Re: auto accident 8 2 05
Posted by Jonathan Lawson on 3/10/08
2 words- small print.
2 more words- long winded. On 10/31/07, PAMELA MAYS wrote:
> OCTOBER 31,2007, PAMELA MAYS
> IN JUNE 2003 I WAS HEADED TO WORK AND AN OLDER LADY A
> STATEFARM INSURANCE CARRIER, CAME ACROSS 2 LANES STRIKING MY
> CAR TRYING TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE FROM A DOWNTOWN
LOCATION,
> HERE IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. WHEN SHE HIT ME SHE BROKE MY FRONT
> AXLE AT THE TIME I HAD A PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 2000 IT WAS A
> FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. THIS WAS MY FIRST ACCIDENT I CALLED MY
> INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH WAS LIBERTY MUTUAL AND THEY GAVE ME
2
> OPTIONS AND THAT WAS TO PAY MY DEDUCTIBLE WHICH WAS $300-500
> I'M NOT CERTAIN OR GET THE OTHER INSURANCE COMPANY TO FIX
IT,
> I DIDN'T HAVE THE DEDUCTIBLE AT THE TIME SO I WENT WITH
> STATEFARM PAYING IT, I CALLED THEM AS I WAS INSTRUCTED I
WENT
> TO PICK UP A RENTAL CAR THAT THEY WERE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR
> AND THEY REFERRED ME TO ONE OF THEIR COLLISION CENTERS HERE
> IN BIRMINGHAM ( ADAMSON COLLISION, WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS
> ONE OF THE BEST COLLISION CENTERS THAT STATEFARM INSURANCE
> DEALS WITH, "STATEMENT MADE BY STATEFARM CLAIMERS) AND SAID
> THAT THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, THEN I FOUND OUT
> THAT I CAN TAKE IT TO A PONTIAC DEALER TO HAVE THEM TO FIX
IT
> AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO WITH WHO STATEFARM CHOSE FOR ME, AND
> WHEN I CALLED TO HAVE MY CAR TAKEN TO THE PONTIAC COLLISION
> CENTER I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE ADAMSON COLLISION CENTER
> AUTOMECHANICS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY BEGAN WORKING ON MY CAR
> AND THAT I COULDN'T HAVE IT REMOVED, AND I WAS TOLD ON THE
> PHONE BY THE STATEFARM CLAIMS DEPARTMENT THAT NO WORK COULD
> BE DONE UNLESS I SIGNED AN AGREEMENT STATING THAT THE COULD
> PERFORM THE SERVICES. I HAD NOT SIGNED ANYTHING AND I TOLD
> THEM THAT AT THE COLLISION CENTER WHEN I CALLED BACK THEN I
> WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT BEGUN WORK ON IT, AND THE GUY
> PROMISED ME THAT HE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB ON MY CAR , I
> TRUSTED HIM WHICH BEGAN MY WORST NIGHTMARE, I HAD THE RENTAL
> CAR FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AS THEY WORKED ON MY CAR, AT FIRST
> THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE ORDERED THE WRONG FRONT BUMPER, THAT'S
> WHAT TOOK UP THE FIRST 2 WEEKS, THEY CALLED ME TOLD ME THAT
> MY CAR WAS READY, I WENT TO PICK IT UP AND I DIDN'T TEST
> DRIVE IT, I GOT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND LET THE MECHANIC
> DRIVE MY CAR AND THATS WHEN I NOTICED THERE WAS SOME
> SCRUBBING GOING ON IN THE FRONT AND THE MECHANIC RESPONDED
> THAT THE WHEELBARREN MUST HAVE BEEN TO TIGHT, WE WENT BACK
TO
> THE SHOP AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE
> THE TRANSMISSION( KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG
> WITH MY CAR), THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CHECK IT
OUT,
> THE STATEFARM CLAIM ADJUSTER CAME OUT LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD
> ME THAT THEY WOULD GET MY CAR OFF TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION
> CHECKED, THE STATEFARM ADJUSTER CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT
> HE HAD IT CHECKED AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG(I WAS TOLD
THAT
> MY TRANSMISSION WAS NOT CONNECTED TO MY FRONT WHEEL
DRIVE,AND
> WHEN KNOW THATS A LIE), I GUESS THEY FIGURED SINCE I WAS A
> WOMEN THEY COULD TELL ME THIS, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY
> FATHER WAS AN EX-MECHANIC DUE TO INJURIES, I CALLED AND
ASKED
> WHERE DID THEY TAKE MY CAR, THEY TOOK MY CAR TO ESTES TIRE
> COMPANY, I CALLED THE GUY AT ESTES AND GAVE HIM THE V.I.N.
