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I would like to tell you about an accident involving my mother-in-law and a rural mail carrier. On March 25, 2008, my mother-in-law saw the mail carrier stop at her mailbox and pull away from her box. She proceeds to cross the road to get her mail. The mail carrier pulled up the road about 150 to 200 ft and realized that he had missed some mail for my mother-in-law's box or the box beside her mail box. He BACKED down the road and did not see my mother-in-law until he had already hit her with the car and heard her hollow. I understand that it is a policy of the Post Office that a carrier not back up. She has four cracked ribs, a torn rotator cuff on her right shoulder and a crack in her left leg just below the tibial plateau. Surgery was required on her left leg - a plate with eleven (11) screws. We have moved her from the hospital to a healthcare facility for therapy. The mail carrier is insured through GEICO Insurance. They are refusing to pay because the carrier was using his car for business. In the meantime, my mother-in-law is in the healthcare facility for rehab and no money to pay for her care. She is 83 years of age and only has Medicare. Medicare will pay for the first 20 days of rehab and who is going to pay for the continued time she is going to require therapy? The doctor has said she cannot have weight on the leg for 8 to 12 weeks. We have been told that my mother-in- law will have to pay. She has a little over $5,000 in a savings account in the bank. The co-pay at the health care facility is $128.00 per day after the first 20 days. The little savings she has will be gone in a month. How is this fair to her when she did not ask to be hit by the mail carrier? The mail carrier received a citation for unsafe movement. She will be affected by this accident for the rest of her life and may not be able to live independent again. How is she supposed to pay for the care that she is going to require for at least 8 to 12 weeks? Do you really want to consider an insurance company that will not pay when an elderly lady is ran down by a person insured by GEICO Insurance? Strengths:
None that I can see. Weaknesses:
Failure to pay claims. Similar Products Used:
Never buy GEICO Insurance
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