http://www.pissd.com/2009/08/social-security-administration-settles-500m-class-action-claim/ About the ways injured and disabled persons are mistreated by governments and insurance companies. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.pissd.com/2009/08/social-security-administration-settles-500m-class-action-claim/comment-page-1/#comment-8744 Bob Kraft Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:50:32 +0000 http://www.pissd.com/?p=2730#comment-8744 Good point. My favorite story about that was when I was interviewing a potential new client, an older lady, who was in a car wreck. I asked if her car was badly damaged, and she said "No, all the damage was done to me honey." People can be severely injured even when there is no visible property damage, due to the design of modern bumpers. But the insurance carriers always take the position that you can be hurt if your car isn't badly damaged. On the other hand, they always say that a badly damaged car is not necessarily an indication that the occupant was badly injured... Good point. My favorite story about that was when I was interviewing a potential new client, an older lady, who was in a car wreck. I asked if her car was badly damaged, and she said “No, all the damage was done to me honey.” People can be severely injured even when there is no visible property damage, due to the design of modern bumpers. But the insurance carriers always take the position that you can be hurt if your car isn’t badly damaged. On the other hand, they always say that a badly damaged car is not necessarily an indication that the occupant was badly injured…

]]> http://www.pissd.com/2009/08/social-security-administration-settles-500m-class-action-claim/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 Thomas Moseley Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:57:44 +0000 http://www.pissd.com/?p=2730#comment-8717 I can't count the times a claims adjuster insisted that a person can't be injured because of little damage to the automobile. Let's see...A car is made of steel and plastic, and a human is made of flesh and bones. Hmmm. I had a client whose leg got pinned between the bumpers of two vehicles. Absolutely no damage whatever to the vehicles. So no damage to her, right? I can’t count the times a claims adjuster insisted that a person can’t be injured because of little damage to the automobile. Let’s see…A car is made of steel and plastic, and a human is made of flesh and bones. Hmmm. I had a client whose leg got pinned between the bumpers of two vehicles. Absolutely no damage whatever to the vehicles. So no damage to her, right?

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