My wife and I were in an accident just outside of Maggie Valley, NC on 5-6-16. A man in his late 70's decided to take a nap at 12:15 in the afternoon and hit us head on , resulting in lower leg amputations , broken femurs and busted and broken arms for my wife and I , all on our left side as I was sliding from hard breaking trying to avoid the guy. She also suffered a broken pelvis and compression fractures in her back .

He gets a ticket for reckless driving and a totaled out Cobalt out of the deal. Now, I know if I hire an injury lawyer he's going to get 1/3 of what little insurance check we will get from the guy and then 1/3 of what we will get from our own policy for under insured (him) motorist. This sucks . Anybody been thru anything like this ? I would love some feedback .

Not looking for a pity party .

 

Can't your insurance company fight for you?

If they fail then take it to court.

 

Chances are the guy has a house, property, retirement money, etc. Those things are up for grabs if the damages exceed what his insurance policy covers.

If they would have given him ten different citations, it would not really make a difference so don't focus on that.

 

IF ?
I find it unbelievable that you haven't an attorney now.
You have to ask here?
Get the best injury attorney in the state.(period)
2/3's of 20 million is still pretty good,, what are you going to do? Go to court with his insurance company yourself?
Your not going to sue him,, even if you win, he files bankruptcy,, so what,, your after proper compensation from the insurance companies,
Hire an attorney.

 

Have a friend who got hit and hired a attorney and guess what your insurance company loves it because your settlement pays the medical amount off the top first.Then attorney
gets his and then you get what's left.Bad thing is the attorney never told her up front how it all gets sliced up. I will tell you it's a long process and I wish you the best.

 

1) Get an attorney.

2) Understand that every word you post about this on the internet will be used by the opposing insurance company to **** you over.

Good luck.

 

I dont think you have a choice here, you have to hire someone with experience in matters like this. You need to hire an attorney in my opinion. Good luck

 

Hire an attorney.

Your attorney will file a lawsuit against EVERYBODY who might even be slightly involved. Then his insurance company ends up settling everything. Sadly, it's the way it works.

But, without an attorney, the insurance company will try to get you to settle for a pittance!

Protect yourself, NOW!

 

Going on 2 1/2 years since the DOT pickup ran the stop sign and left me with some permanent injuries. I have an attorney taking us through the process and he'll get his 30% - after we reimburse our insurance company $50,000 (their charges get 'subrogated' to their insurance company but the settlement comes through me,) and what's left is what I keep.


So I know up front what my costs will be an hope to adjust my settlement claim accordingly. It sucks, but the only thing worse is not having an attorney. I guarantee you that his insurance company does.

 

I went through something very similar in 2009. You want to lawyer up now. don't post anything relating to the incident. Every state has different laws and it take a good attorney to sort through them.
my 2 cent worth.