Klayfish
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- May 19, 2016
Oh golly, I guess working in a courthouse full of lawyers ain't taught me nuffin' about who gets the job done when and how.
I'm not suggesting OP engage an ambulance chaser to engage in any type of fraud, by any means. If I thought I was vulnerable to an attempted scam like in OP's situation, I'd definitely be represented by one of our area's finest ambulance chasers because they know how to defend against the tricks of the trade. If I had other legal needs, I'd choose quite differently. There's a reason it is a big deal if a case with adversarial ambulance chasers makes it into a courtroom. OP doesn't want this to wind up in a courtroom, too expensive.
Hey, listen, at the end of the day just like in any of the threads here...I don't care all that much. Not particularly interested in a battle of resumes, my point was that this is specifically what I do for a living, so unless I've been doing it all wrong for decades, I'm confident in advice I'm giving OP. You work in a courthouse...wonderful. Glad to hear it.
As you know, the number of auto claims that actually make it into a courtroom is amazingly small, as in a very small fraction of 1%. And of those that do, the number that are small cases like this are even smaller...relatively close to zero. And even when they do, unless there is an excess verdict found against the insured, it's of no expense whatsoever to the OP (and if an excess verdict does come down, that opens up a can of worms for the insurance company).
Think what you want. You're entitled to do so. You clearly have an opinion on what TV attorneys can and can't do. All I'm saying is that from all of my experience of working in claims...including thousands of pedestrian hits, it's just not that way. Just trying to help OP and point them in the right direction. Beyond that...whatever.
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