What if my case settles?
Settling your case involves you receiving a lump-sum of money, tax free, in exchange for dismissing your personal injury case against the party with whom you’re settling. After deducting attorney’s fees and costs, the remainder is used to pay any medical bills or liens on the case, usually at a lower negotiated amount, and then what’s left goes into your pocket to use however you wish. If we settled before filing a lawsuit, the attorney’s fees would be 33 1/3% of the settlement; if we settled after filing a lawsuit, attorney’s fees would be 40% of the settlement.
Settling your case involves you receiving a lump-sum of money, tax free, in exchange for dismissing your personal injury case against the party with whom you’re settling. After deducting attorney’s fees and costs, the remainder is used to pay any medical bills or liens on the case, usually at a lower negotiated amount, and then what’s left goes into your pocket to use however you wish. If we settled before filing a lawsuit, the attorney’s fees would be 33 1/3% of the settlement; if we settled after filing a lawsuit, attorney’s fees would be 40% of the settlement.
