On December 17th of 2008 I was rear ended in Oceanside NY by a State Farm Insured (Fillipo Califano). I called 911 as soon as I was hit and within less than 5 minutes a police officer was on the scene. The police officer took both of our statements in which myself and the person that hit me stated that he hit me from behind. The person that hit me was found to be 100% at fault by State Farm and the repairs for my car were also approved by State Farm.
My car was repaired, however I never received the check from State Farm. I found out that after the car was approved and repaired that State Farm took back the approval. Stating that the police took to long to arrive at the scene (the police dispatch log states the officer was there in less than 5 minutes from the time I called 911) and that 3 weeks after the accident 2 people came forward stating I backed into the person that hit me in a parking lot a block away (even though the person that hit me admitted to the police officer in the report that he hit me.
I also came to find out that the person that hit me claimed the damages to his car from him hitting me onto an existing claim from an accident he was involved in, in November. On top of all this I also found out that the person that hit me was arrested and convicted of 1st degree robbery and violent offenses in August.
It frustrates me and boggles my mind that State Farm ignored the lawful and truthful facts regarding the accident and denied the claim after the car was repaired based on hear say from made up witnesses. Now I have to pay for the repairs out of pocket on top of a back injury stemming from the accident.
I do not understand where the justice is regarding this situation, I would like to make others aware of the wrong doing by State Farm by telling my story.
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