April 17, 2013

It has been sometime since I have made a contribution to my cause. I was dealing with another accident situation involving an elevator at a U-Haul storage unit. In this situation Republic Western Insurance Company handles U-Haul claims. Again the typical insurance strategy of deny, delay, defend came into play. In this case I was told by the investigator from RWIC that a lawsuit in my name was filed against the elevator company Thyssen Krupp. I knew nothing about it. In each situation starting with the 1999 accident through the elevator accident, that's three auto accidents and this elevator accident, there were extenuating circumstances that appeared to fraudulent.

I am held back because of the injuries. I seem to be able to do only one thing at a time. I still have seizures, minor compared to what they were and of course the pain levels are horrible. I've been on Ultram since 2000, and since they came out with time released tablets the pain can be kept under some kind of control. Pain levels depend on how I use my body.  It slows me down. I so want to bring about reform.

In the last couple of years the focus turned to the legal system and lawyers. Are lawyers behind all the corruption.I have been overwhelmed by their control not only from the point of view of the victims in personal injury situations but those who work for the insurance companies. My experience in the 1999 accident revealed the levels of greed and extortion in the present system.I still don't grasp how we got to the place where we pay these bottomfeeders 30 to 40 % of our settlements. How did we get so duped.

The following is a detailed example of  the 2008 accident and how a lawyer Clifford Enten out of Denver, Colorado managed to take an easy claim situation and turn it into a nightmare.
To begin the perpetrator, other driver , was 100% at fault. I was seriously injured. Eventually it was found out that the car he was driving was insured by his girlfriend and her mother.Insurance was State Farm. The Vulture Culture. It is now known that a computer system is used to determine a settlement, at least in part. This might be a good reason to hire an attorney along with the fact that the adjusters are educated to keep from paying the victims. The adjusters in my case were led by a David Bacca and along with several other claims people like Margie Oswald, started by quoting a settlement that would not cover basic medical. They refused to give me basic information like the liability amounts on the policy of Marion Potts and Robin Bridgeman. A Daniel Vasques was the driver. This leaves the victim having to search for an attorney. I spoke to about five trying to discern who might do the best job. I found Clifford Enten through the phone book. I was called by a representative who met with me in Colorado Springs. A Greg Alderman.He claimed to be an ex- insurance adjuster who is working for the other side now. He really put on a good show. Sounded like he understood the problems with the insurance industry and how to handle the claims. I was assured of their doing a excellent job with a reasonable settlement. Since he claimed to have worked for the other side I felt confident in finally choosing this firm to work my case. I didn't know until I was getting ready to sign that Enten charged 40% instead of the 30% percent of the attorneys I spoke to in Colorado Springs. Alderman said they would take 30% since I this was the norm for other attorneys. I was told Enten charged 40% because he was that good. After I signed I spoke with him over the phone. He was very welcoming. I felt confident he would do an excellent job.

At this point I was suffering from seizures, I was loosing days at a time. In the accident I had been gashed in the head and I couldn't feel my arms. Obviously there was some kind of nerve trauma from the cervical spine.   I will continue this later.