A dentist I had visited a while back had sent me a "balance forward" statement 3 years after the last data of service, immediately followed by a completely erroneous itemized bill and an unauthorized charge on one of my credit cards within their file for the amount stated on their bill.
At the time of the treatment, all the out-of pocket expenses were verbally negotiated and paid up front.
It took me months to clean this up and get the charge to be reversed on my credit card.
One year after this incident, the doctor had filled a lawsuit against me seeking payment for this factious billing. I had to show up three times in court, to answer the complaint, once the case was adjourned as the plaintiffs attorney had filled for application and for the trial itself. The judgment was in my favor and did not have to pay a dime.
I had a lot of patience, did not hire an attorney and went through all this on my own ... after all this was over, I concluded that at least I could post a review against this doctor about the negative experience I had with him, which I did.
Among others I had mentioned that this doctor will persuade you for unnecessary treatment, that this billing records are a mess and his unprofessionalism will make you sick to your stomach. My user id was my first name, my last initial. A week later there was a comment posted under my review by the plaintiff's attorney advising me to take my defamatory statements somewhere else and that I would be a happier person if I would've paid my bills!
In the meanwhile I have removed my review, just because I don't want to hear anything from this doctor, nor his attorney … he had mentioned "defamation", so I was worried that they could file a lawsuit on this ground. Is this possible? Can we even post a review now days and which are honestly describing what I had to go through?
Looking forward to your response
At the time of the treatment, all the out-of pocket expenses were verbally negotiated and paid up front.
It took me months to clean this up and get the charge to be reversed on my credit card.
One year after this incident, the doctor had filled a lawsuit against me seeking payment for this factious billing. I had to show up three times in court, to answer the complaint, once the case was adjourned as the plaintiffs attorney had filled for application and for the trial itself. The judgment was in my favor and did not have to pay a dime.
I had a lot of patience, did not hire an attorney and went through all this on my own ... after all this was over, I concluded that at least I could post a review against this doctor about the negative experience I had with him, which I did.
Among others I had mentioned that this doctor will persuade you for unnecessary treatment, that this billing records are a mess and his unprofessionalism will make you sick to your stomach. My user id was my first name, my last initial. A week later there was a comment posted under my review by the plaintiff's attorney advising me to take my defamatory statements somewhere else and that I would be a happier person if I would've paid my bills!
In the meanwhile I have removed my review, just because I don't want to hear anything from this doctor, nor his attorney … he had mentioned "defamation", so I was worried that they could file a lawsuit on this ground. Is this possible? Can we even post a review now days and which are honestly describing what I had to go through?
Looking forward to your response