Re: help with settelment

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On 9/20/05, Iggy962 wrote:
> On 8/06/05, michael wrote:
>> 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&37; is alot for lawyer fees, usually
>> it's aroun 12&37;. As for the settlement you pretty much have
>> to be half dead to get anything out of these insurance
>> companies.
>
> I have just begun the second fight of my life. I injured my
> back and shoulder and didn't even want to get involved in work
> comp again. The first thing i did is look for state law on
work
> comp. I am in Kansas and there are limits on settlements. If
> your state is similar the only real area of debate is for
> future medical.

Hello, my husband got a settlement after 1 1/2 years for a 16%
back injury and spinal surgery of $40,152 - he was offered that
amount in Hawaii - never-the-less - we never hired an attorney
and we played hard ball with them...plus we read the rules for
Hawaii and they offered us $10,000 more than the rule books said.
We would have been fine with $6,000 ....so sometimes attorneys
do complicate things and every one told us to hire an attorney
because we couldn't represent ourselves but that wasn't true.
Also if after you get offered a settlement and you want
something else you can always look into asking questions to
places like this for additional information.
janb.7@juno.com