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RTA insurers/solicitors personal injury
Hi all,
havent been on for a while but hopefully someone has the legal knowhow to help with this one...
a quick run down, Had a RTA in july last year where a company van driver cut me up on dual carriage way slamming into the passenger side of my car and ramming me into the kurb, he did the usual company driver thing they get told to do and didnt accept any responsibility.
I had to claim of my own insurance to get my car sorted due to the 3rd party claiming non fault, but luckily with photos, etc my insurance have believed my side, but theres have maintained a 50/50 so we are now at solicitors/going to court stage.
I did get a small injury from it, i went to my own doctors after about 3 or 4 days and he confirmed what it was and confirmed it was a result of the accident.
So the same solicitors were dealing with that.
Today I have just been contacted by them to say they have reviewed my personal injury case and that because the personal injury only lasted about a week, and they would need to send me to a medical examiner, etc etc that they don't want to pursue that side of the case as once they take their fees out, i would hardly be left with anything!
So is this common practice to pursue the same case as two separate cases? is it true that despite the fact i went to a doctor at the time, they have to send you to another doctor months after the accident when you have nothing wrong with you?
this all sounds like get as much cash out of a case as possible to me!!
surely this is one case, one set of fees, if they win the "the 3rd party hit me" case they have won the personal injury case (with the details from my doctor)
havent been on for a while but hopefully someone has the legal knowhow to help with this one...
a quick run down, Had a RTA in july last year where a company van driver cut me up on dual carriage way slamming into the passenger side of my car and ramming me into the kurb, he did the usual company driver thing they get told to do and didnt accept any responsibility.
I had to claim of my own insurance to get my car sorted due to the 3rd party claiming non fault, but luckily with photos, etc my insurance have believed my side, but theres have maintained a 50/50 so we are now at solicitors/going to court stage.
I did get a small injury from it, i went to my own doctors after about 3 or 4 days and he confirmed what it was and confirmed it was a result of the accident.
So the same solicitors were dealing with that.
Today I have just been contacted by them to say they have reviewed my personal injury case and that because the personal injury only lasted about a week, and they would need to send me to a medical examiner, etc etc that they don't want to pursue that side of the case as once they take their fees out, i would hardly be left with anything!
So is this common practice to pursue the same case as two separate cases? is it true that despite the fact i went to a doctor at the time, they have to send you to another doctor months after the accident when you have nothing wrong with you?
this all sounds like get as much cash out of a case as possible to me!!
surely this is one case, one set of fees, if they win the "the 3rd party hit me" case they have won the personal injury case (with the details from my doctor)
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If you are calling it an RTA you might be taken as admitting that WAS an accident !Had a RTA in july last year
That why the police now call it an RTC............he did the usual company driver thing they get told to do and didnt accept any responsibility.
You have a thing about company drivers don't you ? NO driver should admit responsibility - you obviously haven't read all your own car insurance paperwork.this all sounds like get as much cash out of a case as possible to me!!
Welcome to the real world .............................0 -
yangptangkipperbang wrote: »If you are calling it an RTA you might be taken as admitting that WAS an accident !
That why the police now call it an RTC.
You have a thing about company drivers don't you ? NO driver should admit responsibility - you obviously haven't read all your own car insurance paperwork.
Welcome to the real world .............................
first point - it was for the purpose of summarizing.
second point - again summarizing....... if i had gone into into how he admitted it, wanted to pay for it, he knew some one who could fix it, then changed his mind blah blah blah, would it help? No.
final point - you didnt really help at all here did you? picking up on summarized points, and adding nothing of interest, may i suggest in future just not wasting your time typing thanks.0 -
first point - it was for the purpose of summarizing.
second point - again summarizing....... if i had gone into into how he admitted it, wanted to pay for it, he knew some one who could fix it, then changed his mind blah blah blah, would it help? No.
final point - you didnt really help at all here did you? picking up on summarized points, and adding nothing of interest, may i suggest in future just not wasting your time typing thanks.
He did add something useful, you have to understand life is not just about you, the insurance policy does state not to admit liability, just to exchange details at the time.
As for the personal injury claims, yes the ambulance chasers get £750 for a lead and the solicitors take their cut and you may get some of the change. Self medicated injury that is resolved in a week is hardly going to be worth life changing amounts of money sadly.0 -
He did add something useful, you have to understand life is not just about you, the insurance policy does state not to admit liability, just to exchange details at the time.
As for the personal injury claims, yes the ambulance chasers get £750 for a lead and the solicitors take their cut and you may get some of the change. Self medicated injury that is resolved in a week is hardly going to be worth life changing amounts of money sadly.
About £1500.0 -
Yes and you may find it has reduced somewhat to a few hundred, however the solicitors will be picking up a lot more than that for dealing with the case.
No, that's what they pay out for the injury.
£1500 wont cover the legal fees, if the OP wins they'll claim those off the third party.0 -
No, that's what they pay out for the injury.
£1500 wont cover the legal fees, if the OP wins they'll claim those off the third party.
I think you may have missed the point, I know how much a payout is as I have had one in the past. The legal fees will be much greater than the £1500 payout in any instance, do you really think they are doing it for concern for the injured or to just line their own pockets?0 -
I think you may have missed the point, I know how much a payout is as I have had one in the past. The legal fees will be much greater than the £1500 payout in any instance, do you really think they are doing it for concern for the injured or to just line their own pockets?
I haven't missed the point, he'll clear about £1500 for his injuries.0 -
my point is the solicitor didnt want to proceed until they had everything in together,
all info about the car accident,
and all info about the personal injury, because they had to proceed the claim as one,
then now they tell me they are 2 separate claims and because i was only injured for a week, they cant get enough to cover their costs for the injury claim to give me more than about £100,
going by what they originally said this is one claim, one set of fees, car damage and personal injury now its two sets of fees two claims0 -
my point is the solicitor didnt want to proceed until they had everything in together,
all info about the car accident,
and all info about the personal injury, because they had to proceed the claim as one,
then now they tell me they are 2 separate claims and because i was only injured for a week, they cant get enough to cover their costs for the injury claim to give me more than about £100,
going by what they originally said this is one claim, one set of fees, car damage and personal injury now its two sets of fees two claims
So basically they're saying you weren't injured so move on.0
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