Video – Attorney Spencer Freeman Explains: In A Personal Injury Lawsuit, The Defense Attorney’s Duty Is To Their Client, Which Is NOT The Insurance Company!
Video Transcript
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“Do the attorneys, on the other side, look at the value of a case after you file a lawsuit, as you just explained, simply adding their fees to the number that they previously offered? I’m thinking…’we’re going to spend another $10,000 in attorney’s fees, so we’ll just add that to the case, and then make that as an offer’?”
Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA
“I couldn’t tell you what goes through an insurance defense attorney’s mind!”
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“Anything?”
Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA
“Understand in that scenario, the client for that defense attorney is the at-fault party, not the insurance company. But the insurance company is the one that’s making litigation strategy decisions and settlement decisions. So, that attorney, sometimes is in a little bit of an odd position That’s what’s best for their client, and what the insurance company is dictating, may not be the same thing. That puts those attorneys in a little bit of an odd scenario.”
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“That’s quite interesting. I don’t think the public, the general public, realizes that the attorney for the insurance company on the other side is actually representing the injurer party, not the insurance company. Most people think it’s the insurance company.”
Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA
“The insurance company is not their client. Their legal duty is to the at-fault person, the other driver if it’s an auto accident case.”
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