How Do You Choose Whether to Settle or Go to Court?
Video Transcript
There are many, many factors that go into the decision about whether to settle your case or go to trial and see what a judge or a jury may award you. At the end of the day, it is the person who was injured, it was, it’s my client’s decision about whether to go to court or whether to settle. I’ll always make a recommendation one way or another, but it’s absolutely that client’s right to do what they feel is best for them. They can accept my advice or reject my advice, and the decision to go to court or go to settle is ultimately their decision. There are a lot of factors that go into it. Some of them being, how strong was the settlement offer, what is the downside at trial? What does our worst day in court look like compared to what our best day in court looks like?
There’s also a, a cost component to this where it’s– trials aren’t cheap, and while we advance the funds needed to bring experts to court or to finance the trial, that’s a consideration too. Sometimes, if you can settle a case early before incurring those expenses, then the math can work out favorably for an injured person. But at the end of the day, again, whether that person just wants their day in court, that’s what we’re here for. We’ll give it to them. Or if they want nothing in court and they just want to negotiate the best settlement possible, then that’s, that’s what we’ll provide the client. [jingle] No need to worry, call Cooper Hurley. The Car Crash Experts. 333-3333.