Personal Injury Cases: Structured Settlements as a Negotiating Tool
By: Patrick C. Farber | As featured in the January 2013 issue of SCAHRM Quarterly – What’s Happening Now Structured settlements have long been an attractive option when negotiating a personal injury...
View ArticleWorkers’ Comp Cases and Structured Settlements
This article by Pat Farber appeared in OCTLA’s, The Gavel Magazine, Summer 2014 Using structured settlements in personal injury cases is a common occurrence. What is less known is their prevalence to...
View ArticleTiming for Structured Settlement Discussions
Attorneys often ask me, “When is the best time to bring in a structured settlement broker to a case?” The short answer is early. You will want the broker involved well before settlement negotiations...
View ArticleStructured Settlements 101
Structured settlements as we know them today came about in 1982 when the U.S. Congress passed The Periodic Payment Settlement Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-473). The act enables injury victims to obtain...
View ArticleStructuring a Catastrophic Injury Settlement
By Robert Simon, Patrick Farber and William Lindahl Advocate October, 2016 A structured settlement can offer financial protection for a lifetime as compared to a lump-sum cash settlement When someone...
View ArticleAlimony, Child Support And Structures
Structured settlements, while normally associated with personal injury or workers’ comp cases, are being used in divorce proceedings with increasing regularity. During negotiations, a settlement amount...
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