Oh ok. Here we can basically do the same thing. If carrier exposes their insured to an excess verdict when they could have settled the insured tortfeasor will have a bad faith case which is assignable to the original plaintiff.
This is a long shot but I'm looking for a fair treating neuro/ortho in Memphis TN for a MVA client. Any recs appreciated.
Also what are your thought on sending clients to a neurologist as the main treating provider? My old boss used to do that and a neurologist can definitely refer to pain management, order MRI, refer to surgeon if surgery is needed. But seems like going with an ortho spine specialist or neurosurgeon cuts out the middle man and is more streamlined.
Neurologist is only good for either chronic pain or medical management. If you think it’s a surgical issue cut out the middle man and the neurologist can just be an ancillary provider.
I love it. Still a little bit of a learning curve in terms of getting accustomed to the litigation management software, not having an assistant in place yet and some behind the scenes type administrative matters, but those will sort themselves out so I’m not too worried. Otherwise I’m kicking myself for not having done it years ago.
We are all spoiled af at my firm. All of us have a paralegal and a legal assistant. I also get our receptionist to do a bunch of stuff for me. $80k a month overhead
Almost got to strike a jury with @Z as my local counsel today, but we got continued for another case to try in front of us. While they were qualifying the jury (in a middle school gym), a pipe going into one of the HVAC units came loose and dumped water from the ceiling onto the floor. A deputy sheriff moved a trashcan into the stream of water, and things just moved along.
The Miami-Dade Courthouse leaks. The judge had to have a bucket to catch the drips. When I asked her about it, she said that she just always hopes it only water falling.
And they are a 2 minute walk from each other. The lunch cafeteria in the federal court house is legitimately good and dirt cheap.
Is one state of the art and the other has asbestos, support columns in the middle of the court rooms, and bathrooms on every 3rd floor?
We’re lucky to have the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. The federal courthouse has both the Sixth Circuit and SD Ohio Cincinnati division in a really cool New Deal era building. Very well preserved, down to old brass post office boxes on the ground level when it doubled as a post office. Hamilton County has a 1915 building with giant courtrooms and ornate architecture as well, with most criminal across the street in a 1980’s building. Judges are in the courthouse, but nothing administrative for the most part. It’s a nice arrangement that keeps most traffic out of the building.
Allow me a brief venting session about technology: Florida moved to e-filing of pleadings several years ago. At the time, my then secretary set up an account for me and since I never actually did the filing I had no idea what the log-in credentials were. When I joined my last firm 7 years ago my old secretary forwarded those credentials to the assistant my former partner and I shared at the time. We went through about 7 assistants in the subsequent years and the most recent one is a total dingbat but he keeps her because she’s cheap. She always filed everything using my partner’s credentials and has no idea where my info is. So the other day I wanted to file something with the clerk for the first time since making the switch. The problem is I don’t have my login info. So I go through the process of requesting my lost user name through the Florida e-portal site. That site says no such user exists with my Bar number. So I figure that’s fine I’ll just start a new account. Get an error message that an account already exists with my Bar number. So I submit a ticket over a week ago to the help desk and nobody replies. I call the customer service number on the site today and it isn’t staffed by a live person. It instructs you to leave a voicemail and someone will get back to you some day. However, it specifically tells you that if you put in a service ticket then not to leave a voicemail. What the fuck?!?!?
So I have a claim where my guy got hurt under unknown circumstances while doing some work at an apartment complex. I sent a spoliation to the complex and they sent me surveillance videos of the date of injury. I subsequently withdrew from the file before I had to produce those videos to defense counsel. Claimant gets new attorney, and I send him the videos. Defense counsel and her paralegal have asked me five times for these videos, and each time I tell them to ask the current attorney. Just this morning, she sends me a fucking RPD to produce the videos. Lady, just fucking ask his current attorney!!!! Or, hell…ask the apartment complex. I’m not giving you shit.
The time between waiting for conflicts and background check to be run, while working for your current but soon to be former employer, is excruciatingly terrible. However, that time after you put in your notice before starting a new job, that shit is glorious.
I quit without any offers for a new job because YOLO so I gave my two weeks and I wanted at least one last paycheck if I wasn't going to be working so I could enjoy my break. My firm was cool with me working another two weeks. I got an offer that afternoon from my current employer and they wanted me to start in two weeks.
I’ve had the job lined up for a couple months, kind of a open offer to come back to my old firm, which I never should have left to begin with. I really like my current boss/employer, but it was a significant pay cut.
Do yall run background checks on defendants in even low dollar run of the mill MVAs? Might be worth the cost if they lied about having any criminal history. And I think it would be admissible for impeachment. What about prior wrecks/claims. I know insurance exchanges allow carriers to get info on past claims/wrecks for plaintiffs. Is there a service that will let you get the same for defendants that a plaintiff would have access to? Again, if they lied about having no prior claims , contrary evidence would be admissible.
Most states keep a record of accidents/tickets. Here it’s like $25 to get one from the department of public safety.
I'm turning in my two weeks tomorrow -- good chance there are some fireworks. I absolutely cannot fucking wait. I've had this date pegged for a long, long time.
Negative, we end in November/December. I'm pretty behind on hours this year anyways, so wouldn't be getting a fat bonus. Pulling a Sammy Meatballs and taking a step back for a bit, gonna look for some part time stuff. Have busted my ass starting my own virtual office and website to do freelance/contract work remotely. Have some friends with their own practices that can give me some work while I get my feet under me. Have some other non-legal streams of income that will help. We are so fucking slammed that I'm going to offer to stay on in a part time capacity, but I won't be in Seattle and there has to be zero expectation of in-person. Pretty sure my boss is going to flip. Have a one-way flight to Costa Rica on Oct 23, plan is to vagabond around Central and South America for 5-6 months --- and hopefully 2-3-4 years.
I guess Sammy Meatballs must have let you in on the secret that he he was able to sustain his non-lawyer lifestyle by working as a cam model?
I could never do that BamaNug but I look forward to reading about your adventures and wish you the best of luck. That sounds awesome!
In Florida wouldn't you need to open probate in order to make a claim on behalf of the estate? So the attorney would open the probate as the petitioner, with no relationship to any heirs, have himself appointed as PR and then win the case, take fees, have the balance retained in the probate court registry and move on? What happens to the probate case?
Do yall trust your paralegals to do medical summaries? Sometimes mine are lacking. May get a RN for them.