Liars and rip-off scammers. Incompetent lawyers. I had called Morgan & Morgan who in July 2018 were not even licensed to do business in Massachusetts. They farmed me out to this law firm. I googled them but could not find any reviews. A paralegal came out the very next day to have me sign the contract on her small tablet, so I could not actually read what I was signing. And once I had signed, it was all downhill from there.
- They wanted me to go to places they seem to contract with. The first one was Comeback Physical Therapy in Worcester which is run by Chinese and a brown hole in an old building. I took one look and got out of there. I called Simon and Simon and told them that I got injured for real and need doctors to actually HELP me, not just help them make money. That if they didn't agree to that the deal was off. They seemed surprised that anyone would actually want to get better but agreed with the stipulation that I would keep them updated.
I need to add that a tailgater crashed into me on the highway. He spun my car like a whirly-gig. My car was a total wreck with the frame bent, right rear tire was bent sideways and outwards with the gas tank sitting on top of the tire. The car was a total loss.
As for me, I sustained spine injuries, my right shoulder was injured, and both thumbs had the tendons ripped clear off. It took a year to find a surgeon good and daring enough to tackle fusing nine vertebrae during two days in the OR at MGH.. My actual medical bills were close to a million dollars.
What Simon & Simon withheld from me is that they do not go for pain and suffering, nor do they look into assets by the guilty party. They strictly go for the liability coverage of the guilty party's car insurance. In my case, he was insured for $50,000, and that is all his insurance paid. 40% of that went to the lawyers, the rest to my insurance, and they contacted me and demanded that I contact them immediately and establish a repayment plan or they will stop all future payments and take me to court. Let me remind you that I was totally innocent and that he crashed into me from behind.
He got a surcharge and went on vacation. I spent the first year in insane pain, then had to go through the high risk surgeries, seven months of recovery without any help cleaning the house which I was not allowed to do, and not one penny for pain and suffering. I spent a total of 182 days in hand splints because both thumbs had to be fused when reattaching the tendons failed. After two years of severe shoulder pain the biceps finally detached and needed to be surgically reattached. The insane ffffstress caused multiple ulcers and severe acid reflux which destroyed decades of dental work. We had to spend about $25,000 in dental bills just so I can eat since my teeth rotted out underneath expensive caps one after the other no matter how much I brushed and flossed. All total we suffered damages for about $70,000. Someone please explain to me how this is justice. I will be in pain until the day I die, I have a ton of hardware and steel rods in my body that restrict movement, so now I have to go for a pedicure which costs $50 plus tip every time just to get my toe nails trimmed and the calluses removed because I can't reach my feet with all the steel in my spine.
It took over 4 years to get the dismal settlement which did not benefit me. I never even saw it, it went straight to Simon & Simon. They took the easy way out and threw me by the wayside. Morgan & Morgan received $9,000 of the $50,000 just for making one phone call to Simon & Simon. That is how that law firm got rich, for farming clients out to substandard law firms who need the business.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from both of them. They are ambulance chasers, nothing more. They do not care one iota about their clients, they only want to do the absolute minimum for the maximum payout. You will end up getting zero money, and if you have real medical bills, you will be required to repay your insurance since these are third party bills and they can't go after the perpetrator thanks to this ridiculous NoFault law in Massachusetts which has car insurances laughing all the way to the bank.
Any five star reviews were clearly written by people who suffered minimal injuries which were blown up to cash in the maximum amount. I met some of them. Of course they are happy with their medical bills being next to nothing. read more
