The structure of personal injury settlements and what to do with them after closing is a complicated topic and one which our firm tackles on a case by case basis with the assistance of accountants and other financial advisors.
Not exact matches
A paralegal at a New York
personal injury firm was having trouble keeping up with his work, which involved sales
of structured settlements.
Given the importance
of these decisions, a plaintiff and her family are best served when the
personal injury attorney, the special needs planning attorney and the
structured settlement professional work together to develop a tailored solution.
But none
of the creative solutions used by plaintiff
personal injury lawyers could be guaranteed to work: many were subject to approval by ODSP, and there was always the possibility that benefits could be cut - off in future if ODSP decided down the road that it did not did not agree with the way a
settlement or award was
structured.
While a majority
of personal injury settlements are paid in a lump sum, a
structured settlement is a legal
settlement paid out as an annuity — over time — rather than in a lump sum.
«The blog focuses primarily on issues surrounding
structured settlements and their applications in the resolution
of personal injury litigation.»
structured settlement brokers on the apportionment
of personal injury awards and the use
of special needs trusts in conjunction with
structured settlements;
[The ONCA sets out a helpful description
of structured settlements: «A
structured settlement is created when some or all
of a
personal injury settlement is deposited with a life insurance company in exchange for guaranteed tax - free payments for a specific number
of years or for the recipient's lifetime.
In pay is also referred to as
structured settlement (SS) annuity payment, which means a
personal injury tort is resolved by receiving all or part
of a
settlement in periodic payments.
The key was that the annuity arose from a
structured settlement, which is created when some or all
of a
personal injury settlement is deposited with a life insurance company in exchange for guaranteed, tax - free payments for the recipient's lifetime, or for a specific number
of years.
By Lisa Gelman The Ontario Court
of Appeal has clarified whether a
structured settlement obtained in a
personal injury case is considered property or income... Read more