SETTLEMENT CASE CAR ACCIDENT
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Glad the settlement worked out for you. I hope your wife gets better and you guys can put this behind you.
thanks RAY
we really do not know what to do. Our Son , Grandson and family live in Texas. We have thought that we may try to re-locate.
It would be hard to move and restart my business all over again. Losing all the contacts and word of mouth I have in Georgia might not be the best thing to do.
GO ROMNEY / RYAN !
Sorry that your wife had to endure all that and that your family was put through all the bs that goes along with insurance companies and trying to be treated justly. Glad to hear it is over and you recovered some of your losses.
Privatized insurance companies aren't always good.
just sayin.
Hope that helps.
FDC
Privatized insurance companies aren't always good.
just sayin.
Hope that helps.
FDC
thanks fats and Vinnie
unfortunately back fusion is something that is a last resort.
The discs on the top and bottom have to take extra pressure and eventually more surgery will be required. The surgeon told us 10-15 yrs.
I still am crazy about not letting her lift grocerys or twist around to deal with dogs etc. , in any way. It makes her nuts.
There is a certain group of people who would love to slice that award down to 200.000. Funny how most of the guys congratulating Scotty would vote for those same people. The irony.
This is great news KOD !
It is good to know that Mrs KOD is on the mend:0074 # 1 issue, winning is gravy !
Disappear for 2 weeks and get totally stupid on vacation.
The 2 of you deserve to go off the reservation for a bit :toast:
It's nice to see that assholes like us end up with a W now and then !
And I mean asshole as a term of affection :0008 because it's usually the good guy that get's bent over the bitch stump, and vapid bitches (the jeep driver) end up skating away !
It is good to know that Mrs KOD is on the mend:0074 # 1 issue, winning is gravy !
Disappear for 2 weeks and get totally stupid on vacation.
The 2 of you deserve to go off the reservation for a bit :toast:
It's nice to see that assholes like us end up with a W now and then !
And I mean asshole as a term of affection :0008 because it's usually the good guy that get's bent over the bitch stump, and vapid bitches (the jeep driver) end up skating away !
Everybody congratulating KOD but I don't think he got enough. Had the kid not wrecked into her, she would have continued working with none of the suffering she went through, wouldn't have lost her career, I'm sure the family went through some serious financial hardships with doctors and hospitals threatening and the marriage most likely suffered during those hard times. Plus many things I haven't even thought about. I think 4 times that amount might be closer to fair. In this case anyway.
I think so too. I was more thankful for his imparting of the story. It really shed some light on this process. However, seems hell of a huge settlement to me for a car wreck? I know the great majority of people are not insured for that much, are they??
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I agree Jack and you are exactly right. We lost my wifes income probably for the rest of her life. The financial hardships and money that I owe on credit cards for her care is substantial.
We have had collection agencys call us constantly until the lawyer put a stop to it.
I considered divorce . It was too much at some points. Everything was on me. I was dressing her , taking her to the bathroom, bathing her, doing all the housework, doing all the bills and the worry that came with that. All the grocery shopping and cooking. This went on for 3 years until she had the back surgery.
When she was on the morphine for so long she was a zombie. She slept for hours and when she wasnt sleeping she wasnt there for me.
The morphine mader her throw up alot . In the middle of the night she would wake up and we kept a pail by the bed. It woke me up and she could easily fill a quarter of the pail with the darkest brown liquid you ever saw.
She could not get comfortable to sleep and would toss and turn constantly so I couldnt sleep. I finally had to go in another room as I have to get up at 0500 for work.
She had constipation from the medicine. You think that is no big deal but she did not do a #2 for 3 weeks. 3 weeks !!! Her stomach hurt all the time.
After the first year of taking the morphine she had a appendix rupture. Her side was hurting her bad but because of the morphine she could tolerate it.
We thought it was from coughing so much as her ribs were hurting. She almost died from this .
They did emergency surgery on her to save her life. And because she didnt have insurance because she lost her job , I had to pay all of that bill.
One time we were at the doctors office and she was going to get a epidural. There was a room full of people. She totally threw up like she was possessed all over the floor. It was so embarresing.
I took her to every doctor appointment she had. I used all the vacation time we had set aside for
taking her . She could not drive because of her back.
I didnt talk about this but my portion of the legal part was consortium.
Our lawyer asked our wife to leave and wait in the hall during this part.
My lawyer warned me about what they would ask about sex etc, but it was truly embaressing . I tried to stay calm but they kept on and on .
I finally said to myself , if they are going to put me thru this like this then I am going to give them more than what they want to hear.
it makes it easier to get this off my chest like bart said.
thanks
