"Sign Here and We'll Settle Quick"

Ben Glass

Attorney
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We often hear from potential clients who are being pressured by major insurance companies to sign documents now and "we'll be able to settle this case real quick."

This is usually a really bad move.

Don't be rushed, you have time.

According to published reports, attorneys Robert Brown and Guy Daugherty of Norfolk, Virginia just completed a case where the neck pain, while noted in some of the emergency department records, did not fully develop for several months. The insurance company on the other side was apparently so confident that the jury would not connect the two that it didn't even ask for a (so-called) independent medical examination.

Offer: $135,000

Verdict: $450,000

Had the plaintiff not been patient he might have signed away a substantial recovery in those first few weeks after the accident.