll:

OK...I confess to having not read all the replies. I'm a lawyer who processes about 50 auto accidents a year. Of course you don't have to be a lawyer to realize that you're in the wrong. But...whipplash and neck injuries can an do happen at speeds as low as 1 mph.

Wow - do you handle alot of escalator and moving walkway cases then?? Because they move about 1-1.5 MPH. I can see alot of potential revenue here. Or how about walking injuries - I mean, you typically walk at about 3 to 3.5 MPH - 3x your lower limit. So every time you bump into somebody in the grocery store, it's a potential lawsuit!

Give me a break - I'm not saying whiplash doesn't happen - but from the acceleration induced by a 1 mph accident? That is so much B.S. - you experience accelerations far more severe on a daily basis. Whiplash happens - but it's also among the most abused diagnosis around.

Sneak up behind someone and lightly punch them in the neck (not really). Or, simply take your open hand and karate chop the back of your neck in successively harder blows. Stop when you think you could do damage. The head goes backwards, the neck compresses in an awkward fashion and there you have it. It takes VERY little force to do serious damage. And secondly...you were probably going between 10-20mph - based on my experience.

Based on the damage to his car, there is no way he was going 10-20 MPH at impact.The bumpers didn't hit, and the hood bore everything, and the damage was still pretty minimal.

 

[SZLiao214]

Originally posted by: Dean
I once got rear ended at around 35-40 MPH while I was stopped at a crosswalk. I ended up in the back seat as the back of my seat snapped and I slid right under the seatbelt. My car almost mowed down the person crossing(at least that is what she told me later)

I almost died, not from the accident, but what immediately followed. I came out of my haze in some building a block away from the accident. These people kept asking me if i was ok and then told me what happened.

I guess I got out of the car and started wandering around in traffic and just kept walking. The police were gonna charge me with leaving the scene of an accident until they realized I was suffering from shock and amnesia.

Did anything happen legal wise afterwards?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Greg04

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
This was back in July 2005, FYI. I was waiting to turn right going East on Hebron from 121. (Dallas) Truck in front of me pulls and goes, I look left, no cars, so I take my foot off the break and lightly step on the gas. Look ahead, truck is stopped dead ahead, too late. Boom, hit him, my nose of the car goes under his bumper. He pulls up a little bit, immediately gets out and grabs his neck saying he's injured. I couldn't have been going more than 5-10mph, if that much.

I'm like "oh ****** bull ******" so finally I wave his dumb non-English speaking ass into the 7-Eleven parking lot. His son or something apparently arrives and yea, they look rather shifty, look on in "concern" over his injured dad. Oh wait, I hear sirens. A fire engine, an ambulance, and 2 cops pull into the parking lot. For a 5-10mph hit? The guys in the fire truck are befuzzled looking at the damage at his truck and my car.

Cop #1 is a total asshole to me, treats me like I hit his dad or something, and gets on my nerves. Cop #2 eventually takes over and reassures me it'll be fine, it happens, etc. GF at the time comes up to the accident scene and buys a disposable camera and takes pics, which is a smart thing. Anyway the injured guy is taken away in an ambulance.

Fast forward a few days, insurance company calls, says the guy has already hired a lawyer to sue me for damages. Everyone I know think it's bullshit because you know what? It is, it's horseshit. Pics of the damage:

http://www.melvinchu.com/picturegallery/accident

My car was completely driveable, no leaking fluid, all body damage.

Pictures of the said guy's truck, a white mid-90's Dodge Ram:

http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck1.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck2.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck3.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck4.jpg
http://www.melvinchu.com/pictures/Truck/newtruck5.jpg

I apologize for the crappyness of those pictures - those were all scans of 4x6 photos taken with the disposable camera that day. And note the damage to his truck: the only damage that I did to that truck was bending/pushing the left hand side of that bumper up. The scratches and marks on that truck bumper were 100% re-existing and were not of my doing.

Anyone who has ever driven in a truck like that and been in an accident knows what a ****** tank those trucks are, especially in accidents.

Anyway last I hear was back in February from our insurance agent - guy wants to sue my ass for $35,000. Insurance offers him $3500. I think "ok whatever, let them handle it". Insurance guy calls me up 2 days ago saying "bad news - guy is probably going to serve you papers, he rejected our latest offer of $4600, they want $11,500".

So today at about 8pm I get the papers. Being sued for negligence and "extensive damage to his vehicle", among other things. Yea, that $600 to replace your bumper is quite extensive, jackass.

The insurance company will take care of me and hire a lawyer and deal with it 100?but I'm just so pissed it's come to this. My insurance refuses or doesn't want to investigate this as being potential fraud, which it is. The guy's demeanor immediately exiting the vehicle and grabbing his neck, and the overall lack of damage to his truck, you would think they'd at least realize the guy is total bull ******.

