Medical Bills will be GONE!!!!!!
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| Thu, 10-07-2004 - 1:11pm |
A couple years ago I had a beach house for the summer that I was renting with my college roomates. My neighbor had a habit of slipping girls date rape drugs. I didn't know this at the time and unwittingly became one of those girls. He gave me a little too much and instead of falling unconsious or forgetting everything, I fell into a coma and stopped breathing. I got to take a helicopter ride to the local hospital. I woke up totally fine, but with over 40K in medical debt. And that's what charity care didn't cover. I got to pay it off monthly (450$/month) with no interest. The guy was convicted and went to jail, only for a short time though. I was still kinda mad that I was responsible for the medical bills (even though I wasn't responsible enough to know not to accept a drink from someone I didn't know).
I mentioned a whlie back that I found a lawyer who would take the case and I wouldn't have to pay him unless I won. Well today was my court date. I WON!!!
I could have sued for a lot more. I just wanted to pay my medical bills and the lawyer. The judge awarded me 60K, which is more than enough to pay the medical bills and the lawyer and have some left over (possibly a huge snowball).
Today was a very good day....but I still feel kinda icky for suing somebody. I want to pay my some of my debt off with the extra money, but I feel weird about it. It kinda feels like cheating.

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Kathie
And I say good for you for going for a reasonable amount that covers your expenses. Don't feel guilty about the extra, you suffered more than just having money taken out of your pocket.
I'm glad you won the lawsuit. However, i don't mean to pop your bubble. It doesn't mean that you will get the money. If he doesn't have $60k, he won't be able to pay you.
MYM
All my best,
Danni
He is a stockbroker from NYC, so he does actually have the $$, and has agreed to pay. He actually thanked me for not asking for a crazy amount of money. His lawyer told him he was lucky to get off so easily. He only spent 90 days in jail, and managed to stay employed somehow. I'm still kinda mad about that.... But 60K is still a lot of money, even to him, so maybe he'll be in get to be in debt for a while......
If you do feel bad about taking the money to pay bills with for now, here's just my 2 cents-
I'd probably pay off all the medical bills and lawyer fees. Then, I'd park the rest somewhere that I wouldn't be tempted to blow through it-& keep it there until I knew what it is I wanted to do. Maybe give some to a charity that is active in this area-I don't know any right off hand.
Congratulations for winning your case-
Lisa
And the one good thing about him being able to keep his job, he has the money to pay you.
Congratulations again. It takes a lot to go through something like this, and then also go through whatever happened in the criminal case and then a civil case. You sound like a very strong person.
You didn't do anything wrong!!
Becky
CL of 4th, 5th & 6th grade Scoliosis
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