Not expert, but I'm thinking his choices are:1) Go to small claims court without lawyer, settle for bike damages, probably no pain & suffering.2) Go to civil court with lawyer, get more money, spend more time & money in the process. (He should at least threaten to do this when he's in contact with the schmoe that hit him, which will happen once the scumsucking dirtbag begins to feel urgency.) In either case, he should document EVERYthing. Pictures of bruises, bills from bike shops, police reports, etc. He who comes to court with the most paper usually wins.
------------ Patrick Lenon Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:16:31 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Advice for hit and run Dear Bikies community, I have a dear friend who was recently hit while biking in the bike lane at the intersection of E Johnson and N Pinckney. The car drove off. My friend is fortunately ok (some bruises and a sore shoulder), but it could have been way worse. It looks like his bike has about $1,000 worth of damages. I'd like any advice/suggestions from anyone who knows how to handle the situation. Thanks in advance. Here's what I know: My friend was bicycling eastbound in the bike lane on E Johnson. The car was turning left onto N Pinckney, and struck him within the green painted bike lane. My friend was able to get the license plate number (which was confirmed by two separate witnesses), and so he filed a police report. The police tracked down the person, and when this person did not pick up the phone/answer the door, the police labeled him/her as "uncooperative." As a result, the police will just mail a ticket to the address of the car owner. The police say they can't do anything else, and that my friend will just have to handle it in Civil Court to get money for the damages. My friend has contacted Clayton Griessmeyer, who is going to look over the case report, but he would prefer to not hire a lawyer if possible. Can anyone please give us any advice on what else can be done? Thank you very much, Maggie -------- Maggie Grabow, MS, MPHPh.D. Candidate, Environment & ResourcesNelson Institute for Environmental Studies Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) University of Wisconsin - Madison1710 University AvenueMadison, WI 53726314.249.0471 (cell) _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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