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Continuing from last post, I flew back to BC for the settlement negotiations. I noticed that the hotel was only booked for 2-3 days, which puzzled me. I was my first litigation case and thought the out-of-court settlements would take a lot of back-and-forth like the movies, therefore would take a long time. However, my lawyer was confident in reaching settlement quickly. He explained that most of the back-and-forth had already happened over the past few years, and at this point, both parties had presented all possible evidence. So, at this stage, it was all about waiting to see how... Continue reading

Continuing from my last post, after returning home from the hospital, a long recovery process began. Fortunately, I had just finished my previous project, and I didn’t have a new one lined up yet, so I spent three months in bed at home. Initially, I slept through day and night, and my mom later told me that on the first night back home, my chubby face had slimmed down significantly overnight. I often woke up feeling groggy and deprived of sleep even though I slept for days. I couldn’t get up easily. Later on, I was able to get up... Continue reading

Continuing from last time, let’s talk about case discounts. As mentioned before, lawyers signing cases for car accident plaintiffs are usually straightforward because liability is clear, and insurance companies follow the normal process without much dispute. Compensation is predictable; it’s just a matter of time and amount. So, each case is a revenue center; they all make money. Of course, more cases mean more revenue, so when a lawyer can sign two at once, they give us a “family pack,” applying the maximum discount from my case to both. But as mentioned earlier, plaintiffs like us don’t have to pay... Continue reading

Continuing from my last post, arranging meetings with lawyers turned out to be an unexpectedly easy process. At that time, I didn’t know much about this space, and my initial reaction was that I couldn’t afford a lawyer. However, when I searched for ads in Vancouver for car accident, all of them were screaming “No need to pay upfront!” In the ads lol It seemed like that’s the standard practice in this space. I also noticed that the same law firms and lawyers kept coming up in my searched through various media channels, and it seems this space was dominated by... Continue reading