Round Peg into a Square Hole – Settlement Solutions
Like some Halloween costumes, the bills and legal “IOUs” in a personal injury case can be frightening.
The ABRAMS LANDAU bike crash team was able to “squeeze a round peg in a square hole” to get an injured cyclist a significant settlement, despite limited insurance coverage and over $300,000. in bills!
When a client’s medical bills exceed all of the available insurance coverages, how does the Abrams Landau injury team manage to get all of the doctors, Hospitals and other healthcare providers paid? Does the injured victim still owe these people money? How does the defendant get away with this? Does their insurance company get off the hook? This simply adds insult to injury!
What does experienced Injury Lawyer Doug Landau do in situations where the injuries are catastrophic, the hospital bills enormous, and the defendant has little to no insurance coverage?
In a recent case in Fairfax County, a biker was struck by an unsafe driver on Ox Road The injuries were catastrophic and included: TBI, broken neck (C4 – 6 w/surgery & permanent hardware), fractured thoracic & lumbar spine (4-5 vertebrae), and other major impairments. The biker was taken by ambulance to the ICU, surgeries were performed for broken bones and other internal organ injuries. As the rider’s condition fluctuated, this resulted in a lengthy stay at INOVA Fairfax.
Fortunately, Doug Landau’s client was in very good physical shape prior to the crash. Unfortunately, this crash happened days before he was going to walk his daughter down the aisle to get married. Needless to say, Landau’s client did not make it to the wedding ceremony. More concerning was the fact that after he got out of the hospital, completed lengthy physical therapy, and numerous follow-ups with medical specialists, the bills started coming in amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The unsafe defendant’s insurance company admitted that the crash was all his fault, but the Defendant driver had only purchased $100,000 in insurance, which was less than the bills the injured cyclist had incurred. Fortunately, Landau’s client had a car insurance policy with under-insured (UIM) & uninsured (UM) motorist coverage, as is normally required by Virginia law, in the amount of $300,000. On top of that, the Landau Injury team was able to access an additional $30,000 in medical payment benefits. In other words, there was a total of $330,000 available for payment.
The relief on clients faces when they receive this assistance is palpable. Because the Abrams Landau team was able to see, from a thorough review of the medical bills and records, that the amount owed would result in the client getting no money if bills were not negotiated, the Herndon team engaged Synergy Settlements.
Synergy Settlement Services, Inc. has experienced Lien Resolution Specialists who help injured victims across the country. Synergy Settlements is a company that will negotiate with lien holders in an injury case. A “Lien” is a debt that the law recognizes as needing to be paid from the proceeds of a case. Synergy’s Lien Resolution Specialists help to enable the injured victim to get everyone paid, and in some cases, net more money than they would have received had they not negotiated with collections companies, medical bill or health insurance companies.
Synergy Settlements team has gotten significant reductions in past cases in bills, liens, and payback scenarios. In this case, the bicycle rider was in fact under the Navy health insurance system. He knew from the very beginning that the Department of the Navy would expect to be paid back on any bills or treatment that they had covered. While this enabled the injured bike rider to get all of the treatment that he needed after this catastrophic crash, the Department of the Navy would have its “hand” out expecting to be paid “off the top” after the case. Doug Landau has signed these “payback” agreement forms with the Navy and other branches of the armed services in the past
The Abrams Landau team was able to get the bills reduced by OVER $100,000! In addition, the team was able to be paid and reimbursed for the expenses that they had fronted for their client, who was in no position to advance any money while in the hospital and out of work. What was even more amazing about the Synergy folks is that they work on a contingency fee basis, just like Abrams Landu. What that means is they don’t get paid anything unless they are successful in reducing bills, liens, and these legal IOUs. If Synergy Settlement Solutions is successful, they are paid a percentage of what they save the injured victim.
It is best to bring Lien Reduction specialists like Synergy early on the case so they can be “up to speed” on the medical records, bills, and totality of the amounts at issue. Synergy works with many members of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA), the Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, DC (TLA-DC), the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”), and other groups that help injured victims and their families.
If you, or someone you know, sustained a significant injury with permanent impairment or disability as the result of a crash, dog attack or other incident, please contact us at frontdesk@landaulawshop.com or call 703-796-9555.