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So I went to court and the defendant didn't show up for the first 15 minutes of the first calling. I was thinking "YES! Easy money." Than out of nowhere some guy in a suit walks in that everybody who works there knows. They all greet each other and after that he's like "I'm here for Joseph Wedemeyer." I'm like....****. Then he say's I'm adjourning it for next month, then he looks at me and says, "Can I have a word with you?"
We step out side and he says, "This is how it's going to work." In my head I'm like, oh god, one of these guys. He goes on telling me about how I'm not going to get anywhere near the blue book value for the car because of the police report. I cut him off and tell him 'This is where you're wrong. I wrote a letter to the lieutenant of the police department complaining about how I was the only character at the scene of the accident and what I told the officer wasn't written on the police report. I guarantee by next court date the police report will be changed to my liking.' The lawyer then said alrighty, I'll talk to the insurance company and see if they can give you the bluebook value. I tell him that I have receipts for everything that I fixed on the car and he said I highly doubt you'll get anything for that. At the end he basically gave me a deal, either 2,650 from insurance for blue book value or see what I can get from court for 5000 (What I'm suing for.) I told him to call me when he talks to the insurance company.
If the insurance company offers me $2,650, I'm going to take it. What do you guys think? I have receipts for all repairs done to my car which add up to a total of 5,585. What do you think?
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