23 Search Results for "contingent fee"

January 18, 2011

What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do Anyway?

...nt we ask the client to read and sign. Clear fault “limits” cases can have contingent fees as low as 10%, but typically the percentage is 20% if settled before suit and liability is not contested, 25% if liability is disputed but settled before suit is filed, and 33 1/3% if suit has to be filed. Most medical malpractice cases are 40%, and other complex cases, such as industrial accidents, can be 35% – 40%. FIFTH, the claims adjustor must be notifi...

June 9, 2010

What? Sue my employer? (Deliberate Intent)

...s part of a fair compromise settlement. In a case where the employer knowingly failed to provide a safe workplace, where injury was foreseeable and inevitable, a claim exists. For a serious injury, the recovery can be substantial. Attorneys take deliberate intent workplace injuries on a contingent fee basis (a percentage of the recovery). We off course, are interested in handling deliberate intent cases or associating with a firm that has this typ...

September 15, 2010

Comparative Fault in WV

...s without suit. A lawyer who is quick to file suit, who doesn’t communicate with the adjustor, or who does not consider using pre-litigation mediation, MAY be looking at that 1/3 contingent fee instead of 1/4, 1/5 or 1/10. More likely, he/she just isn’t innovative. Call or write for answers to your questions....