Legal Question in Personal Injury in Illinois

Re: I don't feel my attorney his doing his job very well

Some cases take several years. Your attorney should be keeping you updated however. You do have that right to information. Many attorneys put that job off onto their assistants to save them time to work on the bigger issues. At any rate, it is sometimes not a good idea to change attorneys as it will bring further delay because a new attorney will have to familiarise himself with all of the issues again. Unless, of course, you can pinpoint that your attorney is doing a bad job.

Re: I don't feel my attorney his doing his job very well

That is not an unusually long time for the case to pend. In fact, you mentioned that the injuries weren't that serious. The less serious the injuries, the longer it takes to settle.

The insurance companies, who are the true defendants, make money by stalling. Let's say your case is worth $1000.00. If they stall for 2 years, they get the interest on the money they stalled on paying. If they pay right away, they do not get the interest, you get it.

Keep in mind the insurance companies have hundreds of cases, so that interest adds up. Add into the mix, that the injured person usually has very little experience in the law, and may become frustrated, as you seem to be, and may drop the case or change attorneys. That works into the stall tactic.

Thus it is in the interest of the insurance company to keep stalling.

My advice to you is send a letter to your attorney, and demand a status of your case by July 15th.

You will get a response, and it will likely say that the insurance company is stalling, and your attorney is trying to push the matter to hearing.

If you are not satisfied with the response, you can contact your local bar association for a referral to another attorney who would try to pick up where the last on left off.