{"id":1640,"date":"2022-10-12T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulyshao.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2023-06-10T02:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T02:32:14","slug":"post-5-from-slumber-to-court-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.paulyshao.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Post 5: \u201cFrom Slumber to Court Discovery\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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My<\/strong> <\/span>suit against Allstate has suddenly come out of the long slumber since 6-1-2021, becoming very active. It enters the discovery phase. It would allow me to ask Allstate questions and vice versa<\/em>. I shall post some of the highlights on this Blog.<\/p>

Agent John A. Dole responded on the PB All Agents Page<\/em> platform, saying, \u201cWish I could do the same. They forced me to Sell in April 2021 and cost me at least $250k by not approving a good buyer.\u201d I shall recount later the subject of how I prepared myself to become a Pro Se<\/em> Litigant in learning, maintaining my physical and mental health as I was 73 years old, and putting my finance in order.<\/p>

For the next 20 or so Posts, I shall move forward in reporting my litigant activities with Allstate in place of recounting my decision and preparation for becoming one.<\/p>

I have written an essay, entitled, An Analytical Description of the Nature of the Allstate Exclusive Agency Agreement<\/em>, in response to Allstate attorney\u2019s discovery questions and my fellow agents\u2019 inquiry. The essay was posted under MyData.<\/p>

I have posted the discovery files from Allstate under MySuit. One example may interest you:<\/p>

REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS NO. 6:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Admit that Allstate offered you the opportunity to ask questions about the contents of the EA Agreement prior to you signing the EA Agreement.<\/p>

RESPONSE: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I again denied emphatically that \u201cAllstate offered you the opportunity to ask questions about the contents of the EA Agreement prior to you signing the EA Agreement.\u201d There was no representative of Allstate on 6-3-15 present at the classroom where the main contract form (12 pages) was handed out. So, perhaps, Allstate wanted us to ask questions about the contents of the EA Agreement to the Ghost\/Spirit of Allstate as in a prayer and to receive an answer in the night in a dream?<\/p>

I also pointed out (Answer to Interrogatory No. 18):<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fact 1: On the first day (6-3-15) of the training class, the instructor handed out a blank contract form (the 12-page main contact), asking us to sign.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fact 2: There was no representative of Allstate to explain or answer the terms of the contract. Or to inform that there were integral parts such as the Supplement and Manual of the contract in existence.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fact 3: At the same day, agent-students were given a 3-inch binder which contained a copy of the Allstate Agency Standards, which was deemed as part of the EA Agreement. However, the instructors had never mentioned that it was an integral part of the contract.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fact 4: In fact, the instructors\u2019 only concern was to gather the signatures from us students so that they could resume their tasks of training us. The entire ritual of handing out the contract, signing it, and gathering it back had taken about 15 minutes. It was much less than the time when one signed a sales contract with a used car dealer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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