Post: Car accident : city government at fault

Posted by Tim on 1/31/09

I was involved in a car accident a year and half ago. It was
a double impact and the person who hit me was a city
government driver. I called the city insurance to notify
them of an accident I had with their driver. S Initially the
police did not issue fault for the accident, later after I
retained an attorney the city was "coded" for an illegal
turn. So the nightmare begins.

I have m.s. and developed blurred vision in my left eye. I
later had an mri and it showed a bulge in my neck at c-4. I
later had several nerve blocks done to alleviate the pain in
my neck. The nerve blocks did not work and I was later
referred to a neck surgeon. By the time I saw the surgeon he
was hesitant to perform any major surgery because of my age
and recommended a disc coblation . That seemed to have
worked for 2 months til the lack of motion came back.
Finally I just had my neck fused at the c-4 level, and I am
slowly healing

Now on to the legal issues because we are now into
deposition schedule phase. I had been keeping all my medical
records and I have now exhausted my p.i.p. (which my pip was
$100k). My insurance has jumped on my claim against the city
. My insurance found that I was 0 % liable for the accident.
I also had an accident reconstructionist veerify the impact
from the car accident justifies the injuries that I have
suffered from. Although the city claims it was a "light
impact."

I never had any pre existing conditions with my neck and I
am becoming anxious to settle my case. I am trying to figure
out how much my claim could be worth , although my atty
will not tell me til after depositions, of which I can see
his point of view. I am just looking for some outside
guidance in this long debacle of mine.

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Car accident : city government at fault, 1/31/09, by Tim.