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Re: Be VERY Afraid …

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From: Lawrence_Hudetz
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:57
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Most big insurance companies look at the bottom line when deciding fight or flight. In Oregon, a law passed which allowed attorneys to start a law suit with the knowledge that, for the amount asked, the defendant pays and walks away.
ORS 20.080

It amounts to a small claims suit but with attorney representation. If the Plaintiff wins, the defendant pays the attorney's fee, BUT if the Plaintiff loses, the Plaintiff does not have to pay!

It's started with the 20.080 demand letter.

It's used to get instant settlement of issues below $5500. The response time by the Defendant is so short that many times the period is over before the defendant, say an insurance company, can respond.

Of course, a major issue isn't covered this way at all.
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