I got into an accident and hired an attorney with absolutely no understanding of what was going on. They refered me to a Chiropractor. I went to see her every other day for a couple months. I got x-rays in the begining and then did the same routine everyday got on a massage table, layed with a warm pad on my back, and she cracked my neck, and attempted to crack my back with no luck.
Now I have recieved the settlement which was a total of 15,000. The attorney took 4,500. She asked for a total of 4,500, and the medical bills were small from the physical therapy. I ended up with 6000.00.
I recieve the Chiropractor billing paperwork after asking for it. It shows that I was charged 6 times in one day for different charges, then 5 on another day, 6 another, 4 another. I have 3 pages full of random charges. Knowing that she is fairly close to the Attorney I feel that this is fraudulent. There are other things that I am noticing that also seem questionable.
Who do I talk to about this?
2006-11-28 07:21:19 · 4 answers · asked by idontknow 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I am not upset at what the attorney took. I knew from the get go. The hard part is I have my suspicions about how honest this guy was. I have found that I was paid med pay, but never told until I recieved this reciept of what was paid out. They gave the chiropractor 1000 of that in the middle of my care without telling me, they told me I didn't get it. I asked for what the med reciept and see it was over 1600.00. Where did the other 600 go? The problem I think most have is that attorenys try to get away with anything. Especiually with people like myself who know nothing about the law.
I would let it go, I just want to know if what he has done is lagit, yet I have to go call every one of these places myself to find out whats going on. They won't provide me the info I am asking for. I also don't know what part of my file information i'm entitled to. I asked for it and only got a few pages. I know there is more.
2006-11-28 08:59:23 · update #1
Talk to the Bar Association in your state, though it sounds like you only have a case against the chiropractor. You should contact the Attorney General of your state and the licensing board for chiropractors to report the chiropractor' billing irregularities.
I doubt there is much you can do about the 4500 the attorney got, that sounds about right. I know that when I was in a similar situation it was amazing how much the lawyers walked away with, especially when they start hitting you with expenses as well.
2006-11-28 07:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look in the phone book for the State Bar Association and contact them. They have a specific division that handles those types of things. They will investigate it for you. Although as it has already been mentioned, it sounds like the issue is with the Chiropractor and not the Attorney. $4500 sounds about right for th attorney.
On a side note, I don't understand why people get some upset with the kind of money attorneys make off of cases, because they are the ones doing all the work, plus if you lose and get nothing, most of the time the attorney is stuck with all of the expenses that were spent, and not the client. The attorney bears a lot of the risk! Most attorney's work hard for their money. I wouldn't expect them to work for free, would you?? We don't complain about what doctors make do we???? How is that any different?? Last time I check an attorney is a doctor as well, a doctor of the law!!
2006-11-28 08:24:09 · answer #2 · answered by On Time 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe this isn't the answer to your question, but it seems that you are concerned about the charges from the chiropractor. It is normal to have serveral different charges in one day. Theraputic procedures are often billed in 15 minute incriments. Therefore, if your appointment was an hour, you should have been billed 4 units...roughly...there's a little more detail that goes into it. It depends on what was done and for how long. This is consistent with billing across many theraputic professions...chiro, PT, OT, etc. So I wouldn't necessarily say that the DC was being fradulent...but it does sound like all the paperwork is getting mismanged.
2006-11-28 13:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by mistify 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Ireland when you have a complaint like yours against a laywer or barrister re.. excessive fees or other matters etc ..you can complain to the law society which will take your complaint on board and address it accordingly.. Are you from America ?? if so im sure you have a similar system over there .
2006-11-28 07:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