Lawyers and Insurance companies (was: I've been in an accident)

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This will be food for all to think on as this list will be shut down=
 starting April 6!

>>From gsblan@htc.net Sun Apr  5 15:17:48 1998
>The best thing you can do for yourself is get a lawyer!!! The insurance
>companies have expert lawyers working as hard as they can to make sure you
>get as little money as possible. ( Your own provider included!) They will
>do their best to trick you into a settlement. 

<include disclaimer- the naming of any company in the archives is a no-no!>
Oh but do you know that if you retain a lawyer, it just delays the case.=
 The Ins company wants a quick settlement and not everyone is entitled to=
 $30,000. (you must have had some serious complications for that award)=
 Also the lawyer, and let's not get started on how crooked they are, well=
 he will probably take at least 30%. I used to work inside a claims office=
 for one of the largest Property/Casuality Insurers, and the claims rep=
 just wanted to get the pile of claims off the desk and out of their hair.=
 The Ins co is afraid of huge bills due to the lawyer suing. My wife was in=
 an accident. The driver, who was not the owner of the truck he was=
 driving, blew a stop sign and spun my wife around. The truck owner had XXX=
 Ins and XXX only gave us $500 to settle. We could have delayed the case=
 and hired a lawyer, but we needed the cash. Our car was repaired to our=
 satisfaction and the rental bill was paid, so we decided to not retain a=
 lawyer and used the money for camp meeting last year. If you do some=
 investigation, you may find you have a company that is not too fast at=
 paying the bills and if you have a company that cuts corners all the time,=
 you may need to consider changing companies. Also the lowest rate is not=
 the best company.

Brian Berger, Manchester, NH

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