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> Pecky wrote:
> I NEVER signed a power of attorney before getting my money. I was sent a "contract" to sing in exchange for the settlement amount offered on the grid. I accepted and was sent a check in the correct amount.
If your Lawyer sent you a check from his account and you didn't sign this last check in person that was sent to him and made out to both of you then you either signed a POA at some point or the Law firm fraudulently signed your name which I'd bet they didn't do.
They couldn't have cashed the check any other way.
Thore
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The check I got wasn't from the lawyer's account but straight from the settlement minus the lawyers fees.
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lsdlden, and everyone... My lawyer emailed me yesterday and I drove to his office and picked up my check for the correct amount so all is well. Thank you everyone and good health and happiness.
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> Pecky wrote:
> The check I got wasn't from the lawyer's account but straight from the settlement minus the lawyers fees.
Good for you, not sure I follow how all that worked then, were you not part of the 7th?
I wasn't aware of the trust splitting up funds and paying lawyers directly.
Thore
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mthore43 - I'm wondering the same. I didn't sign a POA and they are telling me to expect my may part within the next two weeks. I wondering the same thing. How could they have deposited it if I didn't endorse it. It's also funny, that when ever I call he's never in the office. I'm smell somthing fishy.
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I received a breakdown of all funds and a request to sign the POA which has been done once they adjusted the fee structure to match the PTO,
If it walks like a duck & talks like a duck, its a duck.
Thore
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We are talking 5 years ago, when I received my payment.
Also my lawyers were CC lawyers.
> mthore43 wrote:
> > Pecky wrote:
> The check I got wasn't from the lawyer's account but straight from the settlement minus the lawyers fees.
Good for you, not sure I follow how all that worked then, were you not part of the 7th?
I wasn't aware of the trust splitting up funds and paying lawyers directly.
Thore
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Pecky
That all make since then although it really isn't relevant to the latest action of the 7th.
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Maybe that was one of the lawyers that were called up for contempt of court for charging to much and the fund sent seperate checks.
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Unlike the 7th, compensation checks paid from the original trust had ALL fees and expenses, for both claimant and any derivative, deducted from it before the checks were sent from the trust. I don't know with absolute certainty because I recieved mine as a pro se, but I suspect the trust sent at least two separate checks when they paid on a claim. One made out to the attorney for fees and expenses, and the other made out to the claimant for the balance. If there was a derivative claimant involved, then a third check would have been sent for that person(s). Obviously, there would be no need for a POA with this arrangement and the check could be sent directly to the claimant.
The 7th did it differently. The only thing the 7th withheld from the total compensation was the common benefit fee on the final distribution. So the entire balance consisting of the attorneys fees and costs, and both the derivative and claimant shares all got sent out in a single check made out to both the claimant and the attorney. In contrast to the way it was done from the original trust which already divided up the money before it was sent out, the sole responsibility for dividing up 7th distributions properly was left up to the attorney. In this situation a POA is necessary since the check is made out in two names and this delays the payment to the claimant for a period of time.
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Has any of your lawyers said they didn't receive the checks on time. I was supposed to get my today after it was held for 10 days instead I got an email saying that they didn't receive my check until the 15th and it wouldn't be sent till next week.
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YPZ,
Maybe what they've told you is true, but it sure sounds like a crock of crap to me! The checks were mailed to the attorneys on 5/8 and 5/9 by UPS overnight delivery. Unless your attorney has his office in some remote corner of the amazon jungle, it surely wouldn't have taken UPS until 5/15 to get it delivered.
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Thats what I thought ! I recieved my letter and copy on the 15th. They are a large firm out of Texas. I'm so angry about it but don't know what I can do about it. I signed up with a local attorney who that went in with this Texas firm. I feel so ripped off. When I even signed up so many years ago they made it sound like I needed them to fight for me and at least earn their 40%, when after the fact I find out I didn't need them at all, with the class action everything was done I wish I would have found this site way back when before I was so stupid about how everything worked. Now they hold my money hostage for another week. I asked them if they were holding it to milk some more intrest off it and they told me that any intrest made off it had to be turned over to something else that they don't get to benefit from it. Wish I knew if this was true. I'll be so happy to be done with all this, I'm so tired of it all.
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ypz---notify CC of this . If they told youin writing fax that to themm No lawywer will wpeak to us. Only an accountant
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google the law firm and see if you can get an email address then you will have something in writing that they are not reponsive.
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my friends lawyer held her money for several months and promised every week to send it. it was a cash settlement a long time ago. She finally went in to his office and demanded the money and they wrote her a check.
Last edited by malikee (2008-05-28 02:06:04)
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I did e-mail our law firm. It was in a contact us box and I did not have their e-mail address but it did give me an opportunity to copy myself , so I have a date stamped copy of the e-mail.
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Harold
I'm wondering did you already sign the POA?
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No , of course not. i do not have our money and they do not have theirs. Were you in teh 7th and did you get treated ok?
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If you read the beginnings of the thread you'll get my story,
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Ok I read it . You are lucky . You have a less dishoonest lawyer, who spilled the beans when called on his "mistake". My firm has nine other grid clients who average around 300k settlements . That would be a lot of money. I'll bet not more than 4 even read or know about this board. Because of our efforts, our law firm is being required to disclose their final statmnets to the entity , associated with the 7th , that we contacted. So, they should be ok. Then there is the issue of the "adninstartive fees" . But with your "corrected" payout and teh other five or six stories of similiar "computer errors" i can not help but think that there may be many many others that will or have been victims of "Honest mstakes". Get It?
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Maybe, although I haven't seen any cash is hand yet, we'll see what happens next.
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