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Posted by Stacy on Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:15 PM

A few friends and I were waiting to get in at a local bar, when I was struck and knocked onto the pavement by a bouncer who was removing a rowdy customer by carrying him out of the place. Next thing I know I was on the ground, things became a little fuzzy and the next thing that I remember I woke up in the hospital ER. I had to miss a few days off from work and had to get a few stitches in my face, which left a small scar. After the whole thing was over, I called the bar and asked to speak to the owner and was given the run around. I even went over there to try and see the manager and I was still given the run around. Then I decided to send them a certified letter letting them know about the bills that I incurred, but still nothing. Finally, I got really mad and started calling personal injury lawyers, but most of them thought that since my claim was so small, I should just take them to small claims court. The injury lawyers I spoke with said that it would cost me too much and take much longer to do it through them, even though they were no win no fee, they said that their cut would wind up being more than my cut in the end. So I went about it and filed the papers with my local courts, and on the court date, we went, and even though I knew that I was telling the truth, I was so nervous I passed out. Well, they called that session and had us come back in the afternoon. At this point, we each told our story and my medical bills had totaled $952.00 plus my missed work and pain and suffering, I was totaling my claim out at $1500.00, but because of my fainting and all the running and hiding that the bar manager had done, the judge gave me a judgment of an additional $1500.00 for mental anguish, and reprimanded the bar owner, not for the incident which injured me, but for his behavior immediately following the incident. Needless to say, I was not only glad to have my medical bills paid, but to have a little extra in my pocket besides.