RTP-area local music and culture

["Anne Gomez" <annemgomez AT hotmail.com>]

There must be a contest among SUV owners involving flattening little cars 
because almost the same thing happened to me right before Thanksgiving.  A 
Duke student in a GMC Yukon, which in my memory is now the biggest car ever 
made, made a left turn from the right lane right in front of me on Guess Rd 
and I hit him.  Very little happened to his big dopey gus guzzler, but my 
beautiful little 1991 Mazda 323 was of course history.  No one was hurt, 
except I had a bruised knee.

I'm a lawyer but I don't know much about traffic accidents.  (If you are 
ever appealing after being sentenced to death, I might be able to help you 
out).  I just dealt with the insurance companies and his company supplied a 
rental car (it was very, very clearly his fault, cop said so in report, but 
didn't give him a ticket).  I got more money than I thought I would for my 
little car, but of course not really enough to buy another one.  But I 
wasn't injured in any significant way.  If my finger got broken, I think I 
would have gotten a lawyer.

Good luck.





> From: "5er (martin)" <mdhall005 AT yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: CH-SCENE <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: (OT) soliciting advice
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:12:38 -0800 (PST)
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> So I have a bit of a dilema and since I value the
> opinions and advice of the fine folks on this list, I
> thought I would pick your brains for a second.
>
> The situation is this...
>
> About two weeks ago, I was involved in an automobile
> accident.  Some yahoo in a Ford Explorer ran a red
> light and basically demolished my poor little Dodge
> Neon.  It was never a fair fight.  My Neon was left as
> a crumpled piece of scrap metal, while the guy was
> able to drive his Explorer home afterwards.  Luckily,
> no one was seriously injured (thank god i did not have
> a passenger) but i did suffer a broken finger (don't
> ask me how, i have no idea) that warranted a trip to
> the hosptial, eventual surgery, and a lot of general
> discomfort and a over all pain in the ass...in a
> manner of speaking.
>
> My question is this, now that i have all this stuff to
> deal with - medical bills, lost time at work, a
> crumpled car that is surely totaled - and at this
> point  its basically me vs this guy's insurance
> company, would it be smart move for me to get a
> lawyer?  and if so, would anyone have any
> recommendations on who i should call?
>
> I've never dealt with anything like this before so I'm
> not even entirely sure of my options.  But I figure
> some amongst you might have found yourselves in
> similiar situations in the past and might have some
> good advice.  I really don't want and cannot afford to
> get screwed on this one.
>
> Feel free to email me off list if you have any advice,
> and thanks in advance to any who might have feedback.
>
> Hope everyone has some festive, happy and safe
> holidaze!
>
> -5er (martin)
>
>
>
>
> =====
> "A boy wants a car from his dad.
>  Dad says, first you got to cut that hair.
>  Boys says, hey dad Jesus had long hair.
>  Dad says, That's right son, and Jesus walked everywhere."
> - David Berman/The Silver Jews
>
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