OE, unfortunately, your attorney is right that if you bring up psychological damage, the other attorney will have access to your records, which would include the CSA. Your attorney could argue that the new trauma triggered you and that your damages are even more substantial than a person with no past history of trauma. However, that would still mean that your neighbor's attorney, and therefore probably your neighbor, would know about the CSA.

I am sorry about your attorney making mistakes and dropping the ball. It sounds like he is inept. I am so very sorry about your horses also. I have horses of my own, and I have lost one to a broken leg, so I can only image the trauma of losing more than one.

I would appreciate it if people could tone down the anti lawyer rhetoric. We are not horrible, evil people. Most attorneys have good ethics and good hearts. Most of us do not drag things out forever. Insurance defense attorneys are, by and large, unethical and do most of the dragging things out. And your neighbor's attorney, in reality, is an insurance defense attorney. It will be his homeowner's that covers the judgment. However, the vast majority of us do not represent insurance companies, and we get paid only when the case is done and we collect. Therefore, we have no incentive to drag things out.