for the injury part of my accident.
Today, I’m going to file a complaint with the California Department of Insurance. Not because I want a lot of money, I’m happy to not need money because my injuries really weren’t that all that bad (although my lower back is hurting right now, it does that every once in a while), but I don’t think they did a very good job of investigating.
They look at a chart and say “soft tissue injury” equals this much time to get over it, this much money to fix. Client is X amount at fault, reduce the award by that much and Voila! We have an amount.
They’ve NEVER contacted my doctor. They’ve NEVER looked at x-rays. My first x-rays showed that my lower spine has a kink in it. It bends. The doctor said this was probably because of the seatbelt keeping most of me in place, but a part of me twisted. Therapy has straightened it out somewhat, but not all the way, at least not the last time he took the images. I was fifty-six at the time of the accident, a fifty-six year old, overweight woman does not recuperate in the same amount of time as a twenty-six year old. And I still maintain that under the law, avoiding an accident was the right thing to do.
So, I’m filing a complaint. The insurance company keeps sending me letters. They’ve quit calling. I won’t talk to them and Brian just never gets around to it. *lol*
I can do the complaint online, it’s pretty straightforward. I’ll keep you posted.
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