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Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:00 pm to SlidellCajun
Not in my case. Original medical bills were $91k. Humana only placed a lien of $25k. Negotiations dropped it to $12k. That difference of $13k went to me.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:01 pm to Cycledude
Usually 1/3 for settlement and 40% if it goes to trial.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:10 pm to Red Stick Tigress
40% is probably the average. My office does 35% if it settles pre-suit filed, 40% after. 45% if appealed.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:18 pm to PrideofTheSEC
My attorney charged me 40% of settlement funds because he filed suit. It would have been 33% if settled before case was filed in court.
Also settled after 4 years of going nowhere.
Also settled after 4 years of going nowhere.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:20 pm to Tarps99
Tell me you have no clue wtf you’re talking about by posting
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:21 pm to Cycledude
The 25% Attorney
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:41 pm to Cycledude
30% plus expenses is my guess
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:46 pm to Cycledude
33-40%
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:50 pm to Cycledude
This can all be solved with loser pays. Low-life bitches hiring Gordon would have to pay the other parties cost. Problem is most of our lawmakers are scumbag fricking lawyers. Why we need amendments that prohibit lawyers from serving public office. In case you didn't know, I hate fricking ambulance chasers and even worse, my insurance company settled with them even though the plantif couldn't even prove he was at the fricking accident. If there's a hell, Gordon and Morgan are headed there.
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:34 pm to dalefla
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This can all be solved with loser pays.
Insurance companies killed these proposals. They loose most of their defense cases, and the delays save them big time from reducing payouts to investing reserves.
Newt Gingrich had to take it out of the ‘Contract with America’ because the big insurers said ‘no.’ It’s all a money grab.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:36 pm to Cycledude
It’s completely negotiable, if it’s a big case with high odds to win, they’ll take a much lower percent than 33. Everything about it is negotiable
Posted on 8/17/25 at 4:06 pm to Traffic Circle
Who's the ambulance chaser down voting everybody?
Posted on 8/17/25 at 4:43 pm to SlidellCajun
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Sometimes the medical bills get reduced after the settlement which goes to the benefit of the attorney
This is false. Attorney gets contractual percentage. If there is a reduction, that absolutely goes to the client. (And now you are better to get the insurer agree to let you do that, as technically the insurance company would be entitled to the benefit...which is wrong imo.) Standard fee is 33% prior to suit filing, and 40% after that.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 4:54 pm to Tarps99
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I guess that is why the legislature pushed to require Medical bills to be at negotiated insurance rates instead of billed rates. So a broken bone that gets billed 50,000 but with medical insurance only gets billed 5,000 after using insurance billing. Before the hospital would try to get that 50,000, and that would be what the court would use as a baseline to decide damages, and then the hospital would negotiate that 50,000 with the attorney and get a lesser amount, and the attorney would pocket the rest of the money.
Why does the person that is liable get to benefit because you have insurance? Will they be responsible for paying your premiums? What about the money the employer paid as part of your benefits package?
I'm all for getting rid of fraudulent or ridiculous suits but not at the expense of good people who are legitimately injured through the careless actions of others.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 4:58 pm to TDTOM
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Settlement=30% Trial=40% Appeal=40% all plus expenses.
The plus expenses part pisses me. If its % base then it should include expenses. Otherwise it should be time and materials contract.
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:08 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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My guess is that the lawyers advertising these cut a deal: You do my commercial, and I’ll cut my fee.
God damn that is sleazy.
Maybe this is why I will never make a lot of money. I couldn't imagine exploiting someone like that. I couldn't sleep.
I also couldn't sleep taking 30% of their money.
Jesus man, I'll be broke forever.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:10 pm to armytiger96
Expenses include cost of filing in court, postage, copies, expert witnesses, travel.
Attorney not gonna wanna eat all dat $.
Attorney not gonna wanna eat all dat $.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:25 pm to Cycledude
dont know
dont care
i understand that some folks need legal representation
but, good knight these blood sucking vultures should not be allowed to advertise on television…
dont care
i understand that some folks need legal representation
but, good knight these blood sucking vultures should not be allowed to advertise on television…
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:31 pm to Riverside
There’s a lawyer in Lafayette that claims he only charges 25%
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