Judge Decides Not to
The more I think about it, the angrier I get! How can you finally make it to trial (years after an accident), go through 2 days of testimony and pompous rituals that only attorneys enjoy, repeating what has already been rehashed in deposition after deposition only to end with “I’ll take it under advisement”? No decision, no finality, no “you win / you lose”, nothing?
The issue of guilt or innocence was never a legal debate. Admission of responsibility was clear and unquestioned from day one. This was simply about the money. Who was going to pay the bills? Since it now gets down to three separate insurance carriers, the fact that a persons life (not to mention a family) is ruined, his career is over, he is crippled for life and continues to suffer pain he previously didn’t know was possible is immaterial. Judges, especially federal court judges, are clearly tied to the purse strings of insurance interests. Lawyers (aka blood sucking scum) are simply players in a “process” where they can actually be friends with each other but act like adversaries in court and in front of clients. I now fully appreciate and underestimated the call to vigilantism.
[Note, the judge took 10 months to finally render a verdict after trial...which was nearly three years after the accident...only to start another round of settlement discussions between lawyers and insurance companies! My disdain for this profession has been validated.]
Tags: accident, depression
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