Got fired from my first client today. Soft tissue injury with 4 PT visits (no show for 5 visits). Was able to get an offer in the 5-figure range and he just had insane expectations and thought he hit the lottery. Good riddance.

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Good riddance indeed. On to greener pastures then. Question from a newbie attorney. Are you billing him for your time expended or for your expenses accumulated? Also, how many hours did you put in approximately?

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Yes, we send the new firm a QM lien. No clue on my time, we’re still working on that.

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There’s much more to worry about then these small cases, way too many clients watching too many commercials or billboards or their friend who got $50k

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Treatment drives value. Adjusters don’t give a fuck without medicals.

Make that quantum meruit claim

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Oh yeah. He’ll end up paying me way more than his new firm.

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Congratulations

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Probably a garbage human.

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Lord I hate when we get cases like this. The amount of people who think their few chiropractors visits are going to get them millions of dollars is beyond me. Quite frankly I love when they fire us LOL.

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