Why, then, do you suppose that he made an offer to me in the first place? If he doesn't have to attempt to settle, then what is the motive to do so... the threat of litigation? Thanks.Because he doesn't have to.
Why, then, do you suppose that he made an offer to me in the first place? If he doesn't have to attempt to settle, then what is the motive to do so... the threat of litigation? Thanks.Because he doesn't have to.
Mr G..., let me re-phrase. Our counter-offer to you is our last offerTechnically he has made a counter offer. His counter offer was $0.
Now, grant you, math was never my strong point, but since he was first offered $11,500, and now, after his negotiations, counter-offered $11,331, doesn't that mean OP LOST money since the first offer?Same difference.
See, your mistake was only asking for $135k. Had you asked for $1.35 million, you'd have a lot more room to "come down" with in your demand. At this point, if you can get the adjuster to add the "new" medical to the offer, that's probably all you can realistically expect. They are not going to go anywhere near your number absent a lawsuit (and probably only after losing a summary judgment motion) and even then, their offer will not be increasing 10-fold.[/QUOTE
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Nonsense aside, I did not realistically expect 135k anymore than the adjuster thought I'd accept 11k. But we both try because sometimes people actually pay sticker.
Let's see how my math is: original offer = 11.5k meds=2.2k wages=5.4k
11.5-5.4= 6.1. 6.1/2.2= 2.77 (multiple of meds offered as p/s). 2.77*4.8= 13.5k + 5.4 (original lost wages) + 9.4 "new" lost wages = $28,300 more or less.
REALLY! Objectively, if my head had not been smashed by a sleeping driver's Lincoln, I would not have needed to miss any work. Is not the aim of the law to return me as close to where I'd have been had the wreck not occurred?So you go back to the adjuster and say "sorry, did I say $135k? I meant 35k! Let's start from there."
You still have no lost wages in the objective sense.