re: Lawyer question.

Just let your insurance handle it. They will give the cheating scumbag some money to go away. The lawyers will all get paid and your rates will skyrocket for eternity to pay for it.

ETA. I was sued in a completely frivolous lawsuit where I did nothing wrong. They wanted to pay the other party any way because that is “just want they do in LA.” I insisted they fight it and we went to court and won a summary judgement including the other party being assigned all the lawyers fees and court costs. My insurance still went up. It’s a fricking racket.