My guess - she hadn't done anything substantive on the file and mediation was court ordered. Instead of getting her shit together or whatever, she just thought she could attend the sham mediation and make up for it later. The agreement to the settlement is baffling though. Like, I can't even come up with a single crazy justification for that.
Yeah my favorite was her increasing the settlement twice because… reasons. just reaffirms my reasoning to bypass defense lawyers and negotiate with adjusters whenever possible
Just finished up three days of trial resulting in a eight-figure settlement. It was a product defect case involving the death of a 2 year old. Just god awful facts. Part of the settlement includes the company "fixing" future products sold with the warning our expert came up with. It feels good to do something beyond a big monetary award. I am beat and ready to be done for the rest of 2023.
I’m working on what should be an incredible med mal case involving the death of a two year old during elective outpatient surgery. But I’m 99% sure these fuckers are going to demand airbitration at the end of presuit and cap the damages .
Do any of you Plaintiff guys ever have any luck getting hospitals to compromise on the medicals when the client was uninsured. I’ve been completely hit or miss on this. Some do it no problem and some just absolutely refuse to budge.
wes tegg buzz me when you’re up here on that case you just filed and we’ll get lunch or a beer. I’m sure colonel_forbin will join.
my friend received an 18mo federal prison sentence and is looking for info on which facility she should try to request. ideally the best combination of living conditions and rules i guess? she doesn’t have a layer at the moment so those of us in her support group are trying to help as best we can. if anyone has any useful info, i’d appreciate it
we’re in chicago and she was sentenced in arkansas, but she made it seem like she didn’t have to necessarily report to a prison in AR since they were federal charges
I don’t know how much choice she has in the matter. I thing the Federal Bureau of prisons will just tell her where to go based off the crime, sentencing, proximity to home, etc. sometimes things like health issues or unique protection needs can change that.
I’m very minimally familiar with the process but I think someone convicted has two opportunities to influence the decision - both as part of the BOP’s determination of a recommendation, and then also with the judge at sentencing. The judge may make a recommendation, but I don’t think it’s technically binding on BOP. I have no clue how much BOP can or cares to take into account inmate preferences.
I hate when you inform an expert — who you know hasn’t done jack shit on the file since the last time you spoke to them — that a case has settled, then they suddenly remember how they forgot to bill you a few thousand dollars for some recent work they did.
yea, every expert I hire has to inform me before doing any billable work. I'm not paying for that bull shit.
They are going to federal prison, not a hotel. The only people who get to influence what federal prison they end up at are people with extremely extenuating circumstances or the uber rich who get that put into their plea deal.
Family Member: Hey can you look at this business proposal and agreement for me? I know you're busy. Me: Sure, I'll take a look at it in January after my busiest time of the year. Family Member: Ugh never mind Am I the asshole here?
Congrats. Welcome to a lifetime of this. Not at all. If someone wants free legal advice, they can wait until you have some free time from your actual paying job to do it.
that’s just not true, the PSR and the judge both play a role and both of those processes explicitly provide for the defendant’s input
I'm pretty sure the family member has gotten into a number of business-related legal kerfuffles, so it'd most likely take more than an hour for me to do the bare minimum CYA so this doesn't come back to haunt me
you aren't wrong, but joe schmoe can't just ask to go to club fed and get what they want. You need valid reasons to go with that request. Ask to serve your time at a prison close to a family support system, sure. Ask a federal judge to go to a specific facility because it is brand new and has the most favorable rules, the few I know would hit you with the and send you somewhere else out of principle.
yeah idk anything about it but she made it seem like she had a chance for some input into the decision. this is her first ever run-in with the law so i think that might help too? unfortunately some federal prosecutors don’t find burnt out cop cars as cool as i do.
she spent the last couple of years on track for probation until a new prosecutor took the case. made it clear they’re being made an example of
Generally, the Federal system is a lot better than state prisons, and that’s especially true for women. She will be safe wherever they send her.
I really think yall should follow him to see how much he posts this kinda of stuff. It's mind blowing and very entertaining in a super cringy way.
there is a guy in atlanta with the instagram handle crash money millionaire and i am so fucking upset i didn't think of it first
I have the occasional presuit file even though I’m supposed to be all litigation and the presuit offers are just so cartoonishly bad. guy has 43k in meds with a surgical rec on a 100k policy. 28k offer
Probably an easy question but I can’t find the correct PA law or understand what it means. Based on my tenure I can accrue up to 360 hours of PTO before it stops accruing. The PTO cap for all payouts at termination is 120 hours, unless otherwise required by state law. how do I know if in Pennsylvania I could get the full 360 or what I accrue over 120 hours.
No good deed goes unpunished. This client is now arguing scope of work and trying to take me for a ride
Saw where a Shunnarah lawyer in AL got absolutely hammered by a bankruptcy judge for settling a case where the client was in bankruptcy without getting appointed special counsel and without getting authority to settle the case . It was a $40k settlement and the judge made the law firm pay back the entire $40k and would not give them their fee. These judges are demanding you check PACER when a case comes in and then again when you are about to settle or disburse. They do not care about the thing in the settlement statement that says the client is not in bankruptcy. I've seen multiple cases where they made the law firm give back the full amount of the settlement. Part of the issue with the Shunnarah guy is they specifically said that firm had settled tons of cases without getting appointed special counsel or getting authority for the bankruptcy court so they were a repeat offender. Also the lawyer in his briefing went after the trustee which is a really fucking stupid thing to do.
I planned to gave these people a 75% discount to meet their budget, and with a straight face they told me that I agreed to do some work for them because I used the word “we” on a phone call: these are things “we” can put in policies and procedures. Despite the fact in writing I said “you.” With nothing else in writing to support their claim, they cited “and tasks related thereto” language in my engagement letter as further support. They then told me that with future clients I should be careful with what I say so as to not give them a false impression. Some people. Might just have to forget about their budget and send the invoice at full price since that’s what they agreed to.