Question: ID, auto accident case, uncooperative client. I have tried multiple phone calls, texts, letters, emails, and sent an investigator out. I can’t get the client to respond / cooperate. I have discovery due and his depo coming up. What else can I do to try to reach him?

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Look him up on court dockets. ID here too. Was getting ghosted by a client recently in an auto case so I zoomed into his remote support enforcement hearing, he saw me and called me back right after.

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Omg you zoomed in I love it. How was his face

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Retain a private investigator to track him down with a full background check, knocking on doors, reaching out to relatives, etc.

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Thank you!

If you hired a PI with no luck and spoke with your adjuster on it, ultimately you could have an in-camera with the Judge, explain the situation, and have the Judge impose an Order with a hard EBT deadline. In the Order, there can be preclusion language or something like that that comes into play if the client doesn’t cooperate. I also recommend having a copy of the Order with a letter personally served on your client

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No way. You must protect his interest. Get permission to withdraw as counsel without revealing the specifics on the record. Talk to your ethics lawyer

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Is your adjuster aware? I’d start there

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Thanks for mentioning that. Noted.

As a Plaintiff’s attorney, it hurts to say this, but . . . Exercise your Right of Reversion. I am, of course, assuming Texas is as, if not more, insurance friendly as Georgia

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If the adjuster is aware, and okays it, you can tell them that failure to cooperate could lead to the carrier pulling coverage. The policy, as a contract, states that the insured must cooperate with the defense of the case as part of the carrier's infemnification. But I'd be careful there.

One time though, a Judge sent the County Sheriff out to collect my client and he testified in Court with the Deputy Sheriff next to him!

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