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re: You think this truck is totalled?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 11:20 am to Boats n Hose
Posted on 6/19/17 at 11:20 am to Boats n Hose
Are you serious? Or did you misunderstand what I'm saying?
If that company allowed a guy who was known to be arrested for driving under the influence at 7:45am to operate their vehicle at all....they abso-GD-lutely need their asses handed to them.
If that company allowed a guy who was known to be arrested for driving under the influence at 7:45am to operate their vehicle at all....they abso-GD-lutely need their asses handed to them.
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 11:58 am to Boats n Hose
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This is fricked up
I'm not advocating for suing the pants off of them.
I'm saying, 300+ days post accident I got up one morning barely able to walk. They found fractured vertebrae which had healed improperly.
I had had countless xrays.
Always go for the MRI.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:33 pm to highcotton2
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He was wearing a seatbelt but he still broke his nose in 3 places. I still have not figured out how his head hit the steering wheel with his seat belt on. He is ok though.
I'm not into ambulance chasers, but I would contact an attorney. I was rear-ended in 2008 on my way home from work and figured I was okay only to find out I have permanent neck damage.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:59 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:
This is fricked up
No shite
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:16 pm to JAB528
No
A company letting a driver continue to drive after a DUI and obvious issues is fricked up. Could have killed the kid.
Suing them for new truck and medical expenses seems fair enough.
A company letting a driver continue to drive after a DUI and obvious issues is fricked up. Could have killed the kid.
Suing them for new truck and medical expenses seems fair enough.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:19 pm to JAB528
quote:
This is fricked up
No shite
Again...which part?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:36 pm to X123F45
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I'm saying, 300+ days post accident I got up one morning barely able to walk. They found fractured vertebrae which had healed improperly.
For medical expenses and the damage to property and lost time and whatnot I don't have a problem with. The idea of suing big strictly punitively like that other poster mentioned is fricking sad imho
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:42 pm to 10MTNTiger
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This is an immediate settlement near max policy limits for the business.
And you know the policy limits how?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:43 pm to Boats n Hose
My thoughts exactly and people wonder how we got to where we are in this day and age, fricking sad.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:45 pm to Cooter Davenport
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THEN they will suddenly offer at least $50,000.
More stupid in this thread
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:54 pm to highcotton2
Hope everyone is okay, brother has almost the exact truck and got hit in the back wheel well. Initially they said no, after throwing it on the rack and looking deeper they totalled it a week later.
This looks much worse than his did. I would start shopping for a new truck... Sorry baw.
This looks much worse than his did. I would start shopping for a new truck... Sorry baw.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:11 pm to JAB528
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My thoughts exactly and people wonder how we got to where we are in this day and age, fricking sad.
Just to be clear-If this is a regular Joe doing nothing wrong, genuine accident, I'm not inclined to want to go after anyone/anything other than being made whole. But if my attorney found out that there were previous incidents with this guy, like being arrested for driving under the influence mere weeks before this accident, that the owner of the business/vehicle was aware of, I'm going ape shite on everyone involved.
What would be "fricking sad" is if someone else's kid gets killed the next time around, because the 5,000 deductible that the owner of the company had to pay for the first accident wasn't enough to influence his decision making to not allow known screw-ups to drive his vehicles.
Its not about the money to me, its about the cost to him.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:28 pm to Boats n Hose
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The idea of suing big strictly punitively like that other poster mentioned is fricking sad imho
the whole point of the civil justice system is two-fold: to compensate the victim and to deter misconduct. If the responsible party is not taught a lesson, then what example does this set?
I'm not even going to address the facts of this case because it is all speculation.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:31 pm to highcotton2
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He was stopped making a left hand turn at an intersection. The driver of the van may or may not have told the ambulance driver that he had taken some Oxy that morning. But for a fact he had been arrested a couple of months ago for driving under the influence of a controlled substance at 7:45 am
I am not a litigious person and have been rearended several times. I only wanted the police called twice. Never even considered suing anyone.
However, if the guy was on oxy, screw everyone. Sue them. A guy screwed up on oxy could have easily killed your son.
Don't know the injuries that the guy in the van sustained but if he wasn't seriously hurt it's probably because he was high on oxy, especially after seeing the van.
If anyone says otherwise, then you likely don't have kids.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:31 pm to CP3
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A company letting a driver continue to drive after a DUI and obvious issues is fricked up. Could have killed the kid.
Suing them for new truck and medical expenses seems fair enough.
Yep, agreed. At the very least, the OP should be out NOTHING.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 9:18 pm to highcotton2
It's totaled. Too much stuff damaged to be worth the repair cost.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 9:26 pm to bbvdd
If the part about him having a prior DUI is fact you might as well start the process of finding a lawyer, no way a guy with a DUI less than 5 years ago is under their commercial auto policy, hope it's not a fly by night LLC.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 11:17 am to highcotton2
The 256 on that van tells me that this is the only acceptable response.........
Glad your son is going to be ok. That's the main thing. After finding out about the oxy its now time to roto rooter the driver and company both
Glad your son is going to be ok. That's the main thing. After finding out about the oxy its now time to roto rooter the driver and company both
Posted on 6/20/17 at 2:27 pm to 10MTNTiger
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You could be looking at worse if your son has a tbi or cervical injury that won't manifest for a while. Make sure they pony up for that evaluation. I hated that line of law, but it does serve a purpose. Protect yourself baw.
agreed. I was in a very similar accident 4 years ago. Symtoms took about 4-5 weeks to show up. Ended up worth $237k in medical bills before it was over and a seriously fricked up lower back.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 2:37 pm to lsufan1971
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$237k
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