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    Everybody wants to know if it’s worth being ran over for a pay check

    in The Shower

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    6 hours ago, stepee said:

     

    The lawyer I got was a friend of my uncle (my uncle helped him out while he was in law school) and he recommended him to us. I went with them because they normally don’t go after injury cases and do more real legal work than ambulance chasing, so I felt they would be in it more for a proper settlement than a quick buck.

     

    So I can’t give too much advice about how to find a lawyer because I got lucky there but I guess that’s still my main advice is to find someone that has a history of trying major cases beyond just injury settlement. You don’t want to go with one of the ones they advertise on billboards and “injury” as part of the phone number imo. They are likely trying to make quick buck by burning through as many of those as they can rather than caring much about your particular case. They might get a settlement that sounds good if it’s a slam duck case but they are likely to not fight for your maximum benefit if it means dragging it on a couple years rather than the quick cash out.

     

    Make sure you find someone who is willing to go to trial and has succeeded in trial against major corporations or entities not just settlements. You have to be willing to go to trial even if a settlement is what you are after.  You’ll probably have to go a percentage for anyone decent but try to make that no more than 30%. 
     

    Ask them questions like about how much they think the settlement could be, if they just throw a pie in the sky number with no justification it’s probably BS. If they articulate all the factors that go into it and set expectation then that is better. But they shouldn’t be low balling either and be prepared to fight for a certain large amount. They will be going at this for awhile especially with court systems still backed up and you need to keep expectations in check during this time but also to be ready to turn down some large amounts to get what is deserved.
     

    Try to find someone who has some compassion and seems to care about the situation and that wants to right the wrong. You’ll probably have to talk with a few to see who vibes the best.

     

    7 hours ago, Pikachu said:

     

    The Florida Bar has a referral service that he can use and explain his whole situation to:

     

     

    Thank you both. 

    UAW Strike Update (11/17): contracts have been ratified by UAW workers at three US automakers

    in The Political Re-Education Camp

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    On 9/15/2023 at 8:06 AM, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

     

    The strike is currently targeting three plants that employ 13,000 of the UAW's 145,000 memebers.

     

     

    Apparently they leaked false locations of where the strikes were going to take place, so that supplies would be rerouted from those locations. But then these three that actually struck we’re not on that list so in effect it is causing chaos in the supply of materials to each plant and disrupting production across the board. 
     

    in other words:

    :sickos:

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    I almost died

    in The Shower

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    11 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:


    Three alternators? Dang. There had to be something in your charging system overworking it. For this one I just replaced I think the culprit was my battery being some old cheap thing causing it to constantly be working. 

    Yeah it was a pos, but for $700 it was a decent car back then, even though it was 16 years old at the time. Bought it from an old lady, Chevy Celebrity. The alternator was the only issue and only had about 15k miles on it

    Everybody wants to know if it’s worth being ran over for a pay check

    in The Shower

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    Hey so how did you find your lawyer? And what should one look out for or ask when finding one or anything else to be aware of (without violating ndas and whatnot)?

     

    my brother in law (lives in FL) was hit by a recycling truck (private company, all of this was allegedly on camera?) while riding his bike on the sidewalk and luckily survived but has a broken collarbone, but won’t get to see an ortho for 3 weeks. I don’t want him to get screwed because he’s mildly autistic and is likely to go along with whatever is put in front of him and id like to be able to suggest some things for someone to advocate for him

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    I almost died

    in The Shower

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    Glad you’re ok!
     

    Man this brings back memories from my first car (which was almost 20 years ago now Jesus) which ate through 3 alternators in the short time I had it so unfortunately I recognized what was going on with your car before you said it lol. I remember the power steering and windshield wipers stopped working. Luckily for me I was alone on some county backroads in rural Appalachia Ohio so no threat from other drivers. The bad part also was that I was alone on some country backroads in rural Appalachia Ohio and this was before cell phones. So I had to, horror of horrors, knock on a strangers door in the stormy dark to call the pizza place I worked at that I wouldn’t be able to get back and to get help. 
     

    good times

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