Re: help with settelment

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On 8/05/05, myk wrote:
> Just wondering if any one can help i have a spinal cord
> stimulator for my arms in which i have RSD in both from a
> broken neck were i now have around 12" of steel holding my
> neck together and lost 1/3 of my left lung they pay me TT
> now they want to settel they came in at $40,000 my lawyer
> didn't even bother to tell me becaues it was so low now
> they came in at $100,000 and my lawyer said it is up to me
> and that it would be hard to get any more. I do hope to
> one day go back to work even if it is light duty dose this
> sound fair? I would only get around $70,000 after the
> fees but if I wait and can get back to work it would drop
> big time but if i can't work then i lose my TT. Any
> thoughts would be help for and if it helps i live in OHIO
I'm sorry to say after you settle they're not going to want
you back at work. I would make sure you get some kind of
retraining and medical for life in your settlement. In my
settlement I was able to keep my case open for the next 5
years and this is after they didn't even accept the case at
first. I also think 30% is alot for lawyer fees, usually
it's aroun 12%. As for the settlement you pretty much have
to be half dead to get anything out of these insurance
companies.