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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 669447" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p><strong>Re:</strong></p><p></p><p>Bumping this up for advice.</p><p></p><p>Talked to my lawyer buddy early on after the wreck, he said if doctor visits dont get too complicated, we could probably just settle on our own with the at fault guy's insurance company, so I just figured we'd wait a few weeks and see what develops. Well not **** has developed. Accident occurred on June 12th, a couple weeks later, I gave a copy of the wreck report stating it wasn't our fault to my insurance company and they sent a copy of it to that guy's insurance company. That guy's insurance company told my insurance company the giy that hit us did start a claim, so that was good. Another week or so went by, that guy's insurance company called me and I couldn't answer. They left a message for me to call them back and left an extension number and name of contact person handling the case. I called back within 2 hours of missed call and left them a voicemail, bc nobody answered at that extension. Never got called back. So I called and left another voicemail the next week. Never got called back. So I dropped it for a couple weeks, called back 3 days ago and got ahold of a random person in billing and asked who the hell I needed to talk to about this, she gave me someone else's name and extension and said she is handling it now. Wtf?! So I call her, no answer, and leave a voicemail. Been 3 days, no returned call. Good To Go Auto Insurance is who it's with, formerly Omni Isurance or something. </p><p></p><p>Now my question is, should I just take the plunge and let a lawyer handle it completely, because I'm learning how much lawyers usually get percentage wise, and I just don't want to lessen the amount I get by paying an attorney, but that is really dependent upon the insurance company doing right and giving me a fair settlement....which I know their job is to settle for as little as possible. So I'm thinking of just dropping it in a lawyer's hands and letting him pressure them for what's right. </p><p></p><p>Basically just wanted to run this by the ones who have been there and done this before before I do hire a lawyer. I never been through this, amd it seems like a giant crock of **** that nearly a month and a half has gone by and I haven't at least got oaid for my totalled out car. I mean what if I had owed on it and didn't have a 2nd vehicle to drive and couldn't afford to just go buy another one to drive in the meantime, that situation would royally **** someone over. Luckily I have my truck to drive, but the thought of not having my saturn because that idiot ran a stop sign and I probably ain't gonna get **** for it, maybe $1500, which is nowhere.near enough to replace it with, really pisses me off. </p><p></p><p>In the words of the wise JohnG - "What say Hardline?"</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 669447, member: 1780"] [b]Re:[/b] Bumping this up for advice. Talked to my lawyer buddy early on after the wreck, he said if doctor visits dont get too complicated, we could probably just settle on our own with the at fault guy's insurance company, so I just figured we'd wait a few weeks and see what develops. Well not **** has developed. Accident occurred on June 12th, a couple weeks later, I gave a copy of the wreck report stating it wasn't our fault to my insurance company and they sent a copy of it to that guy's insurance company. That guy's insurance company told my insurance company the giy that hit us did start a claim, so that was good. Another week or so went by, that guy's insurance company called me and I couldn't answer. They left a message for me to call them back and left an extension number and name of contact person handling the case. I called back within 2 hours of missed call and left them a voicemail, bc nobody answered at that extension. Never got called back. So I called and left another voicemail the next week. Never got called back. So I dropped it for a couple weeks, called back 3 days ago and got ahold of a random person in billing and asked who the hell I needed to talk to about this, she gave me someone else's name and extension and said she is handling it now. Wtf?! So I call her, no answer, and leave a voicemail. Been 3 days, no returned call. Good To Go Auto Insurance is who it's with, formerly Omni Isurance or something. Now my question is, should I just take the plunge and let a lawyer handle it completely, because I'm learning how much lawyers usually get percentage wise, and I just don't want to lessen the amount I get by paying an attorney, but that is really dependent upon the insurance company doing right and giving me a fair settlement....which I know their job is to settle for as little as possible. So I'm thinking of just dropping it in a lawyer's hands and letting him pressure them for what's right. Basically just wanted to run this by the ones who have been there and done this before before I do hire a lawyer. I never been through this, amd it seems like a giant crock of **** that nearly a month and a half has gone by and I haven't at least got oaid for my totalled out car. I mean what if I had owed on it and didn't have a 2nd vehicle to drive and couldn't afford to just go buy another one to drive in the meantime, that situation would royally **** someone over. Luckily I have my truck to drive, but the thought of not having my saturn because that idiot ran a stop sign and I probably ain't gonna get **** for it, maybe $1500, which is nowhere.near enough to replace it with, really pisses me off. In the words of the wise JohnG - "What say Hardline?" Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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