Beware of Settlement Mills
There are a lot of law firms out there who hold themselves out as "personal
injury" law lawyers but in reality they are just "settlement
mills". These law firms usually heavily advertise as "personal
injury" lawyers on tv and in the phone books but do not really function
as lawyers. What they do is collect information about the case, send it
to the insurance company and try to negotiate settlements without ever
leaving their desks. Eventually they accept whatever the insurance company
feels like paying for the claim. They have no leverage because the insurance
companies know that they wont go to court. They make up in volume for
what they don't get for the individual clients. In many cases the
client has no idea what their case is worth, so the case is settled and
they are none the wiser. Sometimes they client senses they are getting
a raw deal and will seek a second opinion about their case. Many of these
clients wind up in our offices. We are often shocked by what their "settlement
mill" lawyers were trying to get them to accept as a settlement.
Because our law firm has a reputation for going to court when necessary
to fight the insurance companies we are usually able to negotiate much
better settlements for our clients. And in those rare cases when the insurance
company won't pay a fair settlement we have no problem going to court
and asking a jury for an award that usually winds up being greater than
the amount we were originally willing to settle for. This gives us the
leverage our clients need to get fair settlements. See our client testimonials
and sample cases to learn about our results.
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Van Dorn, Curtiss & Rousseau
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