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re: Lawsuit after auto accident
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:12 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:12 pm to boosiebadazz
Generally easy to work with, rarely litigate, let the clients treat then ready to settle quickly. They deal in volume, so they don't bug you much until they're ready to settle. If I had a serious injury, I wouldn't go to one them, but I know a lot of good dudes that do it, and some crappy ones. But pretty much same across the board with the high end ones as well, and same as adjusters and defense attorneys.
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:13 pm to SuperSaint
That's an absurd system.
I'm glad that was shut down.
I'm glad that was shut down.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:13 pm to Napoleon
The actual "trinity" isn't as easy to get these days as they used to. They don't write xanax for pain and "nerve" damage like they use to. They will refer you to a psych doc or if they do write the Xanax it isn't 4mg a day like old school.
And females and their love for the "soma coma" has made them scarce as well.
For the record I haven't been to one of those docs in well over a decade.
And females and their love for the "soma coma" has made them scarce as well.
For the record I haven't been to one of those docs in well over a decade.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:14 pm to Napoleon
It was the part about "to make it look worse" that tickled me.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:15 pm to Festus
i enjoy the high-end cases so much more than the small-scale cases
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:15 pm to Ash Williams
quote:
The best reform of the legal system would be if TV ads were banned
Bates vs State Bar or Arizona, 1978... See you do learn stuff from TV, that was in Better Call Saul.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:16 pm to Festus
So what's the difference between one of the volume shops and a sole practitioner or non-TV guy?
Are the non-TV guys more involved while the client is sill treating? More aggressive with the threat to litigate?
What's the differentiation?
And how many non-soft tissue cases do you settle before prescription? To me, and in my limited experice, just going through the modalities of treatment almost makes it impossible to settle a non-soft tissue case before suit needs to be filed. Is that inaccurate in your experience?
Are the non-TV guys more involved while the client is sill treating? More aggressive with the threat to litigate?
What's the differentiation?
And how many non-soft tissue cases do you settle before prescription? To me, and in my limited experice, just going through the modalities of treatment almost makes it impossible to settle a non-soft tissue case before suit needs to be filed. Is that inaccurate in your experience?
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:17 pm to boosiebadazz
Absurd isn't even the word. I been to doc offices that had their own pharmacy that you had to use. They didn't even have a waiting room. It was first come first serve. You wrote your name on a piece of paper hanging on the door. Some people would drive drom out of state and get there at like 4am in the morning. The workers and docs didn't show up until like 11am with over a hundred people in the parking lot. They would come out and call out 2 or 3 names at a time until everyone was taken care of. It was cash only. Was insane.
They have cracked down on them big time but you best believe the arent all shut down. There is too much money involved.
They have cracked down on them big time but you best believe the arent all shut down. There is too much money involved.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:17 pm to boosiebadazz
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So what's the difference between one of the volume shops and a sole practitioner or non-TV guy?
go read the LASC decision on E Eric's ODC issues
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:17 pm to Napoleon
Now don't be complaining when your insurance rates go up for "no reason."
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:17 pm to SlowFlowPro
I'm guessing because you probably actually dig in and work the high end cases. Discovery and such. Seems like attorneys generally don't work the small ones, and have office people that do 95% of the leg work. Most don't really even look at them until it's time to settle, or so it seems to me.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:17 pm to boosiebadazz
Absurd isn't even the word. Ive been to doc offices that had their own pharmacy that you had to use. They didn't even have a waiting room. It was first come first serve. You wrote your name on a piece of paper hanging on the door. Some people would drive drom out of state and get there at like 4am in the morning. The workers and docs didn't show up until like 11am with over a hundred people in the parking lot. They would come out and call out 2 or 3 names at a time until everyone was taken care of. You walk in to one window, hand them the cash, they hand you a pre written script, you walk to another window (the pharmacy) and get the script filled cash only, and out the door. Everyone gets the same thing. It was cash only. Was insane.
They have cracked down on them big time but you best believe the arent all shut down. There is too much money involved.
They have cracked down on them big time but you best believe the arent all shut down. There is too much money involved.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:18 pm to Spankum
quote:
I have to admit, I would feel bad about it as well...just not my style to sue folks, I guess...
not mine either....
This post was edited on 8/21/16 at 9:53 am
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:20 pm to Festus
quote:
It was the part about "to make it look worse" that tickled me.
well the MRI was a fake, so it did "make it look worse"
I was just trying to imply it rather than outright say it.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:20 pm to SlowFlowPro
I know what happened there. Paralegals "settling" after a range set by a lawyer and getting a %
Moral of that story is also don't frick a state legislator out of a fee
Moral of that story is also don't frick a state legislator out of a fee
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:22 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
The actual "trinity" isn't as easy to get these days as they used to. They don't write xanax for pain and "nerve" damage like they use to. They will refer you to a psych doc or if they do write the Xanax it isn't 4mg a day like old school.
And females and their love for the "soma coma" has made them scarce as well.
For the record I haven't been to one of those docs in well over a decade.
At LSU back in the day Soma was $1. Crazy times.
Yeah I don't fool around with any of that shite, especially xanax.
Soma is still around, but Roxy displaced all the acetaminophen stuff.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:23 pm to boosiebadazz
but that's what high-volume shops do
sign up as many cases as possible and work out as many settlements as possible before the prescription date
they lose a lot in the margins but make up for it in volume
sign up as many cases as possible and work out as many settlements as possible before the prescription date
they lose a lot in the margins but make up for it in volume
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:24 pm to SlowFlowPro
I have an ex that works for Morris Bart and she seems to hate it.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:26 pm to SlowFlowPro
I'm familiar with some of the models and how they're set up.
I was really just fishing to see where my firm falls on the spectrum.
I was really just fishing to see where my firm falls on the spectrum.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:26 pm to boosiebadazz
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So what's the difference between one of the volume shops and a sole practitioner or non-TV guy?
Probably volume shops have a lot of support staff, and you deal a lot with the attorney assistant. Sole practitioners usually do a lot of leg work themselves and you talk to them a lot more. TV shops also usually have a good bit of turnover in their staff.
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Are the non-TV guys more involved while the client is sill treating? More aggressive with the threat to litigate?
My experience, I would say generally yes.
quote:
What's the differentiation?
High end firms are way more aggressive with filing litigation and getting into discovery fairly early. But again, probably because cases are more serious and high dollar.
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And how many non-soft tissue cases do you settle before prescription? To me, and in my limited experice, just going through the modalities of treatment almost makes it impossible to settle a non-soft tissue case before suit needs to be filed. Is that inaccurate in your experience?
I deal mostly with WC, so it's a whole different venue. But in liability, if there's positive findings on the MRI (not just bulging), and if surgery is needed, very difficult to settle within prescriptive period, because attorney generally has to wait until they've completely recovered and deemed MMI before they will think about settlement, which is appropriate.
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