04-28-2016, 12:42 PM
(04-28-2016, 12:29 PM)BFritz21 Wrote:
He didn't do any work for that, though! He just found the clause in our insurance!
The other attorneys said that they wouldn't even charge a percentage because it was ours anyways, just negotiating a price, which I'm not even sure how much needed to be done.
If there was a settlement then why did you go to trial? Who's insurance paid?
And I guarantee you that there was more to it than just finding a clause in the insurance. That would determine fault, but it would not set the amount of damages. Most of the work is usually over the amount of damages and not who was at fault.
An attorney will not just "negotiate a price". They will either take a percentage of the settlement or charge an hourly fee. There can be a lot of work involved in proving an amount of damages, and that could lead to a lot of hours billed. Every personal injury lawyer I know works on a contingency basis unless the job looks like a complete loser, and they usually don't waste their time on a loser case unless the plaintiff just has a lot of money to throw away.
What percentage of the settlement was the $200K?
