Lonnie Johnson
I recommend having a talk with Mark. He has lots of experience and doesn't charge to educate you on all the legal stuff
Lonnie Johnson
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:35:36 -0700
From: markjginsberg@yahoo.com
To: cp57embd@gmail.com; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Accident settlement Advice?
Casey,
In general, a lawyer who would represent you for this type of injury would not be paid up front, but paid on a contingency fee, out of the $ they hopeful can get for you either by settlement or trial. If you are not yet better, then this shows how the bad drivers insurance is not being honest, if you settle now, but have problems later, too bad. Ideally, you want to make sure you are all better, then move forward with complete information.
I am happy to talk to you, well, let me re-phrase that, I am available and willing to talk with you. I am sorry it is because of this.
I will talk to any obra member free of charge (well I'd talk to most anybody free of charge) to see if they had a case, and to see if I thought I can help them.
I am around this whole week, and my contact info is below.
For those who don't know, this is the actual work I do when not writing RV prose.
Mark
Mark J. Ginsberg
Berkshire Ginsberg, LLC
Attorneys At Law
1216 SE Belmont St.
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 542-3000
Fax (503) 233-6874
markjginsberg@yahoo.com
mark@berkshireginsberglaw.com
www.berkshireginsberglaw.com
From: casey patton
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 7:42 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Accident settlement Advice?
I was hit by a car a week and a half ago and have filed claims with my insurance for my injuries and the drivers for property damage. She was clearly at fault. I didn't have any broken bones but was reasonably beat up as comes from hitting a car. Her insurance has already paid for my bike (yay!) and offered me a settlement. I'm sure the first offer is low but I have no clue what a "fair" settlement is. Lost wages is straight forward but how does one figure pain and suffering and so on? I'm sure there are plenty of folks out there that have been thru the process and, as I have no clue, would love to hear anyone's thoughts on how to determine what's fair when you've been blasted off your bike in the middle of race season.
Thanks, Casey
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