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Car accident claim question?

My wife was in a car accident she tore her acl and minscus dr told her she needs to have surgery. The other driver was at fault and admitted this at the scene. The cost of the surgery is 20,000 plus rehab and time off of work. We are turning the claim into my health Ins who will then go after the driver at faults ins. The other drivers limit is 25000 bodily injury. If the limits are exhausted for my wife where do we get our pain and suffering and how much can we do you think we will get. I understand that there’s not a direct formula on what we can get. Also we were told we could go after the driver of the car my wife was in and use there under-insured motorist coverage. Is that coverage able to pay for pain and suffering. Thanks
My wife was the passenger. Her sister was driving and if was her grandfathers car. My wife and I are not named insured on any active policy.

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Bodily Injury Limit question via car accident?

My lawyer initially put in a claim for $900,000 for exemplary damages and compensatory damages. The defendents liability is 100,000/300,000. The defendent is a doctor and wealthy. What would be pursued? 100,000 after the insurance company and the rest would be a personal law suit? Depositions taken place.

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Car accident insurance claims question?

I was in an auto accident in VA. I was the passenger of the vehicle and the person t-boned the entire side of the vehicle I was in. The person that hit us was at fault and received a ticket. They didn’t have car insurance so my girlfriend’s car insurance is paying for everything. I was rushed to the ER and injured my neck, shoulder, chest, back and wrist. I am currently going to PT and OT. The physical therapist said I have musculoskeletal injuries. I have to take 4 different meds a day and I have chest pain several times a day. The current (some) bills and lost wages are over 6k as of right now and my physician says I will be in PT for at least another month. I haven’t been able to work my pt job because of the type of work I do there but I have been able to go to my full time job. How much should I expect for pain and suffering. I can’t even lift a bag of groceries now because my wrist hurts so badly. I don’t want to get a lawyer since they take all the money.
The insurance company already told me they are going to pay for my lost wages.

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Question about a wreck I was in… What will the guy’s insurance pay on my car?

It is an old car that I use for commuting. It is only worth about $1500 fair market value, but I just put a new motor in it for $2000 and a guy rearended me and pushed me into the car in front of me, so it is gone. Is it just my bad luck for fixing an old car, or do they take that kind of stuff into consideration if I have the receipts. Also, I want to keep the car because it was in the family since it was new, so if I do that, will I get nothing? It will cost way more to fix than it is worth. What should I do? Also, me and my 2 year old both have whiplash, and I had to pay for the hospital visit with my insurance and I had to pay the copay for both of us. I still hurt, but nothing is broken, I just can’t move my neck because it is strained, and my son has a nasty knot on his head, but we are fine. Should I get a lawyer? I am not trying to ambulance chase… I am not greedy, but it just sucks that I am out all this money I put into my car, that ran better than a new one, and then I don’t know what my pain will be like next week because it hurts worse today. The guy told me and the lady he made me hit that he was texting his girlfriend and didn’t see me, so they established him at fault, but I just feel so screwed, because I am going to have to start driving my tahoe again, which gets crap gas mileage, and I totally get that has nothing to do with the insurance company what kind of car my other car is, but what if I didn’t have the tahoe? Wouldn’t the provide a rental? I am just not sure where to go from here. I don’t even feel like driving, but even if I wanted to, I am going from a car that gets 38 mpg, to a SUV that gets 11mpg, argh. Oh well, what should I do?

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What should i do? Car accident question?

I got in a car wreck November last year. What happened what that I was at a stop light behind a car that was flashing emergency so all the car behind it including me had to switch lanes and go around it. I had my car almost halfway in another lane to my right, when a lady from the other lane who was a making a phone call pressed accelerator without looking and him my car. She was nurse and was urgently needed at a hospiltal. At the time it seemed like both parties decided that we both made mistakes and would fix our own car. Today I got a letter from a law first saying that I would have to personally pay to fix her car. I can’t afford a lawyer what should I do?
my insurance refuses to pay for it.

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I have a question for a lawyer. lawyers need help?

If a lawyer is present please email me.
I have a situation where I know I’m being HOSED and it’s by my church!
they took my car wrecked it, and have been hassling me for YEARS and giving me the run around about paying for it.. all this deceit and betrayal is making me have the gumption to become a lawyer!
but before doing so.. I really want to ask some questions, thanks.

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Auto accident, injury claims question hit/run UMC?

I was involved in an auto accident on 5/18/2008. I was driving northbound on interstate 95 headed to new york from virginia. When the accident occured I was In new jersey. Someone hit me in the passenger rear side which caused me to spin out of control and do about 3-4 360 degree turns down the freeway. I finally came to a STOP when the passenger side of my car hit the rear of an S.U.V. At that point the S.U.V stopped for a mere 1-2 seconds and sped off. I was left on the side of the highway by myself. Me and my passenger both sustained what we thought were minor injuries. An officer came wrote a police report (since there were no other vehicles that stopped he wrote it as hit/run). A tow truck then took my car off the turnpike and to the nearest local repair shop. I then had to take a TRAIN to new york from jersey to where my family lives. The next day I went to seek medical treatment for my neck/back/and right shoulder, so did my passenger. I got treatment 3 times a week from a chiropractor and got x-rays. The following week i returned home (virginia) where I found a chiropractor and had my medical files transferred. I have been seeing him since… I have seen a medical doctor, gone to get an MRI, and now have to go see an orthopedist. (The mri found i had a fracture in my shoulder) I went back to finally pick up my car from the shop the framework/ body work/ and paint had been done but they had not done anything mechanically to my car yet they insisted it was READY FOR PICKUP. i was furious so i end up driving my car back home to virginia because i could not waste any more time/money. My car still has check engine light on, abs light on, speedometer doesnt work, suspension was SHOT. the passenger side strut was blown i could tell cause that side of the car had no bouyancy (sp?) to it. I then called my lawyer and he called the insurance company and got them to replace that strut. EITHERWAY the car is still not mechanically sound and back to the state it was before the accident.

MY QUESTIONS ARE….

WHAT STEPS DO I TAKE FROM HERE?
ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS SO FAR AND MY CAR IS STILL NOT RUNNING CORRECT.
I have contacted the insurance company they told me an adjuster would come out to look at my car again and nobody has called me or showed up.

Am i sueing my insurance company?
All my lawyer has done is send out letters of representation to the doctors i have seen that my chiropractor has referred me to…

p.s.

Im 20 years old
I have full coverage and own a 2000 bmw 528i

I know its lengthy but thanks in advance im really confused as to what position im in and what options i have… i have kind of just been going with the flow seeking my medical treatment..

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