topic from another board Fed Up With Lawyers!

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Below is the well written rant from another discussion board about another

area of concern over this issue. Goofy lawyers!....(This is not a personal

comment. My lawyers are good guys.)

But..this is another problem area of this issue.

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Fed Up With Lawyers!

Posted by: XXXXXX

Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:37 pm (PST)

I have been trying to find closure to toxic mold for over 8 years now. I

lost my job and my husband and then almost died trying to figure out what in

the

world was wrong with me. Toxic Mold ruined years of my life. Today, I live

many miles away from the building that almost brought me to my knees. I am

remarried and, I am happy to say . . . have a job that pays me more than the

one

I lost. Yet, I still live with the adverse side affects of toxic mold. My

immune system will never be the same. One month it is all about my joints, the

next it is headaches, the next it is a mysterious rash, the next it is my

kidneys, and so forth and so on. I thank God every day for a loving & patient

husband and for an employer who recognizes that " being at work " does not mean I

have to be physically present at an office. There are many times that I work

from home where I can stay in PJ's and drink hot tea. I am actually a

supervisor of my own department and I can still do my job wherever I am. I've

even

checked email while being rolled into the emergency room. I'm that dedicated.

So let me get to the point. Why am I fed up with lawyers? Well, it started

not long after I left that God forsaken mold infested building back in 2001 or

was it 2002 - who remembers?. What I will never forget is how my nose was

bleeding, my ears were bleeding, my lips were cracked and bleeding, I couldn't

speak - laryngitis, I couldn't hear out of my right ear and I could hardly

cough anymore. You see, I was " let go " from my job. They told me that " they

didn't need me anymore " and that I should go home and take care of myself. This

of course, came after I had kept a log of all of the sick people in the

building and their overlapping symptoms. Someone had given me a copy of a

building

report whereby the build was tested for toxic mold and came back positive. I

presented the information to my employer and asked that they investigate

since, according to the employee manual (at the time because they since changed

it) it stated that they had an obligation to protect the welfare of their

employees and anyone entering their premises if they knew there was potential

harm. . . . .

Getting on with the story . . . my friend (who had left the building earlier

due to being ill) and I sought an immediate legal opinion. We retained a

firm out of XX. It was extremely hard to keep up with the legalities due to my

condition at the time. My mind felt like a 1,000 scattered pieces. She and I

together probably made a 1/2 working brain. Less than a year into the process,

the lawyer dropped us. To this day, I have no idea why.

So, what were two very sick, unemployed women to do? We prayed and prayed.

Eventually, we found another firm. This one was out of XX. and he assured us

that he could handle the case. He also inducted another firm out of North,

XX. to insure that he had proper XX. representation. Well, here we go. It

looks like we're finally going to get somewhere, right? WRONG! Years go by.

Nothing. Meanwhile, my friend and I are scrapping our lives back together. We

promised ourselves from the get-go that we would not live for a lawsuit and we

are proud to say we never have. We have done everything to work with our

doctors, our spouses, our families and our ministers to get us physically,

mentally

and emotionally back in the game to the best of our individual ability.

Here it is 2009 and the North, XX. attorney is no longer involved, so I am

told. The XX. attorney still is but his cell phone doesn't receive our calls

most of the time and his secretaries have never kept good records and don't

seem to file emails or addresses. Nor do they copy plaintiffs on court

interrogatories, etc. They do track expenses though.

There's a new quarter back too - he's a short guy and boy does he have

attitude. He'll tell you all about how special he is and all the suit's he's

won

for others. BUT when it comes to ours he's all about getting his expenses paid

and selling me and my friend down the river.

Now, don't get me wrong. I was never in it for the $$. However, for the past

8 years I have paid for the medical test, I have paid for the extra medical

care, I have paid for the air purifiers ( I have 4 and counting) I have paid

for the extra precautions in my AC system and I continue paying as these

illnesses will NEVER GO AWAY. Furthermore, I lost my then job, my marriage, my

home and had to rebuild my entire life. BUT WAIT, there's more.

Did I tell you I had a son. Oh yes, and he attended daycare in the building

as well. His hair fell out in the front and for 2 years wouldn't grow back.

I'm very happy to report he now has a full head of hair and is a happy

teenager but he went through his own little hell as well. As for my friend,

well she

had to move up North and leave her husband down South. Up until 2009, he

commuted each weekend to see her. She had to learn a new trade and leave all of

her friends behind. She eventually ended up on disability. She also had to

leave behind a daughter and a brand new grand-baby. Thankfully, her prayers

have been answered as she now has her husband, daughter and grand-baby all

living near her as of this year. BUT for years, she was living for each day.

If you're not mad yet, try this one on for size. My friend calls the XX

attorney the other day to find out why we haven't received his itemized list of

expenses which we requested over 2 months ago. To date neither she nor I have

received any copies of anything that he's supposedly done in relation to

this case. At first we gave him the benefit of the doubt with hurricane XXXX,

etc., but that card is all played out. Here's the good part. He tells her . . .

and I quote " I'm tired of this F**ing S**t. I just want to settle this suit. "

He's tired? Go figure that one out. All I ever wanted was restitution. That

building

manager knew the building was sick and did nothing. My employer knew the

building was sick and did nothing. I could have avoided years of ear infections

(aspergillum growing), connective tissue disorders, mysterious rashes,

chronic bronchitis, migraine headaches, joint and body aches, fever, hair loss

.. .

.. Oh, but how selfish of me, my lawyer is tired of hearing it. I'd better

hush and hope that he at least gets his expenses paid. Perhaps I'll get a

bottle

of aspirin out of it.

If there are any lawyers out there reading this - my advice is don't take on

a case that you don't have the stamina for. This case, in its day, was

excellent; but too much time has gone by with no effort having been put forth.

Either that or the insurance companies have gotten into the pocket of each and

every lawyer we ever asked assistance from and if that is the underlying

cause, then may they all rot in hell for all I care.

Sharon Noonan Kramer

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