Car Accident?
I was involved in a car accident recently where a woman crossed the double yellow lines while manueurving to make a left-hand turn. She took out my left side of car.
I had my two toddlers in the car with me at the time. The accident seemed minor to me – I checked on my babies immediately while calling the woman who hit me to come back over to the scene of the accident.
She did not and took off and had to be hunted down like a rabid dog by our local and state police.
The police report stated that she went home to call her lawyer to find out if she was in any trouble.
I did not ask for an ambulance because I did not want to make a big deal of the event but I was wrong so very very wrong.
My 15 1/2 month-old daughter was injured. My husband, while preparing her for bed noticed several bruises that would be consistent with where the seatbelt would have been. The very next day those same areas turned into huge welts and they just kept getting bigger and bigger. I immediately
I immediately brought her to our pediatrician and the welts turned out to be hives which I still believe were due to the accident because I tend to do this when I become so overwrought and nervous. He also detected that she had an enlarged spleen. He gave her an anti-histimine for the hives but every since then she throws a fit when I put her in her car seat to go anywhere and she is just so emotional about everything.
To make matters worse, the woman’s insurance company refuses to take responsibility because apparently they don’t have to.
She was arrested after she found because she was driving with an already suspended license.
I called our lawyer who informs me there is nothing that can be done.
I just don’t understand it – I can’t sue her and make her take responsibility and yet people sue and get money over the most supidist of things.
It is obvious to me that unless I force the issue, she will get away scott free with hurting my baby – I cannot tell you how angry
and upset I have been over this whole situation. I cry constantly for fear of my little girl and when the insurance company finally came to inspect the damage, I had to excuse myself to get her because she had woke up screaming and when I came out I found the bastard in my car.
Once again the violation I felt was just magnified.
Do any of you have any advise on what I can do to force these people to take responsibility to make amends.
All I am doing while I even write this is just keep crying because I had to bring my daughter back to her doctor today because ever since the accident her stools have been extremely dark and I am just living in fear, hurt, and anger. I was told by my insurance company that if I go through them, that my rates go up and we are just barely making it as it is.
What do I do? Can I do anything? What would you do? How would you handle it?
PLEASE I NEED YOU HELP!!!!.
P.S. Her company is Allstate, if you have them get rid of them now
For any of those who believe it is okay to enter another person’s vehicle without their permission you are delusional. He did not need to enter my car for any reason – anything he might need to know is on record or could have been asked. Period.
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