What's really sad is even if she does

Posted By: win, sm on 2008-07-01
In Reply to: True, but she is not going to get that much, - sm -

let's say 5K tops, her attorney will 33% of that. So, now she's down to $3300, and if that includes her medical bills, she will have to reimburse her insurance company, because it is fraud if the settlement designates the money to be allotted for medical bills and she ends up pocketing it.

I don't mean to seem harsh. I really do feel for the child. I just don't see how money is going to make the child feel better. It doesn't sound as if she suffered an extensive bite or will need plastic surgery, as an $800 bill from the hospital wouldn't even cover Tylenol. I doubt she got much more than some antiseptic wash, bandage and maybe a tetanus shot, which she would have gotten anyway if she wasn't up-to-date on it.

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Need to vent sm - MT
- i think you are greedy - me
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- Just Answer The Simple Questions -- - sm
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  - Unbelievable sm - MT
    - Doesn't give the dog a right to bite her??? It's a freakin animal. - sm
    - I agree with you OP... - sm
      - What about lesh laws? - Texas Girl
    - for what it is worth - anon
      - and remember this - cj
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- Your little girl - sm - New York MT
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- The end of a friendship - Chavera
  - I'm sorry you lost a friend sm - MT
    - The dog was nipping at her ankles and you call - that an attack?
      - I agree with above poster.... - sm
  - I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your beloved pet - Kaydie
- If you do get a settlement I would use it to get - sm - XXX
  - Thank you! sm - MT
    - See again, my point is proven - - sm
      - I hope you don't have children nm - MT
        I do and I'm teaching them the morals - you must not have!
        Agreed and.. - cj
- Do they have homeowners insurance? sm - deni
  - I believe they do sm - MT
    - Our dog bit a girl "that was pulling his hurt ear" - and she needed cosmetic surgery.
- I understand your frustration - sm
  - disagree. Their insurance should be secondary sm - deni
  - Thanks for your concern, but sm - MT
    - I do understand. - sm
      - Excuse me! sm - MT
        How exactly is your daughter going - to benefit from going to court over this?
        You have to be kidding me! sm - MT
        maybe it's you... - cj
        I agree..chill out! It's been 2 months already. It is just a dog who knows no better. - nm
        I can't believe you people sm - MT
        If it was really significant, I would - dog bite
        guess what - cj
        I''m done with you! nm - MT
        I'm not kidding you - this happened several months - ago and you say
        That is just wrong. You are assuming these people were going sm - deni
        Her insurance didn't refuse to pay - read some of her replies to me. sm
        It's not fraud sm - MT
        but you do have insurance, it's the same - as if I were to tell the welfare office
        What? - MT
        Yes, that's what's wrong with the system - and you're perpetuating it sm
        Ummmm, I think her point is that they should pay - sm -
        Unfortunately, your scenario is not - the case she presented. sm
        True, but she is not going to get that much, - sm -
        What's really sad is even if she does - win, sm
        One more thing sm - MT
        Again, what will you accomplish by - *settling with homeowners* - money!
        Daughter sm - MT
        what kind of dog is it? - nm
    - kind of similar? - jlg
      - Insurance sm - MT

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