Personal Injury Lawsuit

The age old question for a plaintiff attorney is whether to advise your client to accept the offer made by the insurance company or roll the dice and take the case to trial. Is this the best and highest offer you are going to get? Is it the bird in the hand or two in the bush? In the past I have used my own experiences along with the jury verdicts reports of trials with similar fact situations and injuries to determine the value of the case. Other intangible items such as the type of witness the plaintiff will make or their jury appeal are also considered. A recent study out of New York that explores how well plaintiffs and defendants in civil lawsuits did when they elected to go to trial over accepting the final offer made.

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