| There is no real rule of thumb, an attorney frined of mine when he actually had to file a suit, asked for 10 times the actual ( shock value I guess)
On the larger claims it was often dollar for dollar actual settlement and on smaller ones many times twice. If you are going to file suit, always file high,
And normally to actually get a good settlement you have to first file, don't ask me why, but I guess they hope they will get you to miss your filing date, or perhaps get you to settle for less.
And often unless you have an attorney, they just won't offer you as good of settlement, ??don't know why |