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Q. I was injured last year, can i claim for income replacement benefits?

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Q. How 2 no if my ambulance-chasing lawyer's doing me right?

- a close friend of mine was recently involved in a severe auto accident in which he was not at fault. he was working/on-the-clock at the time of the accident. a compact car had a blow-out on its doughnut while passing on the shoulder at a very high rate of speed. the tire blew when the driver, who had no drivers license, or it was suspended- he'd only been out of prison for a month...over-corrected when the doughnut blew when it dropped off the shoulder. my friend was driving a 1-ton dually pulling a 10,000 bumper-pull trailer. he had his seat belt on and his air bags both deployed. upon impact, the truck spun off from the trailer, rolled two times and slammed to a stop against a fence, resting on its drivers side. my friend's ankle was pinned down near the brake pedal. the compact car hit my friend head-on at approximately 88 m.p.h., spun around and hit the trailer, also in the front of the compact car. the entire front end of the car was gone. the car's engine skidded several hundred yards down the road and came to rest, still on fire. the passenger, who owned the car, was deceased, because she was crushed from the neck down. her boyfriend was flown from the scene. his legs were crushed, he had some other gruesome injuries, and was in a coma for 3 days. he's currently facing 5 different charges. one will be some sort of manslaughter. i cannot remember the proper legal term, but to describe it here, if the toxicology test comes back negative, it'll be involuntary murder and if the toxicology test comes back positive, it'll be voluntary murder. my friend's employer had workman's comp, so my friends medical bills are taken care of, 100%. he's also drawing a good % of his salary so he's not hurting for money right now. he suffered superficial contusions and a severely broken leg which required 2 surgeries because in days gone-by, before the 2 surgery system, this kind of break had a 50% chance of requiring amputation. consequently, he's now got so many pins in his leg, it literally looks like the eiffel tower, or maybe a knitting patter for a nice sweater. he has more pin than bone in his lower leg. no one has mentioned anything about removing these. he's been told that if he follows the doctor's orders, he won't need physical therapy. no one has mentioned anything about him not being able to do everything he did previously. his job isn't riding a pogo stick or anything that would specifically stress that part of his leg. my friend has an attorney, but recently found out that the attorney wasn't representing him for his personal property. that's not really a big deal, but now he's wondering what he should have asked to clarify this, or what he should be asking along the way. for instance, he hasn't been told how much the atty. is seeking on his behalf. all he has been told is: this is a claim right now. if the insurance company denies it, then it becomes a lawsuit. insurance companies usually pay claims, rather than take them to court, when there is a fatality. the atty. gets 1/3. workman's comp gets reimbursed 2nd, after the atty. gets paid. my friend keeps whatever is left over. he's not after a settlement, he just wanted someone involved in his medical care who had his best interest at heart, so to speak. the case is in texas. if this was your lawyer, what would you be asking/doing, in general? he's just looking for some experience to draw upon, if nothing else, he says.

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