When you win a lawsuit against the above because of breaking contracts,falseifeing documents, and breaking confidentiality why do their insurance companies take so long to pay up?
The district judge gave them 24 hours to pay us and they never done it.
Don't give me the BS about paper work.
Would you wait a month or what would you do?
2006-12-29 07:58:59 · 5 answers · asked by shawngthgirw 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
My lawyer is totally in shock because he has never won a case so big. He won't call back when I do call him. He has yet to send us the paper work showing us that we won or give us the phone numbers to the insurance companies.
2006-12-29 08:16:53 · update #1
Because every moment they keep that money in the bank, they are making money off of it.
I would call them immediately or have your lawyer deal with it.
2006-12-29 08:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make an appointment to meet with your attorney and find out what the hold-up is. Regardless of the amount of the judgement, in many jurisdictions, the defendant is required to pay the judgement within a certain time-frame or the defendant will owe interest. However, if the defendant has appealed the ruling, this could be why you haven't heard anything. There may be motions filed with the court to ask the court to reconsider its judgement or to file an appeal with a higher court; all of which can drag it out for a very long time. Your lawyer should be explaining the status of the case to you. Don't let him avoid your phone calls. Make an appointment to go talk to him face-to-face to find out what's going on. Normally, once there is a judgement in your favor, a release is no longer necessary. If there was a settlement before a judgement was handed down, then you would sign a release which prevents you from going after the defendant for additional claims. You will, however, have to pay your legal expenses and a percentage to your attorney out of the proceeds of your settlement or judgement. If your attorney is avoiding you, you may need to get another attorney to look into the matter if you think your own attorney may have done something underhanded.
2006-12-29 15:44:33 · answer #2 · answered by Yo' Mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get on top of the lawyer. Even though you have a judgment, you might be required to sign a release or other document certifiying the money was paid.
The lawyer would hold this until he received the check and then send it on to the people who are paying you and/or to the court.
If you lawyer is not in touch, I suspect there might be a problem so don't let this go on too long.
2006-12-29 08:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No decide provides somebody "24 hours" to "pay". What the decide did grow to be rule on your want. There are information that could desire to be arranged, signed and filed, and your cost desires to be processed by utilising the coverage employer after all of that's achieved. All of this takes time. In my adventure, usually 40 5 to 60 days. I truly have seen it take under 30 days, yet that isn't the norm. that's assuming that an allure isn't being filed. in case you have signed the releases already, you do no longer could desire to agonize approximately an allure. in case you haven't any longer ... then this may well be a controversy. If it turns into sparkling that the defendants are unlikely to pay era and no allure is being filed, then your criminal expert can record for enforcement of the judgment. whether you probably did have the telephone numbers to call the coverage firms, it would not do you any solid simply by fact they are not allowed to speak to you devoid of your attorneys consent and you're actually not their insured. i'm able to enable you to recognize precisely why your criminal expert isn't calling you lower back. it truly is given which you for sure have unrealistic expectancies appropriate to the full technique and because you're perplexing the way you have faith issues could be with the way they are actual. Your criminal expert isn't performing "stupid". he or she would not have the time or power to get right into a around argument with you. The bar association shouldn't get entangled in something like this simply by fact there is no longer something unsuitable approximately it.
2016-10-28 16:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by andry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better watch that lawyer closely. If that is the biggest suit he ever won, he is a newbie, liable to screw up.
2006-12-29 10:29:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