"Where's My DAMN Money!!" Client Demands; NY Medical Malpractice Attorney Gerry Oginski Explains
"Where's My DAMN Money!" Client Demands to Know NY Medical Malpractice Attorney Gerry Oginski Explains http://www.oginski-law.com/library/yo... 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected] She has every right to know. It's her money. Her case was settled months ago. She wants to know where's her damn money. This was a wrongful death case. We settled this case months ago. The liability was obvious. The damages were not so obvious. The damages needed to be negotiated. There was also a lien. That meant that when dealing with an agency like Medicaid or Medicare, it's critical to negotiate with them in an attempt to reduce the amount of money they are claiming must be repaid. Once that was negotiated, we then needed to prepare papers to submit to the surrogate's court. This surrogate's court is responsible for overseeing wrongful death cases. This surrogate's court is responsible for overseeing how settlement money is distributed to the surviving family members. The surrogate's court is a stickler for having the correct forms and making sure every word and every comma is correctly put in its place. If it's not, the court will bounce back our papers and tell us to redo them. That takes a considerable amount of time. Once the papers are resubmitted, they must then be presented to the judge for approval. That too takes time. When my outraged client called me and asked “Where's my damn money?” this is exactly the explanation I told her. Not being satisfied with my answer, she called the surrogate's court directly. What she learned was that everything I had told her was 100% true. It is often frustrating for the surviving family members to wait for months getting the surrogate's court to approve the final settlement and how the money is to be distributed. These family members have been subjected to enough indignity by having to deal with the death of their loved one as a result of someone else's carelessness. Now they have to wait many months after the case has been settled and it's clearly frustrating and explains why she was upset. Watch the video to learn more... Here's a cardiac malpractice case where I was able to achieve a $6 million dollar settlement for my client: http://www.oginski-law.com/video/card... Here's a foot surgery case where a Westchester, NY jury awarded my client $1.55 million dollars for her pain and suffering: http://ow.ly/azKg6 To learn more about how medical malpractice cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website, http://www.oginski-law.com/library/yo.... If you have legal questions, I invite you to pick up the phone and call me at 516-487-8207 or by email at [email protected]. This is what I do every day and I'd be happy to chat with you. Law Office of Gerald Oginski 25 Great Neck Road, Ste. 4 Great Neck, NY 11021 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected]
