Enough with the depressing Social Security disability case backlog news stories.
One of my favorite stories about giving a Social Security client a ride to a hearing happened this past winter. We made it to the hearing and it was snowing like crazy and was supposed to keep snowing all day. I had an early hearing and then one after lunch with my client. The judge felt sorry for us and moved us up so we could get out of there.
The roads were very icy and snow packed. On the way back the traffic was going about 45 mph on the interstate. The car in front of us spins out and I put on the brakes and lose control. Miraculously, neither of us hits anyone else and no one hits us but I run into the guardrail. I look over at my client and he is in the back seat. I started laughing and asked him how he ended up there. He looks at me and says “I don’t know I just jumped from the front seat into the back”. Fortunately, no one was hurt.