> NUMBER THAT THEY GAVE ME AND I ASKED HIM WHAT DID HE DO TO
> PERFORM THE TEST ON MY CAR AND HE RESPONED THAT HE DROVE MY
> CAR AROUND THE CORNER SEVERAL TIMES( I HAVE ALL OF THIS
> LOGGED, WITH NAMES,DATES, AND TIMES) ANOTHER WEEK HAD WENT
> BY AND I AM UPSET NOW BECAUSE I FELT THAT THEY WERE GIVING
ME
> THE RUN AROUND. THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO COME AND PICK
> UP MY CAR AGAIN, I WENT AND PICKED UP MY FRIEND SO THAT SHE
> COULD DRIVE THE RENTAL CAR BACK AND I WOULD DRIVE MY CAR
> BACK, THE MECHANIC THIS TIME LET ME DRIVE(WHEN I GOT IN MY
> CAR MY CUP HOLDER WAS ALL MESSED UP,BUT THE DAY OF THE
> ACCIDENT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, SO I ASKED HIM
WHAT
> HAPPENED TO MY CUP HOLDER, WITHIN TWO MINUTES I WAS GETTING
> ANOTHER CUPHOLDER THAT WAS EXACTLY LIKE MINE AND NOTHING
ELSE
> WAS SAID.) SO I'M THINKING NOW THAT THEY MUST HAVE REMOVED
MY
> CUPHOLDER AND USE IT FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE, AS IF I WASN'T
> GOING TO NOTICE IT). HE DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE AGAIN AND IT
> SEEMED TO DRIVE FINE, JUST A LITTLE NOISE NOT TO BAD, BUT I
> WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING AND
> THAT WOULD GO AWAY, SO I AGREED AND WHEN WE RETURNED BACK TO
> THE SHOP I HAD A NEED TO CHECK UNDER THE HOOD AND MY
> WINDSHIELD WIPER JUG WAS STILL LEAKING THIS ALSO OCCURED AT
> THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE TOLD ME TO GO INSIDE THAT THEY
> WOULD FIX IT AND AS I WAS COMING BACK OUT OF THE DOOR I
> OVERHEARD THE MECHANIC ASK THE OTHER MECHANIC DID HE NOT PUT
> A NEW WINDSHIELD WIPER JUG ON MY CAR AND HE SAID NO THAT HE
> PUT A USED ONE ON THERE, I DIDN'T SAY A WORD I JUST WROTE IT
> DOWN AS WELL. I LEFT AGAIN, ANOTHER WEEK WENT BY THEY CALLED
> ME BACK AGAIN TO COME AND GET MY CAR AND AT THIS TIME I AM
> SUSPICIOUS SO I ASKED FOR THE INVOICE FOR THE AXLE FOR MY
> CAR, THE BUMPER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER JUG, NEW FRONT TIRES
> AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT DEALT WITH PARTS AND LABOR FOR MY
CAR,
> THE ONLY INVOICE THAT I RECEIVED WAS FOR THE WINDSHIELD JUG,
> AND THE TWO TIRES AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE REST HAD NOT COME
> IN YET, THEY GAVE ME THE ESTIMATED COST FOR EVERYTHING AND
IT
> WAS OVER $5000 AND I CALLED THE CLAIMS ADJUSTER AND TOLD HIM
> EVERYTHING THAT I AM WRITING NOW, AND I ASKED HIM WHY WAS MY
> CAR NOT TOTALLED OUT BECAUSE I WENT ABOVE THE LIMIT AND HE
> SAID THERE WAS NO NEED TO TOTAL IT OUT THAT EVERYTHING WAS
> FIXED, I WROTE THIS DOWN AS WELL, MY FRIEND GOT IN MY CAR, I
> TOOK THE RENTAL CAR BACK AFTER HAVING IT OVER A MONTH, AND
AS
> SOON AS I TOOK THE RENTAL CAR BACK, AND DROPPED MY FRIEND
OFF
> AT WORK MY CAR STOPPED. I CALLED ADAMSON COLLISION AND
> STATEFARM BACK I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY
> COULD DO, I COULDN'T GET THE RENTAL BACK, BECAUSE THE
MAXIMUM
> TIME FOR THE RENTAL HAD ELASPED SO I WAS STUCK WITH NOTHING
> TO DRIVE, THE MECHANICS AT ADAMSON COLLISION TOLD ME TO STAY
> WHERE I WAS WHICH WAS ONLY 5 MIN AWAY FROM THEIR SHOP, THEY
> CAME OUT GOT UNDER MY CAR WITH A MECHANIC HAMMER AND BEGAN
TO
> BEAT UNDERNEATH MY CAR STATING THAT HE WAS LOOSENING DUST
> FROM FUEL INJECTION LINE, THAT MAY BE WHY IT STOPPED AND
KEEP
> IN MIND THAT MY ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS UNDER MY CAR,
> THEY TOWED MY CAR BACK TO THE SHOP, THE CLAIMER SAID THAT,
IT
> WAS NOT ACCIDENT RELATED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF
> MY POCKET, SO I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR THERE THE PEOPLE FROM
> MOTORMAX CAME OUT AND REPOSSED MY CAR, BECAUSE I REFUSED TO
> PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS SCREWED UP AND PUT ME AND MY
CHILD
> LIFE IN DANGER BECAUSED THEY PUT USED PARTS ON MY CAR, STILL
> TO THIS DAY I DO NOT HAVE THE INVOICES THAT I ASKED FOR,
THEY
> OFFERED ME A SETTLEMENT FOR MY MEDICAL BILLS THAT ONLY
> COVERED THAT, NO EXTRA FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING, I DIDN'T
> ACCEPT THAT OFFER, AND I CALLED THIS YEAR TO ACCEPT THE
OFFER
> BECAUSE MY MEDICAL BILLS HAD NOT BE PAID AND THEY TOLD ME
> THAT I NO LONGER HAD A CLAIM WITH THEM, SO I AM STUCK WITH
> MEDICAL BILLS, I FOUND OUT THAT STATEFARM BROUGHT THE CAR
> FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I AM STILL BEING ASKED TO PAY $1,585
> FOR A CAR THAT I NO LONGER HAVE. STATEFARM DID ME REALLY BAD
> IN THIS CASE AND I AM STUCK WITH NOTHING.(PLEASE SOMEONE
FIND
> ME SOME HELP OR LET ME KNOW IF I CAN BE HELPED)
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