Oh and even better - the firm representing the jackass? One of those shady personal injury lawyers. I'm not going to post the website or names of the lawyer, but their website is obviously shady and is just total crap.

Sure, it's my fault I hit him, and I take responsibility for that. But heaven forbid I have to hit a jackass whose intent was to defraud me and sue my ass. ****** assholes. :roll:

OK...I confess to having not read all the replies. I'm a lawyer who processes about 50 auto accidents a year. Of course you don't have to be a lawyer to realize that you're in the wrong. But...whipplash and neck injuries can an do happen at speeds as low as 1 mph.

Wow - do you handle alot of escalator and moving walkway cases then?? Because they move about 1-1.5 MPH. I can see alot of potential revenue here. Or how about walking injuries - I mean, you typically walk at about 3 to 3.5 MPH - 3x your lower limit. So every time you bump into somebody in the grocery store, it's a potential lawsuit!

Give me a break - I'm not saying whiplash doesn't happen - but from the acceleration induced by a 1 mph accident? That is so much B.S. - you experience accelerations far more severe on a daily basis. Whiplash happens - but it's also among the most abused diagnosis around.

Sneak up behind someone and lightly punch them in the neck (not really). Or, simply take your open hand and karate chop the back of your neck in successively harder blows. Stop when you think you could do damage. The head goes backwards, the neck compresses in an awkward fashion and there you have it. It takes VERY little force to do serious damage. And secondly...you were probably going between 10-20mph - based on my experience.

Based on the damage to his car, there is no way he was going 10-20 MPH at impact.The bumpers didn't hit, and the hood bore everything, and the damage was still pretty minimal.

Thank you, I was about to say somewhat of the same thing. I went under his truck a little bit, which caused most of the damage to my car I believe, which is also what jacked his bumper up. I'll just wait to see what the lawyer says when he calls this week.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
What, do you think this is your personal blog? Nobody cares!

:evil:

Oh come on, somebody cares.

 

[SKORPI0]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
Swoop-and-squat?

Most likely, the guy was waiting for you to hit him. You're probably not his first victim. I'll let your lawyer/insurance have check if "said victim" has filled a claim before. Or maybe he was paid by a third party to do it. Very shady indeed. Good luck.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: fire400
been in your spot before...

I decided to do a foolish U-turn on this women's lawn becuz I was too lazy to back up and do a Uturn on the small road which I was on, and I end up getting stuck in her lawn, I was like OMG this sucks... she comes out takes a bunch of pictures and calls the cops, 5 cops show up, inconveniently because all of them just started staring and talking amongst themselves as if it were some rodio show. b!tch women starts saying BS and then her lawn is all messed up, that b~tch.. like I'll fix your fvcken lawn b!tch, you didn't have to call the cops.

eventually my friends comes out and help me push the car out of the mud. don't worry, I asked the cops if they could help, all the did was tug on the car and gave up, lazy fat ass bastards - I asked anyway though, I mean they were cops, but they didn't care, obviously they were like: "you got money call a tow truck." after a while I wasn't suprised to find out everyone in the area hated Dayton cops anyway (area specific according to town).

so I drive home and get a few hours of sleep, sun up, I go to her damn ugly trashed up TRAILER HOME lawn and fix it up with soil, seeding and fertilizer. I tell the women I'm there and I'm fixin' it up. she just sez... "your mess you made." I walked out and did the lawn, got into my car and never talked to the B!tch again.

Threw my wheels off balance and had to pay 40 bucks to get it rebalanced at tiresplus. it was my fault yeah, but stupid ass people make it seem so dramatic, like WTF you idiots...

-months later, alright, got into a car accident, I rearendED a car on a blind curve, messed up my front, just took out his trailer hitch, and then we Xchanged information, in less than ten minutes we were back on the road. called insurance and done!
example of how it should be done, get your life moving and never look back...

Cliff Notes: I am an irresponsible idiot and the rest of the world is out to get me - they don't even want to let me get away with it!

Yeah, but at least he shared it with us. :thumbsup: 😉

haha yeah I don't care though, hopefully what I've been through, someone else might learn from it. everyone has their mistakes, so I guess whoever's calling me the idiot assumes they've never done anything bad before.

 

[Mail5398]

Originally posted by: Number1
I was rear ended once driving a pickup truck. The other driver must have been going 3 MPH but I immediately felt the pain in my neck from the whiplash. The frame on the pickup truck is rigid. All the energy of the impact is transferred to the driver resulting in more serious injury. I have no doubt that the pickup truck driver in your accident got injured. Quit being such a baby and let the insurance settle it.

I had a similar thing happen to me. No damage to the vehicle I was in but was left with whiplash. I did not sue or even make a claim. That was a mistake. I ended up missing a week a work and had several hundred dollars in chiropractor bills cause I was young and had no health insurance. My neck was sore for a couple months.