Originally Posted by
canklecat
I've learned a few hard lessons from my two unsatisfactory experiences with doctors and lawyers after being struck by negligent drivers twice in less than 20 years.
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If I had it to do over again I'd get the meanest, loudest, most ruthless and foul-mouthed attorney I could find, someone who would insist on a jury trial and turn it into a bit of popcorn throwing melodramatic theater. Screw the system because it's rigged to screw the victims of negligent drivers.
We tried that, but lawyers . . . It was evident that my wife would have no permanent damage from the accident other than one lung being a little smaller than the other, not too impressive in court. The short of it is that high end lawyers want high end payments, and 1/3 of what my wife might get in court wasn't even close to what these lawyers were demanding. "Pain and suffering" - eh. They wanted to see life-changing permanent damage. I'm happy she didn't have any of that.