blackbird gorn

I did, I did, does that mean anything? I doubt it, as the manoeuvre was
nearly over.


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Wot, you mean that is part of my compensation? she was quite nice
actually.
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Thanks, it wasn't even gracefull. More of a splodge.

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Why? I cannot blame the witness;-)
Looks like I'm partially disabled so I may have to. It also seems that
although I get full pay for 6months, I have to claim in case my
employer needs to claim.

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Thank you gentlemen, that type of riposte was exactly what I was
looking for. It gives me the confidence to know I am not fighting a
lost cause, and it is possible to win. Could you post or email the
details Dave please?

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Thanks Ian, I have bookmarked it, but I do have legal cover for now. I
will go with them for now. They phoned this morning to tellme to get my
finger out and find out what the insurance are doing about the bike, so
it seems they are being proactive.



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This sounds really boring and tedious, but keep a daily diary of
related events; time, date, and gist of: phone calls, letters received
(keep copies of letters sent); print out emails sent and received
(with their headers); visits to doctors and hospitals; ditto
solicitors; every penny you spend as a result, inlcuding bus fares,
stationery, phone calls, pin killers,etc etc etc.

Get a biking-experienced solicitor on your side.

Write in your own words ASAP exactly what happened at the time: don't
put supposition in, just facts; a description and other details of
witness - a prize beyond price in this game; damage to the bike that
you were aware of at the time. Add facts as they pop in to your
memory. Draw a sketch map; supplement with sat photos.

In a couple of years time, you'll need to know this sort of stuff, and
it's very easy to forget things..

HTH.

 

A quick FU: My other half was in a car that was side-swiped by a
foreign artic, and suffered severe whiplash.

I got a biking solicitor's name from the motorcycle press, talked to
him over the phone about the accident, and he took it on.

It took seven years to settle, and my other half got a settlement that
even twenty years later hasn't been approached in value in TV adverts
for 'look what we got this person for whiplash'.

Expect this to take a very long time (hence the diary), so don't rush
anything.

 

What do you mean?

 

I think he means that TV adverts for no-win-no-fee solicitors
say things like "This fellow got £1000 compensation for whiplash"
and his other half got much more.

I got eight grand in about 1992 for whiplash, which wasn't much
for a lifetime of pain and restricted movement. I don't know if that
was good or not.

 

The ambulance chasers/no-win-no-fee solicitors that advertise on TV
have never mentioned an amount of damages for whiplash anywhere near
the amount my other half got, in an accident that happened all but 20
years ago. You'd think they'd put their bast cases forward in
advertising their record.

If they advertise those amounts in settlement, for injuries that seem
to be worse that MOH suffered, then either my solicitor did
exceptionally well, or the a-c/n-w-n-f settle too early.

 

MOH got much the same amount.

A physio taught me how to located the knotted muscle/nerve, and
massage it away. I became expert at it over a number of years. Final
upshot was no lasting physical pain or discomfort, or limited range of
movement - but it meant that MOH's plan of teaching the kids Suzuki
violin went all to bantam.

 

Ah. Thanks.

 

And I imagine the amounts the latter advertise will be before their
cut.

 

No, they claim expenses separately from the losing party.

 

Some of these lawyer types are "good" [1] at getting compo. A woman who
works in a sandwhich shop near me slipped and fell in the shop and gave her
knee a smack. She claimed it was her employers fault as there was
"something" on the floor (actually, there wasn't, but hey ho, it's a fucking
buttie shop and things occasionally spill/drop/whatever) and it eventually
went to court.

The woman was walking the same day as the "accident" and has continued to
walk every day since. She got 15 grand for her injury.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19





[1] if "good" means screwing people

 

"Where there's a policy, there's a claim."

Yeah well, there are some cunts who take the piss. In my case I can
point to the last decade and a half of pain, arthritis, pain and more
fucking pain, all caused by a careless ****.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

It certainly does, thanks to all, it's good to use all the advice,
especially when it doesn't clash, but goes alongside as an extra. Cheers


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Sorry to hear of your problems.

At the risk of being shot down in flames, I've been round the loop a
number of times and can suggest diet and supplements that can help
with the arthritis, if you wish.

OTOH you might well be sick of people telling you what's good for you,
in which case I'm sorry, and I won't mention it again.

 

So long as "Herbal-life" doesn't get a mention, your safe ASAIC.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19