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MURICA15980 Posts
Back in January 2004, my brother and I took a trip up to our old home town for a winter vacation. Needless to say, while we were there, it snows about 12 inches, and kept snowing. The break was nearing its end and we needed to get home to go to school... so we attempted to drive home on about 4 inches of pure ice without chains. Yeah, apparantly it is harder than it looks because we soon understeered severely at a moderate cornor and hit a truck.
Anyway, those bastards are suing us now. Heres why:
"That as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the Defendants, Samuel Kim (my bro-driver), Sung Kim(dad-was not in car), and Yong Kim(was not in car) and each of them, the Plaintiff has sustain, incurred, experienced and suffered, and in the future will sustain, incure, experience and suffer; pain and suffering both physical and mental, bodily disability and impairment; medical expenses, loss of earnings and earnings capcity; and loss of ability to live and enjoy a normal life, all to him grave monetary damage."
Hahaha, at first I found it hilarious, but now I'm angry. We barely hit them, and thing is, they were in a HUGE truck and we were going AT MOST 20 mph (probably 15ish). Our Hyundai was heavily damaged on the front but their truck looked like it had just decided to park on the side of the road -- I didn't see a single dent on it. On top of that, the first words the woman said to me as I stepped out of the car was "DO YOU GUYS HAVE INSURANCE?!" Yeah, obviously she was in deep mental and physical pain and cared about our well being. Not even a "you guys okay?" first, but instead, she rolls down her window out of her high and mighty truck and screams BS.
I don't know how much they are suing for, as it just says "For the Plaintiff's resonable costs disbursements and for attorney fees incurred herin" and "For such other relief as to the Court seems just and equitable."
Such a waste of time to drive to WA just for this case. Waste of tax dollars, waste of time, waste of life. Hopefully they don't win, 'cause a friend lost a similar case for $50,000... : /
But anyway, any advice on how to approach this? Probably talk to lawyer soon.
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Yea... talking to a lawyer would be good.
Hopefully everything goes okay.
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talk to a lawyer
and do you have any pictures from the accident
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counter suit for legal costs.
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Well, let's see.
1.) They sue you two years later. So apparently they can endure two years of this "suffering" with no complaints.
2.) A compact hitting a truck at no more than 20 mph couldn't even cause whiplash. Suffering, my ass.
Frankly, they're full of shit. Get a good lawyer, and do your best to prove they're just digging for money.
Or countersue them for making you angry. That's unjust emotional scarring!
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pain and suffering both physical and mental, bodily disability and impairment; medical expenses, loss of earnings and earnings capcity; and loss of ability to live and enjoy a normal life, all to him grave monetary damage."
Maybe she popped a vein or got a hernia...otherwise this is total bullshit, no way the American legal system can fuck you down from here 
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MURICA15980 Posts
On March 14 2006 18:54 rpf289 wrote:
2.) A compact hitting a truck at no more than 20 mph couldn't even cause whiplash. Suffering, my ass.
It's total BS, obviously, but I'm afraid they might win. A good friend of mine was backing out of a parking spot in a PARKING LOT when he accidently hit a lady's car. Yes, he was going at most 5 mph, and there was barely a dent in either car. Months later, she sues him for whiplash and wins $50,000. Yeah -_-
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1-800-call-sam
"i won $3 million in a settle ment over a car accident!"
I guess that would help the plantiffs a bit more than you.
Just higher a kick ass lawyer, they dont have much of a case for reasons rpf stated.
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first of all stealth blue i never want to hear or read the word kittyloaf ever again
klogon if you do get a lawyer from the sounds of it the claims will be dismissed as bs,but then you'll also have legal fee's.counter suit? shrug
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Korea (South)1897 Posts
Yo, TAKE IT SERIOUSLY,
get the lawyer,
its doesn't matter how reasonable or insane a suit is,
or how obvious this suit is totally illogical.
take it seriously and try to write down everything that happened that day.
and dont' contact those fuckers directly first to work it out, they'll probably try to screw you worse.
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thats a prob in america. they couldnt try such shit in any other country :/
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On March 14 2006 18:57 Klogon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2006 18:54 rpf289 wrote:
2.) A compact hitting a truck at no more than 20 mph couldn't even cause whiplash. Suffering, my ass. It's total BS, obviously, but I'm afraid they might win. A good friend of mine was backing out of a parking spot in a PARKING LOT when he accidently hit a lady's car. Yes, he was going at most 5 mph, and there was barely a dent in either car. Months later, she sues him for whiplash and wins $50,000. Yeah -_-
This happens a lot. My sister is paying a shitload in insurance for hitting some truck going like 10 mph, and the city worker driver is on disability for "neck pains." Lawyer up now, and don't go cheap.
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You can't counter sue for legal costs in America.
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Getting a good lawyer would be nice but getting a good judge would be better. For example, if you got stimey as the judge, he would probably screw you over. If you push to take this before judge Mathis, however, they will probably get thrown in jail and you will get paid. Get a good judge. Don't be afraid to pay for a good lawyer because these people are going to go all out on you.
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On March 14 2006 18:56 QuietIdiot wrote:Show nested quote + pain and suffering both physical and mental, bodily disability and impairment; medical expenses, loss of earnings and earnings capcity; and loss of ability to live and enjoy a normal life, all to him grave monetary damage." , no way the American legal system can fuck you down from here
Are you sure you live in america?
the legal system can fuck you over for dumber things than this.
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I do live in america, I'm just under the conservative influence that our legal system is the fairest of the fair, and just of the just...says my history book >_<
Someone go into specifics on what grounds klogon can get sued on? I'm curious.
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They were probably injured recently (of their own fault) and now want to pin the injuries on this accident.
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Someone was trying to break into another person's house, fell through the sky light, landed on knives, got cut up really bad, sued, and won
Don't try to argue that the legal system is fair
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