How much will I receive from my settlement? OT encouraged

50k. I think that's way too high. I'll be lucky if I get 30k before fees, imo.

op - if you are married - claim loss of consortium (spouse can sue too)

seriously - you got a big payout coming - shop for better attorney

e.g., w/out tmi - i have a case in process for 1mm

op - if you are married - claim loss of consortium (spouse can sue too)

seriously - you got a big payout coming - shop for better attorney

e.g., w/out tmi - i have a case in process for 1mm

1mm?
I don't think I can shop for a better attorney. We're at the last leg of the process. He only gets money when I win. I can't say 'no thank you' at this point, can I? I'm not married.

One M&M? Seems like a silly thing to ask for.

this is your hip ($$$$$) and you are in your 20s

I think you might be aiming a bit too high. My exh had his hip broken and his leg broken in several places. It took lots of screws to put him back together. The injury ended his lifetime career as a firefighter. Despite all that he still received less than $70k total.

UTR, I'm going with about $25k

I've been to three different physical therapists, and by that I mean three different 8-12 week sessions. I've been to two different orthopedic doctors, I had a cortisone shot that did nothing. They have records of all of that. The 18k offer was before a final round of physical therapy and before it was deemed permanent.

wtf?


You have to admire google's targeted advertising.

SO I was in a car accident a few years back, and yada yada, I have a permanent injury to my hip flexor area. It inhibits my ability to exercise the way I used to, it hurts after sex !!!! and sometimes it pops/clicks when I walk. It is not debilitating. I did not lose an arm or become deformed from this. I am not in a wheelchair and I didn't lose my job over this injury. However, its a pain in the ass and I'm upset that it can never go away.

So after 1/3 of it goes to legal fees, lets make bets on how much I get out of it.

Before it was deemed permanent I was offered 18k (Or about that) before the 1/3 was taken out. I'll update this if I ever get money.
And no, I am not loaning any of you money!

(If anyone remembers my thread about what you would do with a large amount of money if you won it, that is what this was about)

wtf?


You have to admire google's targeted advertising.

You want a truthful answer - PT doesn't mean squat when it comes to a settlement, neither does a cortisone shot, neither does determining it is permanent. You were not operated on, you did not suffer any permanent scars, you were not disfigured, etc., etc., etc., which ups the ante for a settlement.

The 18k offered - minus from that the 1/3 Lawyer's fees - minus from that also the "Costs" - and with that I mean the costs for getting all the doctor's records needed, every phone call you made to the Lawyer, every Fax you sent to the Lawyer, every communication you had with the Lawyer, and every single thing he billed for - including postage - those are the "Costs" which will also be deducted beyond the 1/3 - and then that will be your actual settlement cost that you will receive. So minus the 1/3 - you are down to $12,060 - and you can figure in at minimal another 10% for Costs (and I'm being generous going so low) - so your actual "take" may be $10,854 by the time all is said and done.

Now had you asked for a copy of every single doctor report, and documented this entire situation - you could have settled this yourself - and saved yourself $7,146 simply by being organized, and doing it all yourself - as there is a formula that is followed for all of this - and there is a book that one can purchase that you can actually do it yourself. Including negotiating with the Insurance Company and writing the letters to explain how negligent their "party was" and how terribly this has affected your life, yada, yada - which is basically what the Attorney has done - and then you proceed to tell them what you figure the value of all of this is worth - and the negotiations begin - and you volley back and forth - as you always go higher - as an Attorney would - until you reach what you know/feel is where they would have come to - to begin with - based on the formula for your Medical Bills vs the formula.

So I say you end up with somewhere around $10k to $11k in your pocket after expenses paid out.

tl-dr - she gets $10k to $11k after expenses paid out