Clyde Leglide wrote: >Hello kde-doc-english at kde.org, how are you today? > >I have to file a lawsuit filed against American States insurance, Safeco, by >October 8th 2004, or I lose my right to sue. > >I'm sending you this in hopes that you will take the time to provide me with >some wise counsel, or if'n you should be an Esquire, take this case and >successfully prosecute it. If there is something wrong with this case that >makes it worthless, then let me know that also. Otherwise, I will just tuck my >tail and run taking the offer of $2,700.00 that the insurance company has >offered which I feel is a double slap in the face. > >What kind of country do we really have where people can burn their tongue on a >cup of coffee and be awarded several hundred thousand dollars? Or they get hit >in the face with a chair at a recent baseball game, breaking their nose, and >attorneys start talking about how she is going to get at least $100,000. I >wish my injuries had only been as mild as those. I instead am saddled with >injuries that will severly curtail my quality of life forever, and I can't >even get the inusrance company >to offer me $100.00! > >It's this kind of wicked, devilish, beastly, roguish, greedy, mentality that >is going to tear this apart sooner than you all realize. >Those of us who live honest, drug free, crime free, moral, ethical lives get >stomped in the ground, while the super criminals put on $2,000 suits, and are >given a license to steal this country blind. > >Here is a brief timeline of what happened in my auto accident: > >September 7, 1999 >I had a VA annual physical. My blood sugar was only 134. The doctor said >nothing about me being a diabetic at that time. Everything checked out fine. > >September 30, 1999: > >Departed on vacation for New Orleans with my wife to be. > >Had a great time, eating, drinking, and hitting that nappy dugout in Jackson, >MS, N.O., >Gulfport, MS, Birmingham Al, and Huntsville, AL > >October 8, 1999: > >Arrived back in Cape Girardeau, from vacation feeling great. Turned in Buick >rental car and rented a 2000 Grand Prix GT with about 20 miles on it. > >October 9, 1999 > >I drove out to Staples around 2345 to get some office supplies. I stopped at >the red light and waited for two green left turn arrows to appear. When I saw >the green arrows, I began making my turn. About 2/3rds of the way through the >turn I saw this big hulk rapidly approaching me from the corner of my right >eye. It was a 1992 GMC Safari. The female had failed to stop at the Red light >and had slammed into me going from 45 to 55 miles per hour. > >My car spun around and almost turned over. I was able to limp in to the nearby >McDonalds parking lot, and the woman also stopped. She admitted that she was >looking into her purse to get something for her kids, and didn't notice that >the light was Red. She admitted that to the police office and it is in the >police report. > >October 10, 1999: > >I began having the need to urinate large quantities of urine every 30 minutes >or so. I was also drinking water by the gallons. I found that very odd, but >since it didn't hurt, I just ignored it. Now I realize that was a definite >sign that I had gone into Diabetes Insipidus mode. > >October 12, 1999: > >I was unable to sit up in bed due to massive back pain. My wife had to get in >front of me and pull me up to a sitting position. Once I got my feet on the >floor, I was able to get going eventually. I knew then it was time to go to >the emergency room. > >October 13, 1999: > >I went to both emergency rooms and had them run extensive tests. They claimed >they found nothing; yet I was still urinating constantly. I was in full >diabetic mode and they didn't catch it. > >*** CLYDE *** October 18, 1999 at 11:18am >(1) I made an appointment with John Harding of the Limbaugh, Payne, and Howard >law firm in Cape to handle the auto accident. > >*** CLYDE *** October 28, 1999 at 3:34pm >Called John Harding,. The secretary said that he was out today and tomorrow. >She said he would be back in Monday. Good grief! > >*** CLYDE *** November 1, 1999 at 3:11pm >Called John Harding to ask him to move forward with claim. He wanted me to fax >him all the medical bills. > >*** CLYDE *** November 9, 1999 at 8:00pm >John requested that I fax him the bills? I faxed it to him at 2003 > >*** CLYDE *** November 23, 1999 at 2:37pm >Left message on John H voice mail inquiring as to the status of our claim >against the woman in Scott City. > > >*** CLYDE *** November 30, 1999 at 10:44am >Called him again, and he told me that he wouldn't be able to handle the case >due to their having done work for that insurance company. It would cause a >conflict of interest. > > >March 6, 2000: I became very ill. I was disoriented-oriented and having >trouble breathing. Things kept getting worse so I got in my car and drove to >the emergency room. After a few minutes of poking and testing, the doctor left >for over an hour. When he finally came back he told me that I was in full type >2 diabetic mode with a blood sugar of 460! I was in diabetic mode the day >after the accident, but I didn't recognize the symptoms at the time. > > March 7,2000 > >I went to a civilian doctor the next day and got Amaryl pills to lower my >blood sugar. > >March 8, 2000 > >The VA saw me and set me up on a plan to help me control my diabetes. They >issued me a meter and gave me a long talk about the dangers of Diabetes. They >mentioned that if it wasn't controlled it could cause sexual dysfunction. I >began to tear up because that was the last thing I wanted to happen. I lost >interest in sex not long after the accident and my wife left me for New York. >She was only 35 and not prepared to be in a marriage with a fellow who >couldn't do the nasty. > >January 8, 2001 > >(2) I let attorney Rob H in Sainte Gen take over my law suit against the woman >and American States, Safeco Insurance. > > >March 9, 2000 I am having difficulty driving. Every time I pass an SUV, 18 >wheeler, or a van on a two lane road, I pull way over to the right sometimes >going off the shoulder. I have a huge fear of these vehicles approaching me on >two lane roads. > > > >June 2001: > >Rob H dropped the case after five months. He said he didn't think he could do >anything with it. > > > >(3) *** CLYDE *** December 27, 2001 at 3:50pm >I talked to Jackie at the office. She listened to me for a while