[XBoxBoy]

Nostradamus – My motorcycle case turned out even more bizarre. We ended up going to trial, because there were two insurance companies covering the guy who hit me. (There was no question of fault, the guy who hit me admitted he was talking on the cell phone and didn’t notice the red light until it was too late. The only aspect in contention was how much should be paid for medical bills, pain and suffering, etc) The amount we wanted exceeded the limits of the first insurance company, who hired the attorney. Thus the opposing attorney decided his paying client had nothing to lose by going to trial. He could either settle for the full amount of his paying client’s policy limits, or go to trial and who knows maybe get a surprise verdict that would let his paying client pay less than his policy limits. I even sat in on the conference in judges chamber when this was discussed, and everyone, my lawyer, the judge, the opposing lawyer, was open about it.

In the end, we won and the first insurance payed full amount up to policy limit, and the second insurance came in to cover the rest. So I guess the lawyer’s strategy didn’t work.

Ironically, ever bit of evidence, all the medical bills, etc and my testimony all had to be wiped of any fact that anybody had insurance. I still shake my head when I think of myself getting on the stand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, knowing full well that there were plenty of aspects of the case that I could not mention, least I cause a mistrial. It’s just one more example in my mind of how hypocritical our justice system is.

To add to this, I felt like a pawn in a lawyers game once I lawyered up. I would have settled with the insurance company for the cost of the motorcycle. I grew up believing that you don’t sue people for accidents. But the system is not set up like that at all.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Nostradamus – My motorcycle case turned out even more bizarre. We ended up going to trial, because there were two insurance companies covering the guy who hit me. (There was no question of fault, the guy who hit me admitted he was talking on the cell phone and didn’t notice the red light until it was too late. The only aspect in contention was how much should be paid for medical bills, pain and suffering, etc) The amount we wanted exceeded the limits of the first insurance company, who hired the attorney. Thus the opposing attorney decided his paying client had nothing to lose by going to trial. He could either settle for the full amount of his paying client’s policy limits, or go to trial and who knows maybe get a surprise verdict that would let his paying client pay less than his policy limits. I even sat in on the conference in judges chamber when this was discussed, and everyone, my lawyer, the judge, the opposing lawyer, was open about it.

In the end, we won and the first insurance payed full amount up to policy limit, and the second insurance came in to cover the rest. So I guess the lawyer’s strategy didn’t work.

Ironically, ever bit of evidence, all the medical bills, etc and my testimony all had to be wiped of any fact that anybody had insurance. I still shake my head when I think of myself getting on the stand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, knowing full well that there were plenty of aspects of the case that I could not mention, least I cause a mistrial. It’s just one more example in my mind of how hypocritical our justice system is.

To add to this, I felt like a pawn in a lawyers game once I lawyered up. I would have settled with the insurance company for the cost of the motorcycle. I grew up believing that you don’t sue people for accidents. But the system is not set up like that at all.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

Nostradamus – My motorcycle case turned out even more bizarre. We ended up going to trial, because there were two insurance companies covering the guy who hit me. (There was no question of fault, the guy who hit me admitted he was talking on the cell phone and didn’t notice the red light until it was too late. The only aspect in contention was how much should be paid for medical bills, pain and suffering, etc) The amount we wanted exceeded the limits of the first insurance company, who hired the attorney. Thus the opposing attorney decided his paying client had nothing to lose by going to trial. He could either settle for the full amount of his paying client’s policy limits, or go to trial and who knows maybe get a surprise verdict that would let his paying client pay less than his policy limits. I even sat in on the conference in judges chamber when this was discussed, and everyone, my lawyer, the judge, the opposing lawyer, was open about it.

In the end, we won and the first insurance payed full amount up to policy limit, and the second insurance came in to cover the rest. So I guess the lawyer’s strategy didn’t work.

Ironically, ever bit of evidence, all the medical bills, etc and my testimony all had to be wiped of any fact that anybody had insurance. I still shake my head when I think of myself getting on the stand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, knowing full well that there were plenty of aspects of the case that I could not mention, least I cause a mistrial. It’s just one more example in my mind of how hypocritical our justice system is.

To add to this, I felt like a pawn in a lawyers game once I lawyered up. I would have settled with the insurance company for the cost of the motorcycle. I grew up believing that you don’t sue people for accidents. But the system is not set up like that at all.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

You’re assuming that the person on the phone and Countrywide both represent the same interests. While I’m sure the managers at Countrywide hope for that, it’s more than likely that the staffer will only get more work dumped on their desk if your friend wants to renegotiate their loan.

In a similar situation, I was in a motorcycle accident a number of years ago, and the insurance rep for the guy that hit me did everything he could to get me to go get a lawyer and sue them. When I got so frustrated with him that I did go get a lawyer, I told my lawyer my experience, and he said it was normal. In an injury accident the insurance rep doesn’t want all the work, and if he can get you to go get a lawyer, the case gets taken off his desk and passed onto someone in legal.

