Re: OT: bad week- need to play in dirt

What a freak.
Do you not have ANY recourse since this was clearly her fault? 
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: "GardenChat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:38 PM
Subject: [CHAT] OT: bad week- need to play in dirt


> Hi all-
> Sorry I haven't been too active on the list lately work + school gets 
> kind of overwhelming...and then add in the new nightmare I have found 
> myself in.  Allow me to vent:
> 
> Last friday headed from a school over to work, some lunatic woman ran 
> across a very busy road (the hospital is located there) without paying 
> any attention (or perhaps on purpose) and RAN INTO the drivers side of 
> my car.  This was while I was driving down the road!  Yes, she was on 
> foot, and yes I slammed on my brakes and swerved away from her as much 
> as possible as soon as I saw her- but she was only about 2 steps from my 
> car when she was visible to me, because of all of the other traffic on 
> the road.  Scared me to death- I screamed when she hit my car, even 
> though she did not.  She apparently wasn't severely injured, as she then 
> ran up to my passenger side window and said "I'm Ok" before I even had 
> time to get out of the car.  She refused togo  to the emergency room and 
> just kept saying she had to "check in at school" and left with someone 
> she seemed to know.  I got her name and phone number before she left.  I 
> went directly to work, which was right around the corner and called the 
> police, insurance company etc.  I didn't realize it until I parked at 
> work that she had actually dented the side of my car! Well, my hunch was 
> correct, and so this week I have been dealling with her husband calling 
> my work saying she is in the hospital, the sherriff's dept wanting a 
> statement (I've called them back 3 times and still they haven't returned 
> my messages), etc. etc.  What a total pain in the neck-  I am just 
> furious about this.  Today I got the phone call from one of those smarmy 
> TV personal injury lawsuit lawyers.  My auto insurance is of course 
> handling it, but still- I've had to waste hours on the phone dealing 
> with this, she sacred the daylights out of me in the first place, and 
> I'm going to end up paying $250 deductible for my insurance due to her 
> reckless behavior (and I'm sure my insurace premium is going to go 
> up!).   Who the heck over 3 years of age runs headlong into the street?  
> Oh- I forgot the best part- about 20 minutes after the accident last 
> friday- her Drug Court Probation Officer called to confirm that this 
> woman was indeed in an accident (apparently in this woman's mind 
> "school" and "probation" are the same thing.)   I certainly hope that 
> drug tested her that day!
>  So, it's been just a lovely week.  I will no longer answer my phone at 
> work and boy do I want to get rid of this car now-  I'll want no 
> reminders of this once it is all over!
> 
> So- I'm taking the next 2 days off of work (and instead will spend 
> tomorrow doing homework), but on Friday I'm going to get in the garden 
> and hopefully regain some sense of calm over my nerves!
> 
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