To give a few quick, important facts about my case:
I was rear-eneded by a semi-truck driver who was talking on his cell phone and was not paying attention to where he was going.
My car was totalled, I had to be removed from the vehicle by the ambulance team because I could not support my head
I had gone to the emergency room and no fractures were found... it was all soft tissue problems.
I went to physical therapy for 3 months, chiropracter for 7-8... BUT there was a lag of time in between the first chiropracter i saw and the second. If it matters, it was because I had lost interest in going to chiropracters because the first one was horrible. After being convinced to seek treatment with another one, I did not receive spinal manipulations but I did receive trigger point therapy and it helped A LOT.
My chiropracter reffered me to a group of "specialists" for fibromyalgia to determine if I had it or not. They concluded that I just had dispersed ligamental strain.
There was no other real treatment that was received... the only other Dr. I saw was for a referral to see a PT.
My question is:
With cases like these... what should I expect to get from a jury trial?
My lawyer is telling me that (if i settle out of court) they will pay for all my medical bills and that I will receive 2800 for pain and suffering... BUT i don't think he figured his fees into that so I could end up owing him as much as (or more) what I would be getting for pain and suffering. So in the end, I would be paying for something that was not even my fault! I don't really see how this is fair or how it could make much sense.
Is this typically what happens? He says that if I decide not to settle and go to trial, I could only expect to get at the most 2500 ... and that wouldn't even cover all of my medical bills.
HELP PLEASE!
I was rear-eneded by a semi-truck driver who was talking on his cell phone and was not paying attention to where he was going.
My car was totalled, I had to be removed from the vehicle by the ambulance team because I could not support my head
I had gone to the emergency room and no fractures were found... it was all soft tissue problems.
I went to physical therapy for 3 months, chiropracter for 7-8... BUT there was a lag of time in between the first chiropracter i saw and the second. If it matters, it was because I had lost interest in going to chiropracters because the first one was horrible. After being convinced to seek treatment with another one, I did not receive spinal manipulations but I did receive trigger point therapy and it helped A LOT.
My chiropracter reffered me to a group of "specialists" for fibromyalgia to determine if I had it or not. They concluded that I just had dispersed ligamental strain.
There was no other real treatment that was received... the only other Dr. I saw was for a referral to see a PT.
My question is:
With cases like these... what should I expect to get from a jury trial?
My lawyer is telling me that (if i settle out of court) they will pay for all my medical bills and that I will receive 2800 for pain and suffering... BUT i don't think he figured his fees into that so I could end up owing him as much as (or more) what I would be getting for pain and suffering. So in the end, I would be paying for something that was not even my fault! I don't really see how this is fair or how it could make much sense.
Is this typically what happens? He says that if I decide not to settle and go to trial, I could only expect to get at the most 2500 ... and that wouldn't even cover all of my medical bills.
HELP PLEASE!