I suspect it’s a similar situation at Countrywide. The person your friend talked to probably wants nothing to do with all the work your friend was going to turn into, so they encouraged your friend to walk, thus making your friend someone elses problem.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

You’re assuming that the person on the phone and Countrywide both represent the same interests. While I’m sure the managers at Countrywide hope for that, it’s more than likely that the staffer will only get more work dumped on their desk if your friend wants to renegotiate their loan.

In a similar situation, I was in a motorcycle accident a number of years ago, and the insurance rep for the guy that hit me did everything he could to get me to go get a lawyer and sue them. When I got so frustrated with him that I did go get a lawyer, I told my lawyer my experience, and he said it was normal. In an injury accident the insurance rep doesn’t want all the work, and if he can get you to go get a lawyer, the case gets taken off his desk and passed onto someone in legal.

I suspect it’s a similar situation at Countrywide. The person your friend talked to probably wants nothing to do with all the work your friend was going to turn into, so they encouraged your friend to walk, thus making your friend someone elses problem.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

You’re assuming that the person on the phone and Countrywide both represent the same interests. While I’m sure the managers at Countrywide hope for that, it’s more than likely that the staffer will only get more work dumped on their desk if your friend wants to renegotiate their loan.

In a similar situation, I was in a motorcycle accident a number of years ago, and the insurance rep for the guy that hit me did everything he could to get me to go get a lawyer and sue them. When I got so frustrated with him that I did go get a lawyer, I told my lawyer my experience, and he said it was normal. In an injury accident the insurance rep doesn’t want all the work, and if he can get you to go get a lawyer, the case gets taken off his desk and passed onto someone in legal.

I suspect it’s a similar situation at Countrywide. The person your friend talked to probably wants nothing to do with all the work your friend was going to turn into, so they encouraged your friend to walk, thus making your friend someone elses problem.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

You’re assuming that the person on the phone and Countrywide both represent the same interests. While I’m sure the managers at Countrywide hope for that, it’s more than likely that the staffer will only get more work dumped on their desk if your friend wants to renegotiate their loan.

In a similar situation, I was in a motorcycle accident a number of years ago, and the insurance rep for the guy that hit me did everything he could to get me to go get a lawyer and sue them. When I got so frustrated with him that I did go get a lawyer, I told my lawyer my experience, and he said it was normal. In an injury accident the insurance rep doesn’t want all the work, and if he can get you to go get a lawyer, the case gets taken off his desk and passed onto someone in legal.

I suspect it’s a similar situation at Countrywide. The person your friend talked to probably wants nothing to do with all the work your friend was going to turn into, so they encouraged your friend to walk, thus making your friend someone elses problem.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

You’re assuming that the person on the phone and Countrywide both represent the same interests. While I’m sure the managers at Countrywide hope for that, it’s more than likely that the staffer will only get more work dumped on their desk if your friend wants to renegotiate their loan.

In a similar situation, I was in a motorcycle accident a number of years ago, and the insurance rep for the guy that hit me did everything he could to get me to go get a lawyer and sue them. When I got so frustrated with him that I did go get a lawyer, I told my lawyer my experience, and he said it was normal. In an injury accident the insurance rep doesn’t want all the work, and if he can get you to go get a lawyer, the case gets taken off his desk and passed onto someone in legal.

I suspect it’s a similar situation at Countrywide. The person your friend talked to probably wants nothing to do with all the work your friend was going to turn into, so they encouraged your friend to walk, thus making your friend someone elses problem.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

“Men used to live to be nine hundred years old”

But who calls dat livin’
When no gal’ll give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years?

Lyrics from Porgy and Bess – It Ain’t Necessarily So

[XBoxBoy]

“Men used to live to be nine hundred years old”

But who calls dat livin’
When no gal’ll give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years?

Lyrics from Porgy and Bess – It Ain’t Necessarily So

[XBoxBoy]

“Men used to live to be nine hundred years old”

But who calls dat livin’
When no gal’ll give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years?

Lyrics from Porgy and Bess – It Ain’t Necessarily So

[XBoxBoy]

“Men used to live to be nine hundred years old”

But who calls dat livin’
When no gal’ll give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years?

Lyrics from Porgy and Bess – It Ain’t Necessarily So

[XBoxBoy]

“Men used to live to be nine hundred years old”

But who calls dat livin’
When no gal’ll give in
To no man what’s nine hundred years?

Lyrics from Porgy and Bess – It Ain’t Necessarily So

[XBoxBoy]

For a republican appointee, Bernanke sure does sound an awful lot like a socialist:

Bernanke on Monday night endorsed the need for government intervention, saying that letting markets take their own course could “destabilize communities, reduce the property values of nearby homes and lower municipal tax revenues.”

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

For a republican appointee, Bernanke sure does sound an awful lot like a socialist:

Bernanke on Monday night endorsed the need for government intervention, saying that letting markets take their own course could “destabilize communities, reduce the property values of nearby homes and lower municipal tax revenues.”

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