In Maryland, and just generally speaking, there’s a small chance, but there’s a chance your case could go to trial. And any personal injury law firm in Maryland should know that in the beginning of the case and be prepared for trial. And usually what happens is, even if you file a lawsuit, the case will settle for a value that our clients are happy with. It could be before a lawsuit’s filed, it could be very early on after a lawsuit’s filed, or what most likely happens is once a lawsuit is filed, if the case can’t be settled before a lawsuit, there are certain markers, there are certain stops on the road – the litigation highway, I’d say – that have to be completed before the insurance companies finally come to their senses and make a real offer, an offer that satisfies our clients.
We just came off of a study after COVID and we looked at almost 140 cases, and we took the offer that we got, that first offer called the pre-litigation offer, before a lawsuit was filed. And then we looked at the final settlement in advance of a trial, where we settled the case after the lawsuit was filed, at some point before trial. And the numbers were very stark. You’re likely going to get at least two times more in your settlement by filing a lawsuit than by taking that insurance company’s first offer. And so we know that merely by filing a lawsuit, we’re likely to double your settlement from whatever the insurance company was going to offer in the very beginning.
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