Curt A. Benson

After hiring Curt Benson & leaving my photos, videos & receipts, he started dodging my calls, emails, even the ATG requests for communication. During this time, an agent from the insurance company showed up at my home while Toxic mold testing was being done after being told they could no longer be h...ere as they had been through my home over 2 dozen times & it had been agreed upon that they had had enough time to get whatever they needed by then. The agent threw me to the ground, which he was found guilty of assault, by a jury. Also, the mold inspectors refused to allow him in as they had no gear needed for him to enter. So Curt Benson was told of the assault upon me & reminded of the agreement for the insurance agent to stay away & the mold inspectors refusal to allow anyone in & against our wishes & the wishes of the toxic mold inspector he still told the City Police to let it go & allow him to enter. When I brokered a deal with the insurance company months later, there were 2 checks sent to Curt Benson for me. When I went to retrieve my checks, Curt Benson refused to give me either check unless I would fraudulently sign my husbands name & give the lesser of the 2 checks to him. I actually have an eye witness who was there when this entire situation went down. I chased after Curt Benson for months trying to retrieve my case file after firing him, finally having to have another attorney help me. When I did retrieve it, my photos, videos and receipts were all missing. Somehow, the insurance company I was in this lawsuit with, came up with all my photos that had went missing from my case file. Later I learned Curt Benson had actually done a lot of business with this same insurance company before going into private practice. He as well had worked with the same attorney who the insurance company was using in my case. Never once informing us, even after I specifically asked him, if he knew any of them. I later learned that both Curt Benson & the insurance company`s attorney had worked in the same law office from about 1986 until about 1992. I had asked Curt Benson the first day I met him if he had ever worked with or knew anyone from this insurance company as that same morning before our first meeting, an agent from the insurance company called me asking about my appointment with Curt Benson. I asked him how the insurance company had known of our appointment. He claimed he had never worked with them nor did he know any of them & he stated he certainly had not told anyone our our meeting. After hiring another attorney, we were awarded a settlement, however, it was over turned with the Mi. Court of Appeals. We later learned his wife is a Mi. Court Of Appeals Judge. I am not hostile or spiteful here in the telling of my experience. I actually learned a lot through all of this. And as I told our second attorney, this was never about the money, but the way in which we were treated by the insurance company. I only wish Curt Benson had of understood us. And the fact that we were awarded the settlement, no matter that it was over turned, we won by public opinion, is all we wanted to begin with.