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Just a quick update
Went to the doc on day 4. He checked me over and shot a couple of X-rays. Looking at the film he found a small bone chip in my hip - which explains the shooting pain from time to time. Possibly a slipped disk in my neck but I'll find that out in a day or two for sure.
Now that I have the report in hand, it clearly states it was her fault and that the officer issued her two tickets. The first for improper lane change (no signal - she admitted to that I guess). The other for not rendering aid; as it was just the two of us still sitting on the shoulder once the witnesses went to work prior to the EMT arriving at the scene and she didn't get out of the car at all.
With that said, I was contacted by an attorney who will file on her insurance to fix the bike and replace my gear free of charge, as a courtesy. They also ensure they will get her insurance to cut a check to me for the fix, versus me and the repair shop, which is what I really want. The deal is, they want the opportunity to also pursue any lost wages, cost of a rental car, any medical expenses and what I can only think is "punitive damages" over those costs (which is where they make their money) - again free of charge theoretically. Basically anything over the costs/bills (doc, rental car, etc) they want 33.3% of that remainder. This sounds more than reasonable to me as that action will probably recover a little bit more than I need to heal up and fix the bike AND it keeps me from having to spend time doing the busy work of negotiating with the insurance and being lowballed repeatedly. Anyone dealt with this type of thing? I looked over the paperwork and the like and it all seems to be on the up-n-up. I'm seriously considering it.
My only concern is any "bad ju-ju". Simply, I don't want it nor need it. I had a buddy (who's slowly working himself out of buddy status) tell me to scrape my helmet up so I could get it painted or replaced but I'm not about to do that shady crap. I want my ride to be fixed for what was damaged in the accident. Nothing more, nothing less. Normally, I wouldn't have even considered the additional damages to me given how relatively minor they are in comparison to what they could have been and would have just gone through the insurance to fix the bike - but she tried to run and showed a considerable lack of concern. I think that is what really fires me up the most. So, the gloves are off, I guess. Your thoughts?
A side note... I'm really having a hard time not thinking about the mods that I could make to the busa and the paint I've wanted to get done for a while if I received a decent award on the claim & damages. I really want to remain focused on doing the right thing and not in having any delight in my misfortune nor any misfortune she may suffer. So, please refrain from trying to cheer me up with the "think of what you could get" type of responses for now. I'm sure those will come later and will be the lemonade to the lemons I'd like to concentrate on now; no pun intended.
HT
Went to the doc on day 4. He checked me over and shot a couple of X-rays. Looking at the film he found a small bone chip in my hip - which explains the shooting pain from time to time. Possibly a slipped disk in my neck but I'll find that out in a day or two for sure.
Now that I have the report in hand, it clearly states it was her fault and that the officer issued her two tickets. The first for improper lane change (no signal - she admitted to that I guess). The other for not rendering aid; as it was just the two of us still sitting on the shoulder once the witnesses went to work prior to the EMT arriving at the scene and she didn't get out of the car at all.
With that said, I was contacted by an attorney who will file on her insurance to fix the bike and replace my gear free of charge, as a courtesy. They also ensure they will get her insurance to cut a check to me for the fix, versus me and the repair shop, which is what I really want. The deal is, they want the opportunity to also pursue any lost wages, cost of a rental car, any medical expenses and what I can only think is "punitive damages" over those costs (which is where they make their money) - again free of charge theoretically. Basically anything over the costs/bills (doc, rental car, etc) they want 33.3% of that remainder. This sounds more than reasonable to me as that action will probably recover a little bit more than I need to heal up and fix the bike AND it keeps me from having to spend time doing the busy work of negotiating with the insurance and being lowballed repeatedly. Anyone dealt with this type of thing? I looked over the paperwork and the like and it all seems to be on the up-n-up. I'm seriously considering it.
My only concern is any "bad ju-ju". Simply, I don't want it nor need it. I had a buddy (who's slowly working himself out of buddy status) tell me to scrape my helmet up so I could get it painted or replaced but I'm not about to do that shady crap. I want my ride to be fixed for what was damaged in the accident. Nothing more, nothing less. Normally, I wouldn't have even considered the additional damages to me given how relatively minor they are in comparison to what they could have been and would have just gone through the insurance to fix the bike - but she tried to run and showed a considerable lack of concern. I think that is what really fires me up the most. So, the gloves are off, I guess. Your thoughts?
A side note... I'm really having a hard time not thinking about the mods that I could make to the busa and the paint I've wanted to get done for a while if I received a decent award on the claim & damages. I really want to remain focused on doing the right thing and not in having any delight in my misfortune nor any misfortune she may suffer. So, please refrain from trying to cheer me up with the "think of what you could get" type of responses for now. I'm sure those will come later and will be the lemonade to the lemons I'd like to concentrate on now; no pun intended.
HT