[Ol Pedro]

Duff, the Coasties don't charge for rescues. In the begining my work insurance covered part of it. It didn't get me far. On my third visit to an Oral Surgeon he informed me that " My insurance was tap city" and I would have to pay cash to continue treatment. I called my sister Sylvia who was a lawyer and she gave me her lawyers ph#. I called him, he came to my house, took my case, made one call to the Surgeon , and I was set to go back. He also said that he had all the medical personnel that I needed and he would set me up if I chose. I should get to healing and not worry about a thing. I called the Surgeon and told him that his services were no longer needed and to send my records to my Lawyer. Two days after the wreck the boats insurance co started calling the house. I couldn't understand why the Capt. or anyone other than a lawyer ever even tried to contact me to see how I was doing. I saw 25-30K in hospital bills that I passed off to my Lawyer. I also had Dental/Oral. Surgeon work for around two years. Ultimately we settled out of court and I got 46K after everything. Their fault they pay.