SilverPoon985

Your post asks two separate questions.

1) Most law firms operate those kind of cases on contingency, meaning the claimant owes nothing until verdict/settlement. General contingency fee is 30-40% across the board in Louisiana, staying closer to the 33-35% range - with a kicker if it goes to trial the contingency fee jumps to 40%.

The contingency fee generally does not cover case expenses/liens/subrogations: such as filings, deposition costs, trial prep costs (exhibits), court filing fees, expert fees, etc. Those are deducted from the gross amount after verdict/settlement.

So for example: say a case settled for $100k - to get to that the attorney had to depose the tortfeasor and the insurance adjuster, file a motion to compel, take a writ on a Motion to Quash 1442 deposition of insurance adjuster, get the police report, and request medical records which lets hypothetically say in total cost $8.5k. In this hypo: the client incurred $25k of medical treatment via their BCBS membership (actual paid amount by BCBS was $6,250 and a write off of $18,750 was applied). BCBS would notice a lien on the file for reimbursement of the $6,250. The attorney would then negotiate with the insurer, this case BCBS for a reduction in the lien pursuant to Moody.(a legal case which generally reduces the lien by 1/3)

So the math would go like this:

Gross Settlement: $100,000.00
Att Fee (33%) ($33,000.00)
Expenses on File: ($8,5000.00)
BCBS Lien (negotiated): ($4,166.67)
Net to Claimant: $54,333.33

Obviously, this is just a hypothetical with fictitious numbers for expenses and liens

2)Regarding the value/"math" of what a case is worth - the math comes down to multiple factors: what type of injections (ESI, MBB, RFAs), what other type of treatment (PT/Chiro), if liability is established/contested, treatment span (date of loss to last date of treatment), need for future medical treatment, the venue (jurisdiction) the case is pending, willingness of claimant to go to trial, egregiousness of the actions of tortfeasor (person who did the wrong action), and likeability/personality of the claimant.

I've seen the same treatment, treatment span, and medical specials go to vastly different conclusions based on 1) venue 2) likeability/personality of claimant, 3) actions of tortfeasor, and/or 4) willingness to go to trial.

95% of ducks we saw this weekend were BWT.

Not sure what is going on, but we went from no teal during teal season to the most teal I have ever seen in SELA from (October 15-current).

Few divers hanging by lakes that came into marsh for easy pickings.

Very very few greys, which is saddening.

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CCA and BTT are already on this issue as well as the TRCP. I haven't seen the CSF post anything about it specifically.

But i will give it to CCA, they have been pushing this issue full force in last few months along with BTT and TRCP with advertising and making the information known to the general public.

Unfortunately, the general public still does not understand the difference between the roles/impact of LDWF, LWFC, legislature (state), and Congress (federal) on this issue. It's not a one prong press.

As a CCA grudge holder, I am proud to be a CCA member today.

Same on our end, we Tarpon fished at breton one day and by the time we got to snapper hole current had stopped so caught a few snapper but that's only time we didn't limit. was all around a good snapper season.

Maybe next year the tarpon fishing will be a little better. (was hot at the end of September, but August was slower than normal)

This is what I have been doing--works well, but in the process dog soaks everything/fills it with water getting in and out repeatedly.

Had the MoMarsh until I got tired of legs snapping out. So went back to the trusty pirogue, but who knows--may stick with the ole pirogue.

Dog Stand

Was looking at the above

Outside, but they're moving closer. They just started getting back on rigs/5-8ft of water. Was going to fish the deep hole on Dennis if I made it down that way to see if they were moving in yet - but we decided to go East.

Shouldn't be long and they'll be in Passes.

Side Note: if you ever hear of a camp coming up for sale down that way let me know. silverpoon985@gmail.com (I am tired of riding that river both ways every day haha)

Its full of asshats running GTRs everywhere and hoped up mercs trying to run 60 through cypress knees.

We hunted it religiously until it got over crowded to a point you can not even work a duck any more.

Quite sad in all honesty, a many of good hunts were had in Redeye

That's the fear for us, which is becoming a reality unfortunately.