/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>55601839
since both of you sound fucking retarded I'll say it simply: speak with another lawyer, not 4chan

>>55601839
Don't listen to that anon, don't speak to lawyers. Tell them to get fucked, keep harassing them, the hounded becomes the hounder. Go after their families, fuck their life up, become a nuisance.

TOTAL LAWYER DEATH

>>55601839
It's pretty standard that lawyers will jew you hard for expenses. Example, we had to print 500 pages, the cost is $5 per page so they invoice you that 2500. Everyone hates lawyers for a reason, my recommendation is to get in good with them and suck their fucking dicks bc theyll probably be senators one day. God bless america

800k out of a 2.5M payout is not bad

My parents are lawyers and generally get at least 50% of the payout, more if the case went on for a very long time.

In fact they just had a case where a guy got a $1.8M payout and he owes $1M to the lawyers, and also owes $300k to his insurance who was paying him an income while out of work for a long time. So his 1.8M payout is leaving him with 500k lol.

>>55601839
If i were your GF, i would get a lawyer.
oh come on anon

>>55601937
>It's pretty standard that lawyers will jew you hard for expenses.

I'm just not paying haha

>>55601839
wtf man! Lawyers should work for free! How hard can getting into law school, writing the bar, getting licensed, finding an articling position, finding a job, undertaking legal research, learning the rules of procedure, seeking and maintaining all deadlines, finding and preparing witnesses, reading the opposition's evidence, holding the opposition to deadlines and strict evidentiary rules, and dealing with brain dead retarded penniless clients possibly be?!

>>55602378
>t. lawyer

Get fucked faggot. Everyone hates you almost as much as you hate your job. Should've picked a better career.

Can’t wait for AI to replace these leeches.

>>55602471
I love my job. I enjoy status, high salaries, challenges and a sense of purpose. Further, my mental capacity is tested by research and my mental agility is tested during hearings. Maybe you shouldn't have projected?

>>55602561
lmfao, AI can't replace anything except mcdonald's workers and blue collar retards like you.

>>55602681
Lmao what a single digit iq take

>>55602983
cope

>>55602991
Office leeches being replaced daily by Chad ai. I haven't seen a replaced McDonald's worker yet

>>55601839
The fee agreement controls. If there is no fee agreement, which I am extraordinarily skeptical of, then you need to talk to a lawyer in Florida. I suspect that there is a fee agreement though and you and your girlfriend are just shiesty fools. Every time someone calls me with something like this that's always what the problem is.

>t. Lawyer

>>55601839
What did you sue for?

>>55602666
>>55602681
>>55602991
>>55602378
>t. barista with art degree

tick tock

>>55602666
>I enjoy status, high salaries, challenges and a sense of purpose.

Shut the fuck up and pour me my coffee.

>>55603073
>The fee agreement controls.

Not sure about this, so I will ask the lawyer to produce the fee agreement. But couldn't they just fabricate it? As far as I know, the only agreement made was the payout to the lawyer, which amounted to about 33% of the settlement. That said, what if there is no fee agreement? Can I tell those bastards to go fuck themselves?

>>55602378
You know things are fucked when the law is so complicated that you need an overpaid, stuck-up nerd to stand before it in your behalf. Constitutions and every derivative should be completely wiped and rewritten every 100 years with a 1000 word limit. Also, settlements through fighting and duels should be reintroduced. What's that "I burnt my hand with your hot coffee and now you owe me 100k". Fuck that, you want compensation? Fight!

1.7m falls out of the sky and lands in your lap and you want to cry about what amounts to a $40K tip. The money is gonna be gone just after Christmas and you two will blame each other.

>>55603692
Shut the fuck up wagie

ive been living in texas for 10 yrs now. let me tell cubans are the most corrupt people ive ever met.

>>55603578
t. Someone who knows literally nothing about the law

Gotcha. I'll inform the supreme court immediately.

>>55604422
>I'll keep hiding like a rat within the power structure that enables my existence.
No shit

>>55604422
Besides, you're a fucking moron. The supreme court doesn't write the law.

>>55601839
why do lawyers make you seethe so much? it is a high barrier to entry profession with extensive schooling and commitment. it requires long hours of work and at the very least an iq of 110+. they earn their money and you entitled retards getting these six figure settlements should be grateful for that.

>>55602561
Yeah man ill just hold a computer up at my next court date and let it interpret nuances just like a human. Fucking idiot

>>55603578
>"I burnt my hand with your hot coffee and now you owe me 100k"
The woman from the coffee case suffered absolutely horrific burns, and permanent disfigurement. Her legs and genitals were melted. I'm sure some of the incels here delight over that but the reasonable people sitting on the jury didn't. You know where the multimillion dollar sum came from? You are required to have a calculable basis for the amount you request. So, her lawyer came up with with the number based upon one day of McDonald's coffee sales. He argued that it would take at least that much for McDonald's to feel it enough to fix the problem. Because this McDonalds had been warned by health inspectors about the temperature of their coffee like 10 times. Then the big business lobby used this "absurd" judgment (that was reduced to way way less) as propaganda for tort reform. Cuz idiots hear coffee and millions and start parroting "we need tort reform!" When they don't even know what it means. So now you vote for tort reform, lose your leg in an accident because of some idiot, and oh sorry, your damages are capped at 150k. That will buy you a real fancy wheelchair though! Tort reform is great!

>>55603343
>But couldn't they just fabricate it?
They could, if they have someone really good at forging signatures. But it's unlikely because if they got caught doing something like that the state bar would probably shut down the entire firm.

>>55605020
Here's an idea: Ban McDonald's altogether and any other company that makes profit in detriment of their customers' health, stop wasting the court's time on ridiculous cases like these, confiscate their assets instead and use them along with taxpayers' money that you saved to incentivize local produce that provides raw goods to healthy subsidized diners.
>b-but muh communism
You burgers haven't seen a real government for like 80 years. All you have up there is mobsters, murderers and looters and their spawn, to which you pay hundreds of thousands to see if they can fix you with some breadcrumbs of the cake, like the OP.

>>55601839
>1) Shouldn't these costs already be covered in the $800k payment to the lawyers?

No, legal fees are distinct from costs advanced. Fees are for the lawyer work (e.g., drafting the pleadings, taking depositions etc…). Costs are for expenses like process serving or hiring a stenographer to transcribe a deposition.

2) If my gf never agreed to these costs ahead of time, she doesn't have to pay them, right?

I guarantee you the retainer agreement she signed included a provision requiring her to pay for costs.

>3) If the lawyers didn't notify my gf that they were going to use these sources, she doesn't have to pay them, right?

Again, I am sure the retainer put her on notice there would be costs in addition to fees.

>4) If there is nothing in writing for points 2 & 3, she doesn't have to pay them, right?

Sure, but the retainer agreement will have covered this.

Lastly, please be advised your gf would have $0 but for the hard work her lawyers put in.