The Tale of a Georgia Personal Injury Mediation Case
So, I am at the mediation headquarters. His huge building with sprawling elevators and huge windows. After about 45 min. of being early and sitting in my car, I get ready to go in. I waited about till 20 mins before nine o’clock which was the time the mediation was to start. So, I got my car and move towards the office. It was freezing cold outside and windy. I got to the building and saw my clients were standing there in the middle the atrium. We all said hello, gave each other hugs, and moved towards the mediation office. They had already found the office, so they showed to me which way to go. They were very concerned. I could tell they were very nervous and start asking multiple questions upon questions. We went into the office. We were instructed to sign an entry form and take a seat in the conference room. This conference room was huge. It had gorgeous pictures on the wall, each one of them probably worth thousands of dollars. Conference table itself could’ve sat 50 people. Everything this building screamed money, and money was spent. And there was no doubt because we were to pay $350 per hour per party. This mediation was not short, we started nine and we finished the 11 hours later. Our portion the mediation fees were well over $3000 and there were two other parties who had to pay the same amount. In the case was resolved. So, perhaps it was worth the 300+ dollars an hour to help us resolve this case. We’ve been arguing on it for over two years so to come to any resolution was deafening worth any amount of money.
The clients were more or less satisfied with the settlement. No one is ever sure as client if they should or should not take the deal. They must rely on the attorney. I was quite confident this was a good deal. Our case was very similar to a case that had been filed previous to ours and involved the same attorneys in a very similar fact patterns. They had settled for one third less than the. And what is important to note about their case, is that they had to of the biggest plaintiffs law firms going against one defense firm. We had one of the smallest plaintiffs firms going into the biggest defense firms. So the fact that we were outmatched you still did one third better speaks volumes to how we proceeded in this case.
The one thing that did learn and put into context is of the insurance company is willing to risk a very high settlement, because percentagewise they are just as likely to get a low settlement on a different case. So it’s not like they’re viewing your case singularly, they’re viewing it as a percentagewise across a large spectrum of cases. They may win some here, they may lose some here, and there for it all works out. I used to think of that just by filing suit they will learn lesson. That is not the case. They have budgeted and scheduled and planned for all the above.
The insurance company is serious about what they do, and what they do is make money. They make money by not paying out on claims. You might be good at tennis but you will always lose every match to professional tennis player. You may be able to beat everyone in the neighborhood, but you will never beat a professional. The insurance company and the lawyers, they hire are professionals. You are not. Please take this under devised and in govern yourself accordingly. It is worth money in your pocket to follow those rules.
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