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Image showing title of post. IRS Rules Wrongful Life Damages Are Tax Free - by Robert Wood

Tax Free : Recent IRS Ruling on Wrongful Life & Birth Damages

By Patrick C. Farber On January 14, 2020 · 1:19 PM · Add Comment

In the following article attorney Robert W. Wood wrote an informative and detailed account of a recent IRS ruling involving wrongful life damages and wrongful birth damages.

Mr. Wood practices law with Wood LLP (www.WoodLLP.com) and is the author of Taxation of Damage Awards and Settlement Payments and other books available at www.TaxInstitute.com.

In this article, Wood reports on a recent IRS private letter [...]

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Structuring Attorney Fees (Orange County Attorney Journal, December 2019)

By Patrick C. Farber On December 11, 2019 · 5:54 PM · Add Comment

Your client just received a large jury award or settlement. Your client is satisfied with the outcome and you will be compensated for often years of hard work and out-of-pocket expenses. You can collect your fee as a lump sum, but there is another option: structuring the fee so payments are delayed or spread out over time.

Tax Code Governing Structured Fees

Legal fee structuring [...]

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New MetLife Webinar: Justice is Making Sure Your Client’s Employment Settlement Lasts

By Patrick C. Farber On December 5, 2019 · 2:30 PM · Add Comment
MetLife and the American Bar Association recently produced a new webinar, "Justice is Making Sure Your Client's Employment Settlement Lasts." The 23-minute video looks at the financial options available to clients receiving employment-related, non-physical injury settlements.
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New Prudential Video Explains Structured Settlement Basics

By Patrick C. Farber On November 18, 2019 · 3:17 PM · Add Comment

Prudential is one of the country’s largest life insurance companies providing structured settlement annuities to physical injury claimants and their families. It has just come out with a simple, short video that explains how structured settlements work.

Created specifically for personal injury clients and family members, the video is less than 2 minutes long but manages to provide an easy-to-understand, broad overview of the [...]

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Triumph Foundation Adaptive Sports Festival – November 9

By Patrick C. Farber On November 5, 2019 · 12:41 PM · Add Comment

Triumph Foundation is a wonderful organization dedicated to helping children, adults and Veterans with spinal cord injuries overcome their disability and live their lives to the fullest. On Saturday, November 9, it will hold its 2nd Annual Adaptive Sports Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena. While commemorating Veterans Day, the free event is designed to introduce wheelchair sports to newly injured and others with disabilities. [...]

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MetLife Offers New Structure Option for Property Sales

By Patrick C. Farber On October 14, 2019 · 5:01 PM · Add Comment

Over the past 30 years, I’ve placed many annuities for personal injury clients with MetLife. The life insurance company just announced that it’s rolling out an annuity product specifically designed for property sales.

This new MetLife annuity product enables individuals to sell personal, business or other property and receive the sales proceeds in periodic payments. Sale of homes, investment properties and even law practices all [...]

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Helping A Family Recover After A Devastating Loss

Helping A Family Recover After A Devastating Loss

By Patrick C. Farber On September 9, 2019 · 3:25 PM · Add Comment

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a couple during the settlement of their lawsuit involving the loss of their young child. 

Initially, all parties thought the settlement was too small for a structured annuity. Yet, after I met with the couple and discussed their financial needs, it became apparent that an annuity could be beneficial. One of their desires was to own a [...]

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Creating A Strong Financial Future With Social Security and Structured Settlements

By Patrick C. Farber On July 26, 2019 · 7:32 AM · Add Comment

One of the most important decisions we must make as we get older is when to start receiving Social Security payouts.

According to research by United Income, a money management firm that provides financial advice to retirees (as reported in a recent Bloomberg article) 4 percent of retirees wait until they turn 70 to start receiving Social Security (and a bigger monthly check) while [...]

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MetLife Offers Non-Qualified Structured Settlements Through U.S.-Based Met Tower Life

MetLife Offers Non-Qualified Structured Settlements Through U.S.-Based Met Tower Life

By Patrick C. Farber On July 1, 2019 · 5:10 PM · 1 Comment

MetLife is now offering non-qualified structured settlements from its U.S.-based Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company (Met Tower Life). These non-qualified structures are for non-physical injury settlements that fall outside the tax-free physical injury claims definition outlined by IRS tax code. These taxable settlements often involve employment litigation, punitive damages, contract disputes and construction defect claims.

While the guaranteed payments from non-qualified structured settlements are taxable, [...]

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Many Americans Can't Pay A $400 Emergency Expense

Many Americans Can’t Pay A $400 Emergency Expense

By Patrick C. Farber On June 10, 2019 · 8:27 PM · Add Comment
A recent survey shows that Americans can't afford to be out of work for even a short period. This particularly hits home for personal injury victims who suddenly find themselves unable to work (and without a paycheck) for long stretches of time or even permanently.
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