Articles in Medical Malpractice Injury
What is a “Structured Settlement”?
Structured settlements are tax efficient and can have asset protection and spendthrift advantages too. Like other tax deferral ideas, their results are more impressive the longer their term and the slower they pay out. They aren’t for everyone, and you shouldn’t structure every nickel you receive. Once they are set up, they generally can’t be changed.
DON’T Let Medicare Impact Your Next Personal Injury Settlement – Ask The Right Questions of Your Client UPFRONT
With Medicare’s increasing involvement in insurance settlements, information obtained at the time of case intake can make it easier (and hopefully faster) to address Medicare compliance issues. Jon Gunter, Executive Vice President at MEDVAL, recommends plaintiff attorneys ask the following questions up front in every injury or workers’ compensation insurance settlement case. I think you’ll find the information very helpful.
H3Assist Provides Homecare for Seniors & Others With Assisted Living Needs
Owner Scott Morton’s brother, Glenn, an avid tennis player and instructor, was the victim of an automobile accident in 2005. His family was told Glenn would never speak or walk again. Without the care of doctors, nurses, therapists, rehab staff and the care he receives at home, Scott believes his brother would never have made the great progress that he now enjoys. Scott created H3Assist to deliver the same kind of quality in-home care received by his brother.
Sample Structured Settlements Show A Variety of Options
For some the structured settlement process is best illustrated by sample structures.
Helping California Courts Protect Settlement Beneficiaries [Los Angeles Lawyer - March 2010]
Factoring
Beginning in the late 1980s, a new wrinkle emerged in structured settlements. Entities known as factoring companies targeted individuals who had structured settlements, buying the future structured settlement payment rights for a discounted lump sum, usually a fraction of the overall settlement figure.
Structured Settlements Offer Clients Financial Security
Clients choosing cash settlements assume the risks associated with their investments during both stable and volatile economic times. Clients requiring lifetime care and support usually do not have the luxury of being able to weather market ups and downs and fluctuating incomes, especially when unforeseen medical emergencies are part of life.
Structured Settlements Under $50,000: Better Than Lump Sum Payout? [Litigation Commentary & Review - October 2010]
When most people hear “structured settlement,” they assume the dollar amount of the injury settlement is for hundreds of thousands of dollars or more. Surprisingly, that’s not always true. Over the past 20 years, more than 50 percent of the structured settlements facilitated by Ringler Associates, the world’s oldest and largest settlement annuity firm, were less than $50,000. Another approximately 17 percent were between $50,000 and $100,000. These figures are typical in most annuity firms.
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