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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