harbl, i have a lawyerly question for you

here is the scenario:

person A is hurt in an accident and has $20,000 in hospital bills which their insurance pays for. 6 yrs later person B responsible for the accident (who is being sued) settles. can the insurance company now sue for/claim their money back from person A, or, because they settled and the amount is not on public record, do they not have a legal right to?

thanks in advance,
smoove

umm well first i can't give legal advice at all and this is not an area i have any experience in but i can make some guesses. what state is this in?

my guess is this:
whether the money comes from settlement or judgment is not relevant

might be able to keep it to the extent the money paid by B is to cover damage A suffered that was not covered by insurance. so you would have to look into whose claims have priority if the money paid doesn't cover all of the damages. this is all a guess though!

im a lawyer, my advice is, give me money

thanks harbl, person A will eventually find this out from lawyer, just wanted to see if we could get a heads-up

don't take max's advice btw

take my advice

im a lawyer, i know what im doing

max, esq

malcolm, esq

harbs i have a lawerly question for you

what does that mean

does anyone have any lawlerly questions for jerry "the king"
http://thegazz.com/gblogs/popcult/files/2008/03/jerrythekinglawler.jpg

http://www.sexylawyers.com/

harbs u have a wry yell ?

no?

oh, i get it

lawyerly

aellwry dats a yell

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/HST-FearAndLoathing-Depp-DelToroII-.jpg
l-r harbs, me

i think i'm on the left, i never wear hats

oh DUH i'm stupid

i'm in the driver's seat just like irl

hey smoove i just found a comp on my hard drive called "dirt beneath the daydream" and it is all songs from new zealand!

not sure why you would care but....

except isn't dirt beneath the daydream something i vaguely remember from some song that is british

what are the songs? i am from nz too you know.

i thought you were from aus!

haven't really listened to much of it except "long ride"
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dirt-Beneath-The-Daydream/release/1620952

i've lived in aus for a long time but i am nz 4 eva. smoove and i even lived in the same house in wellington, though years apart.

i know a couple of those names but most i'm not familiar with, i'm very out of touch now.

i am out of touch with every music thing

that's weird that you guys lived in the same house! how? unless it will take forever to explain

btw me and ned raggett had the same spanish teacher in high school, but obv many years apart. she died a few years ago :(

i also didn't know that nz was so far away from aus. i thought it was kind of like the us and cuba.

gr8080s dad performed my college roommate's wedding before i was ever on ilx!

that's crazy

gr80's dad's a wedding singer or what?

i think he is more ministerial?

haha another lolmisreading. i should pay more attention to articles, or lack of.

gr80's dad is the rev

it's too bad gr80 didn't dj the wedding but actually i wasn't even there bc i was out of town so

gr80's dad's a wedding singer or what?

― lxy, Monday, June 29, 2009 9:29 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

this made me think of jon lovitz in the wedding singer when he does "ladies' night"

wonder if it will ever come out that i ____ the same ____ as ____ only years apart

xp i would totally believe that of gr80's dad

i have some theories about those blanks

uhh...?

nothing too scandalous

she lived in the same house as jergins

hahaaha

i was thinking more along the lines of "i was born in the same hospital as tombot only years apart" but teh got me curious about this theory

oh i was gonna guess went to the same school as lingbert only years apart unless i am mistaken and you went to a different school lol

i think my parents were born in the same hospital 2 days apart but i am not 100% sure

i like coincidences

estela is more up with nz music than me - i've never heard of any of those bands!!

ned told off ytth for having late fines at UCirvine's library one time, years before he was on ilx

relevant post on itr

harbs i ha ve a lawndhruejfjjsjdkfjjsksfjvmekekfjdjsjcwhwkckfkr 4 u

Oh dere

what do you have for me jergins?

a lawn...fckr 4 u

it's a lawyer lawn ornament, some cultures believe it keeps lawsuits out of your home

this is like a mezuzah or?

http://www.lawfitz.com/images/attorneys-for-injured-people.gif

harbl, i have a lawyerly lawn ornament for you

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harbl, i have a question for you: where did you go?

huh? i'm still here. i'm getting sort of mad at myself this week because i haven't really done anything. today i was trying to have more self-discipline. it sort of worked but mostly didn't. maybe i will clean the kitchen.

i thought i hadn't seen u in a long time but then u posted as soon as i asked so now i feel dumb but hey no such thing as stupid questions right?

who am i kidding there are a lot of stupid questions.

no stupid questions, only stupid answers

harbl in ur experience are most lady lawyers babes

jergins in my experience watching law and order, most lady lawyers are babes, especially the ones, that work with ada jack mccoy

i don't know jergins. what is a babe? i don't really think of people in those terms tbh

maybe you should start. part of working in the judicial system is judging people.

justice is blind if i'm not mistaken

so harbl:

if a personal injury suit has reached the settlement stage, and then the insurance company of the defendant decides to not sign the release, then they agree to but they write out the check 'incorrectly', and now the judge has told them they will have to pay $1000 per day they are late writing out a check that can actually be cleared.... well, what do you think this means? they can't pay? they're going bankrupt and are stalling for time so they don't have to fork out any money? once a settlement has been reached and they have signed a release, is there anyway they can get out of paying it?

ummmmm this is not really a lawyerly question. i don't know about insurance companies or any type of business. i do know you can get out of paying by being "insolvent," i.e., bankrupt. could be what's happening, or they're just jerks.

yeah i know, but you're pretty smart, i figured you might know more than me about this kind of situation!

lol :)

i bet jaq would know, she knows everything

harbl, i have a lawyerly joke for you

jaq really is one of those ppl who knows everything!

update: the insurance co coughed up the check at the last minute, albeit with as many complications/obstacles as they could muster.

let's hear this joke, jergy

jaq really is one of those ppl who knows everything!

what makes her the best is she's one of those people that knows a lot but isn't condescending about it, just helpful and nice. so gd rare

oh you guys, making me blush. idk anything about getting money out of insurance companies - boo for their procrastinating foot-dragging you-are-not-the-boss-of-me check writing tantrums. I hope it clears.

jergz otm!

insurance companies can all go suck a dick imo