| back to American Contractors in Iraq Clues that your DBA Attorney is not working in your best interest AIG and CNA's defense lawyers know who these attorneys are and know what they can get away with if you are being represented by one of them |
The following clues that your lawyer is not working in your best interest are from real clients with some of the biggest names in the Defense Base Act Attorney line up. We couldn't make it up this badly. Our favorite: Fly your client from his hometown in North Carolina, or somewhere in Arkansas to Houston Texas for a psychological examination and administration of the MMPI and Fake Bad Scale by the notorious insurance company defense doctor. The "Dr" admittedly knows nothing about PTSD, his background is in pharmacology. The claimant is not required to travel out of his geographic area for IME's by the insurance companies favorite patsy. Your lawyer fails to mention that the fake bad scale had been thrown out in three cases/courts before these. Your lawyer changes the jurisdiction of your claim without asking you. Your claim is in the jurisdiction of your residence. Your lawyer does not read the DSMIV and consequently does not challenge the defense shrink on delayed onset in any of his cases. Your lawyer tells you the defense wants to postpone your hearing but when you see the paperwork at a later date you see that it states the claimant asked for the postponement. Each time your DBA Attorney contacts you it's as though it's the first time. Are you thinking to yourself Deja Vu , that you are sure we went over all of this many times before? Are you wondering why nothing has been done to forward your claim? It's probably because nothing is being done. But he will be filing for payment on those phone calls. Your lawyer sends you a stipulation agreement that the defense attorney wrote up and includes a cover letter recommending that you sign it and return it promptly. The agreement if full of errors and omissions and actually has you owing the insurance company money. Your lawyer is going to charge you 20% of your settlement and tells you its a bargain. He doesn't tell you that the insurance company is supposed to pay for your lawyer. Your lawyer doesn't tell you about your formal hearing and misses it himself. You find out in the mail that your claim was denied. Your lawyer tells a third party that you are faking PTSD. Your lawyer tells you that you are fat and lazy and should get a job. You answer discovery questions and your lawyer forwards the notes you send him directly to the defense attorney as the official answers.. Your lawyer sits there in a hearing and allows the insurance company defense lawyer to shred you, humiliate you and does nothing to stop it or defend you. Your lawyer allows the defense to claim that you learned how to fake PTSD by coming to American Contractors in Iraq without any protest. Someone contacts your lawyer with vital information regarding your claim and he chooses not to tell you about it nor does he act on it. You lose your case. Same lawyer accepts a check for thousands of dollars from you after whining about how much it cost him to lose your case. Your lawyer recommends only filing a claim on part of your injuries. Your lawyer refuses to request records vital to your claim. Your lawyer doesn't read your file because "it's too big". Your lawyer recommends going for the "blended" approach in determining your Average Weekly Wage because that is the trend, not because it's right. He's actually part of creating this trend by allowing it rather than fighting for what his client should get. Your lawyer agrees with the Judge that you lied about seeing a doctor for PTSD. There was a typo on the date of the paperwork. This paperwork was presented to the judge in violation of discovery but your lawyer does not protest. Your lawyers says this to the media Some DBA lawyers argued that insurance companies are just doing their job when they take the time to investigate claims. “That’s the insurance business,” commented XXXXX XXXXXX, an attorney in Dania Beach, Fla., whose firm has represented about 200 workers. “They are entitled to determine a causal relationship.” . |
| Worse than having just done more harm to their clients than good These very lawyers have requested payment for this negligence out of any reward a claimant may be able to salvage out of the mess after they fire them. The claimant will not be asked about the circumstances or what the lawyer failed to do. The statutes put the responsibility for legal fees on the insurance company except for a few circumstances which we will get into more detail with soon. The defense attorneys are getting away with this trend to put an added burden onto the already financially ruined injured employee Where is the DoL? |
