A long time ago, probably 15 years ago, I was in a car accident. I was hit by an impaired driver. It happened on a long weekend during the 1st of August. I had my 3 granddaughters in the car with me. It was a nightmare. We waited 3 or 4 hours for the police. Thankfully the girls were not hurt. I thought I was fine also, but sometime that night I developed neck and back pain. I did go and see my Dr., after some time it was decided by him that I had soft tissue damage. I had all kinds of treatment for this injury. Eventually I went to a personal injury lawyer, initially because I was so angry with my own Insurance Company. At that time my job involved mainly sitting, taking a few notes and listening. At home housework, particularly vacuuming and reaching over my head was very painful. I kept getting telephone calls while at my place of work from a woman who worked for my own Insurance Company asking me why if I could go to work, then why couldn't I do my own vacuuming and housework. I told her nicely the first 3 or 4 times that my job didn't include pushing a vacuum or reaching over my head..Finally on the 7th or 8th call telephone call to me at my office I told her I wasn't the f@#king janitor, then I hung up and made the lawyer appt.
The point I am taking so long to make here is that my lawyer told me I should sue the Insurance Company of the other driver, that I had a good case and would no doubt get a settlement. However, I was to old to go for really big money. I did recieve a reasonable amount of money. What began to bother me a short time later was the age issue thing. Who gets to decide that the last 20 or 10 or perhaps 30 years of your life is worth less (worthless) than the first years of your life. It is my opinion that the older the person the more they should be worth, and that isn't the opinion of a 70 Something Woman, I have always felt that way. I am not finished with this subject but done enough for tonight.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011....................11:53p.m.
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