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Anyone had any experience with injury lawyer scum?Views : 2738 Replies : 27Users Viewing This Thread : |
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I've lost count of the amount of times I've had cold calls in the past twelve months from injury/accident claims companies, despite never having any accidents. Claiming left right and centre for the tiniest thing is all too common now, I've even seen market stalls plotted up in my local town!
A friend of mine recently had a small bump in stop start traffic where she went into the back of another car. This was under walking pace and there was no visible damage to either car. She tried to do the right thing by giving her details to the driver of the other car. Unfortunately she did not take any photos of either car at the time. A few weeks passed and she has now been contacted by an injury claims company on behalf of the driver and four passengers of the other car. For what injury? Yep you've guessed it, whiplash. This is for the grand total of £5,000. For someone with major anxiety problems at the moment this is the last thing she needs. Has anyone had any experiences or similar problems with the scum of the earth, also known as injury lawyers? Let this be a lesson to everyone. Always take photos, video/sound record any conversations with anyone you come into contact with on the road, invest in a dash cam. Anything to cover yourself... |
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One of the reasons I got a dash cam after having a scrote lie through his teeth after an accident. He even got false witness statements prepared by a solicitor... If in doubt phone the police to attend, and if they say that it is too minor, just say you think you could smell alcohol!!
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Not had any experience of them myself fortunately, but a colleague at work is now getting pestered to claim after his works van had to go into the garage for repair....
....for a failed headlight switch! Makes me wonder if some garages are selling customer details on to scumbag lawyers. |
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Distinguish (a) the lying scum in the other car (b) the lying scum at claims companies (c) proper solicitors who are obliged to advance a claim in accordance with their client's instructions but are prohibited from knowingly assisting their client to advance an untruth.
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I have nothing but praise for them I'm 2 grand richer than I was a few weeks ago
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I don't mind if its a genuine case but sometimes they are not and It costs everybody else extra. You are just lucky it wasn't a serious accident because you might have been waiting years for any pay out apart from funds for your car. One case I was involved in it took 11 years for settlement |
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Compensation claims have their place and are good at delivering justice to the wronged...if done responsibly.
I do however take great exception to the scumbag companies that go out of their way to goad people into making needless or fraudulent claims, especially the cold callers! They phone you and practically accuse you of having been in an accident, (same techniques as the PPI lot). You know they are not doing it out of concert for you well being, they have £ signs in their eyes. I said to the last clold caller "since you seem to know so much already, you will have to tell me all about how and what happened because I must have received a head injury resulting in a terrible case of retrograde amnesia".
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