Getting Legal Tv #80

Now it's time for Getting Legal with Tim Misny. Jason: Good morning, welcome to another edition of Getting Legal with Misny. We're here at our favorite place, the Diner on Fifty-fifth. Tim, we've been discussing mediation. Tim: Yes. Jason: And you're a big proponent of mediation. Tim: Yes, I am. Jason: Why is that? Tim: Because it's a very effective tool in resolving a case where there's a dispute with the insurance company, quickly and for true value. Jason: And just in case people have missed a couple of our other mediation segments, this is where you would sit down with the other party outside of the legal system or even take it outside of legal system. Sometimes it comes to a faster resolution and a better one. Tim: Exactly right. Typically both parties agree on a mediator, and oftentimes it's a retired judge. Someone who has a lot of experience in negotiating cases and can oftentimes predicts how a case would go, if it had to go to trial. So a very good mediator oftentimes can get a case resolved. Jason: Now if I have been injured, Tim: Yes, Jason: and I'm approached. Would I ever be approached by like an insurance company? If I haven't sought out legal representation to mediate myself? Tim: Absolutely not. That is a great question, Jason. The insurance company isn't going to negotiate with you. They will offer you an amount of money to get the case resolved quickly and usually, it is a fraction of the true value of the case Jason: Why? Tim: Because the insurance company assumes, you don't know what these cases are worth. Typically, you don't have the resources to take the case to mediation. If someone tried to mediate or try the case himself, he would kind of like tried to remove one's gallbladder at home in the kitchen table. It's gonna get real messy and you're not gonna like the results. Jason: Okay, Tim. So how can people get a hold of you? Tim: Real simple, called me at one eight hundred fifty five Misny (1-800-55-Misny) or visit me in my website misnylaw.com Jason: Alright Tim, you are on facebook facebook.com/timmisny. Plus on Twitter, your Twitter handle is @Timmisny Tim: Right, and don't forget my hashtag is #makethempay Thanks for watching. This has been Getting Legal with Tim Misny. Sponsored by Misny Law. www.misnylaw.com