I had a worker's Comp. case that was labeled as a "Slam dunk" case by several legal advisors, but my attorney's lack of actions forced me to settle for minimal compensation.
My case was already approved by the State of Ca. to be awarded and mandated the company to make biweekly payments to me. After all the case denial tactics and failing to make payments to me did I decide to hire my attorney. My case was riddled with broken law sanctions and reprimands by the judge for the defendant's bad faith practices prior to hiring him as well. Once hired, I continually had to call the adjuster for whereabouts of my bi-weekly check and follow up with my attorney with the progress of the case. I was to receive penalties of 20 % for any late payment, but only received excuses that my check was sent on time, US. mail was to blame from the adjuster and support for that theory from my attorney. He never once requested explanation for the late payment pattern.
Three different attorney's took over the case for the insured during a 2-year delay fiasco, with several continuations requests from the insured. Each new attorney started the case fresh with discovery everytime one took over without any objections or case review requests from my attorney. We finally settled last year in April with my attorney taking his fees from me when it was agreed that the insured was responsible for my fees. Not once was my requests for penalties recognized.
Is this enough for a case against my attorney for mal-practice? My attorney did not do anything in the case except for depos taken and rescheduling settlement conferences. My file and all the other discovery was prepared by myself, with my attorney using my created file as his master file in the case. Also, is there a statute of limitations for seeking a case against my attorney?
My case was already approved by the State of Ca. to be awarded and mandated the company to make biweekly payments to me. After all the case denial tactics and failing to make payments to me did I decide to hire my attorney. My case was riddled with broken law sanctions and reprimands by the judge for the defendant's bad faith practices prior to hiring him as well. Once hired, I continually had to call the adjuster for whereabouts of my bi-weekly check and follow up with my attorney with the progress of the case. I was to receive penalties of 20 % for any late payment, but only received excuses that my check was sent on time, US. mail was to blame from the adjuster and support for that theory from my attorney. He never once requested explanation for the late payment pattern.
Three different attorney's took over the case for the insured during a 2-year delay fiasco, with several continuations requests from the insured. Each new attorney started the case fresh with discovery everytime one took over without any objections or case review requests from my attorney. We finally settled last year in April with my attorney taking his fees from me when it was agreed that the insured was responsible for my fees. Not once was my requests for penalties recognized.
Is this enough for a case against my attorney for mal-practice? My attorney did not do anything in the case except for depos taken and rescheduling settlement conferences. My file and all the other discovery was prepared by myself, with my attorney using my created file as his master file in the case. Also, is there a statute of limitations for seeking a case against my attorney?
