Originally Posted by
MikeB525
Exactly. A 4th year Comair FO makes about $45K. Yea, sounds like he has tons of assets that they can take (extreme sarcasm). The lawyers are greedy and dishonest but they're not stupid. They know this guy basically has no money. Naming him as a defendant only serves as personal harrassment.
In a related story, did you know that in the American civil court system a plaintiff can openly lie and get away with it as long as they're not under oath?? Heres some proof from the lawsuit I'm involved in from my car accident 3.5 years ago: Turns out the accident didn't cause any of the abdominal problems the plaintiff is having. They're all from degenerative disease. In fact, it turns out the plaintiff has a long documented history of abdominal and also psychiatric problems dating back well before the accident. But she and her lawyer claim otherwise in the law suit. There's no way in hell her medical history "slipped her mind" when she filed that suit. She knew exactly what she was doing and that she was making it all up. But because the peperwork involved in filing the suit does not constitute "under oath", she's allowed to get away with the fraud.
As for personal harrassment, it's alot of anxiety for a 21 year old college kid. Just last night I took my first dose of Lexapro (anti-anxiety medication) and my medical is now officially void. I've been forced to give up flying for a year all because a scumbag lawyer agreed to prosicute an openly phony case. I hope all these lawyers get theirs in the afterlife.
Mike, people will always sue and make phony claims. When I was just a couple of years older than you, some guy tried to sue me for a car accident as well. I was on my way to work in the ER and it was pouring rain. Instead of pulling over to the side, the guy in front of me decides to stop suddenly in the center lane of the freeway. As soon as I saw his brake lights, I immediately hit mine, only to find the pedal flopping to the floor in my old car. My brakes had failed, the hydraulic lines had snapped according to the mechanics. Fortunately I was driving at a slow rate of speed because of the hard driving rain and didn't hit him all that hard. Of course, the guy said he had whiplash and other injuries caused by the accident. Someone I knew happened to know the guy I hit and told me that apparently he found out that I was married to an MD. What he didn't know is that my MD husband had just finished medical school, was starting his first year of a four year residency and didn't have a dime to his name. I was working in the ER to pay off his 100 grand in medical school loans.
In addition to his alleged whiplash, he tried to sue me for bone spurs in his elbow, also wanted me to pay for his newly installed jacuzzi that he "needed" for physical therapy, and the new water bed that he bought in order to sleep...LOL...you don't have to be an MD to know that bone spurs aren't caused by an auto accident.
On the day I was served my lawsuit, 2 years later, I happen to be 9 months pregnant with our first son. I was so upset that I went into labor. Try not to let this bother you and just let your insurance company handle it. My insurance company determined that the guy was full of sh*t, threw him a few thousand dollars to make him go away, and that was it. People get sued all the time and like someone else here said, much of the time the lawsuit just fades into oblivion. I would try meditation and yoga first to deal with your anxiety instead of the pills, and let the insurance company's lawyers handle it. That is what you pay your premiums for.
Good luck and Merry Christmas Mike!