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Carefully Review any Attorney Fee
Agreement Red
Flag: Fees based on GROSS not NET settlement amount. This
means you will be paying attorney fees before costs
(expert witness, reports, copying, and much more) are deducted from your
settlement.
Fees based on GROSS
will always cost you
more than fees on NET. Red
Flag: Your attorney asks you for “up-front” money in
exchange for a reduction in fees. This may mean the attorney is
underfunded and does not have the economic resources to take on better
financed opposing attorneys or law firms. Red
Flag: Your attorney wants payment based on an hourly
rate. In a case that may require litigation, this usually means the
attorney may not be confident in a favorable outcome and wants to make
sure to get paid if the attorney loses. Tip:
Attorney fees are negotiable ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SDG&E
talking wildfire settlement with
insurers San Diego
Gas & Electric Co. has been “actively engaged” in settlement talks
with insurance companies that are trying to recover part of the estimated
$1.5 billion they have paid out in claims to 2007 fire victims, according
to a recently filed court document and lawyers who attended a hearing in
San Diego yesterday. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Officers to
receive heroism awards for work in Freeway Complex
fire YORBA
LINDA - Four officers from the Brea Police Department will receive a Medal
of Heroism from the American Legion on Saturday afternoon in Newport Beach
for their work during the Freeway Complex
fire. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-police-brea-2358958-hall-homes ______________________________________________________________________________________________
The Court
of Appeals in http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2009/04/02/99282.htm
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Prepared
for an earthquake? Many
Southern Californians are aware of the dangers of earthquakes. But that
doesn’t mean we’re prepared for a
disaster. http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/earthquakes_11788___article.html/aware_many.html#slComments ______________________________________________________________________________________________ State's in
a drought, but it's not the worst
ever
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-drought3-2009mar03,0,7581459.story
______________________________________________________________________________________________ There's no disaster that can't become a blessing,
and no blessing that can't become a disaster"
-Richard
Bach ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ... Help CARe provide
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