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OT Trial lawyer question
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:23 pm
How much can these people win in a PI lawsuit? Lady from a poor area just came nearby and paid 600k cash for a house and is buying another 100k in furniture. She has no injuries I can see. Dont you guys take like 30%??? I mean wouldnt you have to be crippled to get that kind of bank? She must have won over a million.
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Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:24 pm to Strannix
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Lady from a poor area just came nearby and paid 600k cash for a house and is buying another 100k in furniture.
She will be broke again in no time.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:24 pm to Strannix
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I mean wouldnt you have to be crippled to get that kind of bank? She must have won over a million.
Jones Act injuries can easily get a person $1mm just for falling on a boat
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:26 pm to Displaced
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She will be broke again in no time.
I mean unless she won millions I dont see how she went be, she doesnt work either
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:26 pm to Strannix
Cousin of mine got a couple of mill. when her plant baw husband suffocated inside a pressure vessel he was inspecting.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:29 pm to Jim Rockford
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Cousin of mine got a couple of mill. when her plant baw husband suffocated inside a pressure vessel he was inspecting.
I can understand a fatality, I'm talking about a car wreck where there are no visible permanent disabilities
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:31 pm to Strannix
Could've been the beneficiary of a wrongful death suit. Not uncommon at all for those cases to get into the millions. If LA is anything like SC, she could also have had very minor injuries and hit the venue lottery. I don't practice in LA, but we take 40% if we have to file suit, 33% if we settle without filing. Contingency fee work is a very small part of my practice, but I think those numbers are pretty standard.
I would also note that if she's blowing all that cash on shite she couldn't have afforded otherwise, she's probably gonna be broke and selling that house within a couple of years.
I would also note that if she's blowing all that cash on shite she couldn't have afforded otherwise, she's probably gonna be broke and selling that house within a couple of years.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:31 pm to Strannix
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no visible permanent disabilities
just because you cant see the disability doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:32 pm to Strannix
Stop me if you've heard this one before, A man walks into a bar and leaves before his ashes hit the floor.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:32 pm to Strannix
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I can understand a fatality, I'm talking about a car wreck where there are no visible permanent disabilities
You're correct. Unless her spouse or child died in a major accident, she isn't going to clear 1 million. She would have to be permanently disabled to get over 1 million.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:35 pm to Strannix
If she had $700k in cash, her settlement value was over a million.
She got hit by an 18 wheeler or someone working for a company. Outside chance she got hit by someone with an umbrella policy, but more likely someone working.
She probably filed in the CDC.
So once you've got the big policy and the right jurisdiction, you're most of the way there. Just need some saavy attorneys with friends who are doctors and you can get it to a million plus without being "that hurt." Threaten some surgeries or a mild traumatic brain injury (read concussion) and an insurance company isn't off base dropping 7 figures to settle.
She got hit by an 18 wheeler or someone working for a company. Outside chance she got hit by someone with an umbrella policy, but more likely someone working.
She probably filed in the CDC.
So once you've got the big policy and the right jurisdiction, you're most of the way there. Just need some saavy attorneys with friends who are doctors and you can get it to a million plus without being "that hurt." Threaten some surgeries or a mild traumatic brain injury (read concussion) and an insurance company isn't off base dropping 7 figures to settle.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:38 pm to The Johnny Lawrence
I mean I know where she moved from and probably had an income of 30k, if she even got a million she will be broke in a year just on upkeep, taxes, bills etc.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:43 pm to Strannix
It’s amazing how quickly a permanent and totally disabling spinal injury goes away when the settlement check arrives.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:45 pm to Strannix
quote:Mary Ellen Moffat broke Hooper's heart but you couldn't see it...
I can understand a fatality, I'm talking about a car wreck where there are no visible permanent disabilities
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:46 pm to Strannix
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Lady from a poor area just came nearby
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:47 pm to Strannix
I tell my clients all the time, disregard the commercials where a healthy looking person says they got half a mill, that is not really the way it works. Usually you are talking about a major back surgery and future lost wages due to disability caused by the accident.
There are a number of factors that would need to be explored in order to evaluate that case. As a general rule, the amount of money you are talking about would require a death of a spouse or multiple surgeries by the claimant. Maybe she has a spinal cord stimulator-you cannot "see" that and those usually result in a substantial damages.
In my experience, insurance companies do not pay that amount of money without looking under every rock first. More likely than not, if she received that amount of money, it is likely warranted. Insurance companies may settle small claims due to costs, but big claims mostly only get paid if it is well deserved.
There are a number of factors that would need to be explored in order to evaluate that case. As a general rule, the amount of money you are talking about would require a death of a spouse or multiple surgeries by the claimant. Maybe she has a spinal cord stimulator-you cannot "see" that and those usually result in a substantial damages.
In my experience, insurance companies do not pay that amount of money without looking under every rock first. More likely than not, if she received that amount of money, it is likely warranted. Insurance companies may settle small claims due to costs, but big claims mostly only get paid if it is well deserved.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:14 am to Strannix
Most lawyers take 40% plus expenses. I still take 33 1/3% because that is what it was when I started. A million dollar verdict or settlement is no longer rare, especially if your defendant is heavily insured or commercial.
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