<p>RE: allergies and chiroprators-- I have been helped greatly with allergies. </p>
<p>My SIL has a chiro for her bull dog. Helps Beulah breathe better, walk better and improves her nasty disposition.</p>
<p>Maybe she has a nasty disposition because someone named her Beulah :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Wow, I couldn’t believe all the pages since I retired last night!</p>
<p>Chedva, the court case that I just did jury duty for was exactly what you described. Soft tissue injury. Plaintiff (found this out after trial was over) had refused large settlement from auto insurance company that paid all medical/chiropractic, missed work, etc plus a small pad for pain and suffering. She had refused that, sued asking for much more…and ended up with 1/5 of original offer from insurance. Sometimes greed doesn’t pay.</p>
<p>Hi mkm-
Too bad for that plaintiff. Costs for the attorney often double when the case actually goes to court, so when all was said and done, he/she likely got even less than that 20% figure of the original settlement offer (depends on when in the process the offer was made). And they even initially offered a little extra for pain and suffering? Many states cap that now. I am not doubting that the person was injured, and that is a shame. Often the initial setlement offers are very low fromthe insu co, but they do frequwently try to settle before it goes to court. If the accident truly wrecked the person’s life, that is unfortunate, but it soulnd like , in your jury’s opinion,the evidence wasnt there. Did they argue loss of consortium too? (thats when the spouse has lost, errr… well… umm…shall we say the ability to participate in relations with their partner). I always wondered how they put a dollar figure on that… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>No, no loss of marital bliss. And only 6 days work missed. Accident was 3 years ago and the injured party admitted to no problems lasting longer than 3 months post accident. No way to find out but I really wonder if plaintiff was influenced by attorney to go for more–this firm is one of those with “slip and fall” ads everywhere (you know the ones that if you don’t win money, you don’t pay). I guess if they go for the big bucks and only win a small percentage of the cases, the volume more than makes up for it.</p>
<p>mkm56-
Did youhappen to know how often the “slip and fall” attorney firm worked with the particular chiropractor that htreated the client? How was the plaintiff referred to the chiropractor? Sometimes attorneys suggest that the client call a certain doctor, or suggest thsty ask thir PCP to refer them to a particular doctor. Just wondering…</p>
<p>jym, it was left vague, but the chiropractor admitted to sending histories on “most” of his auto accident patients to this one firm. I would assume under Hippa that he could not do this without the patient’s consent, so the patient I guess was asked if they had pursued legal advice and then this firm was suggested?</p>
<p>Hmmm, mkm. So it was the other way around. The chiropractor referred to the attorney? Wonder if he’ll get a trip to Vail too, like the one I know??
Now before I get flamed again, I know that there are plenty of good providers out there, and many have been described on this thread. And, if your implications are correct, maybe this chiro thought he was doing the patient some good if he referred to to the attorney. Then again, maybe the attorney advertises on teh Divorce Court daytime tv shows, and the patient called. Who knows, Either way, doesnt sound like it worked out that way in the long run as far as the cash settlement went.</p>
<p>By the way, if the chiro sent the records upon release of the client, it could still be the attorney who referred to the chiro in the first place. The attorney would still have to request the records formally, with a release signed by the patient.</p>