You're in court with me when a settlement
offer is made and I spend forty-five minutes
going through with you the risks and the benefits
associated with that particular offer.
And now before you make a decision, you want
to make a lifeline call to your best friend
or to your spouse to see whether or not you
should take that.
Is that a good idea?
Would you like to learn the answer?
Come join me as I share with you this great
information.
Hi.
I'm Gerry Oginski.
I'm a New York medical malpractice and personal
injury trial lawyer practicing law here in
the state of New York.
Here's the scenario.
We're at a pre-trial conference.
I ask you to come into court with me because
there is a likelihood that the defense is
going to make an offer and I want you there
so that we can now discuss it.
During the course of settlement discussions,
I now come out to you and present the defense's
offer.
I then spend forty-five minutes explaining
to you the risks associated with accepting
the offer as well as not accepting the offer.
And now it's up to you to make a decision
because you ultimately will control whether
or not to accept such an offer.
And before you make that decision, you turn
around and say hey I need to get somebody
else's opinion.
Is that a good idea?
And let me tell you why.
It's not a good idea because whoever it is
that you're calling has not had the benefit
of our entire discussion.
All the time we just spent - all the information,
all the advice that I just shared with you
-- now has to be transmitted in a truncated
fashion by you to whoever it is that you're
making that phone call to.
And I guarantee you that there is no possible
way that you're going to transmit all of that
information to whoever is on the phone in
a short period of time.
There's just no way you'll be able to do that.
The downside is that the person on the telephone
is now expected to tell you whether or not
you should accept or reject the offer.
The problem is they don't have sufficient
information to help you make an educated decision
about whether or not the settlement offer
is right or is not right.
So why do I share this great information with
you?
You know it's a beautiful, wintery day here
in Great Neck.
It's freezing outside.
I wanted to share this great information with
you and that's why I'm dressed casually.
I've got the fireplace going and the reality
is that when a settlement offer is made, it's
critical that I explain to you everything
that goes on about taking the offer.
I'll give you my recommendation and I'll give
you my opinion about what I think you should
do.
Ultimately, it will be your decision what
you want to do next.
So you know, I realize you have questions
or concerns about your own particular matter.
Well if you're considering bringing a lawsuit
whether it's for medical malpractice, for
an accident case or a wrongful death matter
and you do have legal questions, what I encourage
you to do is pick up the phone and call me.
I can answer your legal questions.
This is something that I do every single day
and I'd love to talk to you.
You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or by email
at Gerry@Oginski-law.com.
That's it for today's quick video.
I'm Gerry Oginski, have a wonderful day!
