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3Hotdogs

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5. I've had some experience in W.C. court.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:29 AM

Oct 2018

You get hurt.

You get a settlement offer from the insurance company.

I suggest you don't accept the first offer. Tell your lawyer, "Tell them, they have to do better."

Your lawyer will ask, or tell you that the company asked, "How much is better?"

Repeat: "Just tell them, they'll have to do better."

They almost always do. This is not lawyer advice but experience from watching court cases which is one of my hobbies.

This is also a strategy for selling real estate. Never accept the first offer.

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Company couldn't cut disabled worker's benefits, so it 'went rogue' and had him arrested, lawyer say [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP

they would shoot us like they dhoot horses if they could rampartc Oct 2018 #1

Worker's Comp Insurance Carriers are the Worst of the Worst ... they're scum ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #2

Very true! The crap my DH went through dealing with them, pfft! WePurrsevere Oct 2018 #3

Been there, done that Omaha Steve Oct 2018 #4

I've had some experience in W.C. court. 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #5

Add sexism and probably racism to their crimes lostnfound Oct 2018 #6