so my company owns and manages shopping centers...my job USED to consist of property management, construction, leasing to new stores, financing, etc...
now 50% of my time is devoted to defending lawsuits...
here is the scam....people come to my shopping centers with a friend (cameras in hand) and take a dive in the parking lot or in front of a store...they have the friend photo them on the floor writhing in agony...then they call 911 ask for an ambulance and get carted away.
THE SAME DAY a lawyer will show up and start measuring and taking pics of the area...a letter will arrive 3 days later announcing the party intends to file a suit for damages...
now here is the best part...98% of these cases will be paid a settelemt to not go to court regardless of the injuries... the average payout is about 20K...
when they go to trial watchout now....they will ask for upwards of 3 mil regardless of the injurry....out of 100 of these cases..about 98 have been settled and 2 dismissed before trial..
bottom line....take a fall at a shopping center, fake an injury, guaranteed money
now 50% of my time is devoted to defending lawsuits...
here is the scam....people come to my shopping centers with a friend (cameras in hand) and take a dive in the parking lot or in front of a store...they have the friend photo them on the floor writhing in agony...then they call 911 ask for an ambulance and get carted away.
THE SAME DAY a lawyer will show up and start measuring and taking pics of the area...a letter will arrive 3 days later announcing the party intends to file a suit for damages...
now here is the best part...98% of these cases will be paid a settelemt to not go to court regardless of the injuries... the average payout is about 20K...
when they go to trial watchout now....they will ask for upwards of 3 mil regardless of the injurry....out of 100 of these cases..about 98 have been settled and 2 dismissed before trial..
bottom line....take a fall at a shopping center, fake an injury, guaranteed money