Questions to ask Lawyer per Personal Injury suit/case?
I have an appointment with my attorney tomorrow, and I was hoping for some tips on what type of questions to ask him? A little back information: I’ve had an open, pending lawsuit since 2004 against another driver who totaled my car by slamming into my stopped vehicle at 55 mph. As open/shut as this should be, it’s been anything but. This case has been plagued with problems from day one and has dragged on seemingly forever. The last update I got from my attorney early last year was that he was waiting for the adjuster to come up with a settlement number.
He told me this about March or April last year, and I haven’t heard anything since. When I call, I’m told he’ll call me right back, and when I email, I usually have to resend the same mail about 5 times to get a response which usually ends up being a one liner or something.
Well, I got a little angry last week and wrote him quite the curt email letting him know that I thought his behavior quite unprofessional and lackadaisical. I then asked once again to set up a meeting with him to touch base. My email must have hit home because he called the next day (Last Wednesday) and told me that he had just spent half the morning talking to the adjuster and she had promised to get him a number by Monday (2/1). He then had his paralegal set me an appointment for Thursday afternoon (tomorrow).
Basically, I’m wondering if anyone has any tips for me per what to ask him. Any legal stuff I should be made aware of? Any moves he should be making on my behalf? Any BS signals I should be on the lookout for? If he does have an acceptable offer, is there anything I should have him do while he accepts it? If he doesn’t have an offer, is there anything I’d need to tell him to do? I’m clueless guys, and I’m hoping someone out there has some experience with matters like this.. Or advice…
Thanks in Advance!
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Stick to the basics:
Why is the settlement taking so long?
Has the defendant used any delaying tactics?
Has the defendant questioned any of the figures or facts in the case?
Has the defendant made any offers that you rejected without notifying me because the offers were ridiculously low?
What do we need to do to take go to trial?