and then set >me up with an appointment to see attorney Lisa Lange next week. Their office >is above the Missouri D office on Main street. > >*** CLYDE *** January 8, 2002 at 10:49am >I called to find that I had not rescheduled yet. so Jackie gave me an >appointment for tomorrow. > >*** CLYDE *** February 4, 2002 at 3:07pm > > >*** CLYDE *** April 9, 2002 at 10:24am >I called again and the secretary said Lisa was out of town, but she would talk >to her about my case this afternoon when she returned. > >*** CLYDE *** April 11, 2002 at 4:58pm >I called about five minutes ago and inquired why they were taking so long to >return my calls. After waiting on hold for about five minutes, I was told that >due to her heavy case load she wasn't sure when she would be able to do >anything with my case. So after a long silence I asked the secretary to talk >to her and then get a definite time frame when she would get my case going. >She took my number and hung up. > >(4) *** CLYDE *** September 5, 2002 at 10:59am >Called attorney Dan R > >*** CLYDE *** September 30, 2002 at 1:58pm >I called and made another appointment with them for 10/11. I'm going to go in >there and start from scratch even if I can't find the information with the >reports. > > >*** CLYDE *** November 14, 2002 at 4:38pm >They kept my information about the auto accident for several weeks and then >they sent it back saying that they didn't have time to handle my case. Once >again stalling and wasting my time. > >(5) *** CLYDE *** November 13, 2002 at 5:18pm >Kevin L called now to talk to me about the car accident situation. He wanted >to schedule an appointment with me. I told him that I would mail the stuff to >him as soon as I received a couple of dollars. > > >*** CLYDE *** September 29, 2003 at 9:59am >I Called to ask them about how they use my credit card.The receptionist said >it would only be a one time withdrawal with my approval. > >*** CLYDE *** October 1, 2003 at 9:22am >I'm talking to Kelly now and paying $130.00 to Kevin Lake so he can get moving >on my auto accident case. She is trying to get the payment approved now. It >went through for $130.00 after I gave her my address. > >*** CLYDE (Clyde Lee Benson) *** January 22, 2004 at 6:36pm >I received a letter today from Kevin L. He has sent a second request to the >insurance firm of the woman who ran into me back in 1999. Now he is asking >them to pay my southeast bill and give us 10,000 total. That's not going to >leave me very much after he takes out his 30%. I may wait until he makes a >third request . I want $15,000 for myself after the lawyer has his 35% and >after both hospitals have been paid. I think that is more than fair. He got >busy and made a second request after I called him a couple of weeks ago. > >*** CLYDE (Clyde Lee Benson) *** February 12, 2004 at 4:32pm >He gave me his email address just now. The insurance company contacted Kevin >and told him that they were willing to pay $2,700. Southeast hospital had a >lien for $1,197. so that would leave me only $1,500.00 That was unsatisfactory >to me so I told Kevin that I would not take that offer. At that time Kevin >then resigned from the case. > >I have been trying to find an attorney every since that time. > >I have many expert witnesses waiting to talk to my attorney about making the >connection between the onset of diabetes and the car accident. > >I also have information from the Automobile Safety Council stating that many >people are winning huge lawsuits using the logic that since the van was a GMC >van and the Pontiac was a GMC car, GM is at fault for not building their >smaller cars strong enough to be safe in the event they are struck by a van, >or an SUV. > >The paper work from the public safety council will be sent to you if you >request to see it. They feel I should pursue that angle instead of worrying >about the diabetes connection. I have many expert witnesses ready to talk to >my attorney who agree with me that my diabetes is either a direct result of >the impact from the car accident, or a factor that greatly accelerated my >coming down with it much sooner than I otherwise would have. > > >I'm willing to file a simple suit without doing either as long as the attorney >is good enough to get me more than $ 2,700! > >Would I come out better going to small claims court and filing there? I >believe I can ask for $5,000.00 in that court. > >If a female can be given $100,000 for being struck in the face with a chair at >a baseball game, or several hundred thousand for burning her tongue on coffee >at McDonalds, I certainly feel that I should receive more than $2,700.00 for >the physical, psychological, and emotional injuries I suffered as a result of >this womans carelessness. It is finally becoming perfectly clear to me that >nice guys really do finish last! Just about everyone in this country who has a >million dollars, or more has made it by doing many illegal, and/or immoral >actions. > >They have probably been very ruthless and stomped on many an innocent person >as our current administration is doing. Look at the Enron Execs, the Worldcom >AT&T people bankrupting their company for 4.6 billion, wiping out the life >savings of people, marriages dissolve, people commit suicide, harm others. >These super criminals who get so much respect from the average citizen don't >even do time. Yet the average person like myself who has done 15 years of >military service, never had any major legal problems, never done drugs, kept >my nose clean, just continues to get hammered over and over by this >psychopathic system that seems to reward criminals more than it does upright >people. > >One of those things that make you go hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... > >If you feel you can do that, then contact me immediately. If you don't, then >pass it by. > > >Clyde "LeGlide" Benson > >Office-1-573-837-4092 >Cell 1-573-382-3482 > >_______________________________________________ >kde-doc-english mailing list >kde-doc-english at kde.org >https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-doc-english > > > Well, thats a bit off topic, but this is a prime reason suv/4x4 vehicals should be taken off the road or be restricted to people capable of driving them. I saw a frail old granny driving a new Ford F Truck the other day, she was doing 40km under the speed limit and almost ran off the road on a corner.
Rob
