Reader shares story about being told nothing is wrong – despite serious spinal injury from truck accident – and having his No-Fault benefits stopped
I recently received yet another comment from a reader who has been mistreated by his auto insurance company following a truck accident. As an attorney who deals with auto insurance companies on a daily basis, I’m all too familiar with the tactics and tricks they use to avoid responsibility for providing the insurance benefits they’re legally obligated to pay. But I don’t need to go into detail. Take a look below. “Pete’s” experience speaks for itself.
“I was hit by a truck that ran a stop sign and destroyed me in August 2009. I knew something was seriously wrong, so my family doctor sent me for an MRI, which amazingly came back normal in one day. I knew that he was (still) wrong, so I found a pain management doctor and he sent me for a second MRI. It was better, but didn’t really compare to when the surgeon opened me up a year (YES A YEAR) later. A mess fractured vertebrae, blown disc, six damaged nerves, fusion of my lower three vertebras with titanium; so yes this has been the worst thing we have ever been through.
But it gets better. The truck hit me before I got my 90 days at my new great job (I just got a letter this week that I am losing my job this month, but don’t worry they stopped paying me in July). I also paid extra for 100 percent pay and excess medical from Auto Owners, but they sent me to their scumbag Medicolegal, which amazingly didn’t take x-rays and saw me for 10 minutes. A couple days later, they said I was normal and should return to work. BULL&*%$!!! I can only sit for 30 minutes max then have to lay down. My life absolutely sucks and I blame it all on Auto-Owners and Medicolegal for ruining my families lives. I would like to meet the CEO of Auto Owners and ask him a couple of questions. P.S. I will never stop till I get everything I deserve.”
Pete was responding to a blog I wrote about Michigan’s 10 worst auto insurance companies.
– Steven M. Gursten is recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers in serious car and truck accident injury cases and auto insurance No-Fault litigation. He frequently writes about insurance company abuse and is available for comment.
Related information:
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