I don’t know if it’s better to say exaggerate or not but pretty much I saw a demand letter that basically told the insurance company there was $120,000 in medical bills. In reality the medical bills were $60,000. The lawyer when asked said they included future medical bills in that $120,000 figure so is that pretty normal?
Is normal for lawyers to lie about medical bill amounts to insurance companies?
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Posted by ActPositively
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They can say whatever they want- insurance will make them produce the bills and records.
It’s not normal for lawyers to lie about medical bill amounts because insurers are going to want the actual bills to verify; and lawyers can face disbarment for lying. What’s very common is asking for a made-up “future medical” and they can ask for anything they want; every case is situational and the lawyer *should* ask for the maximum reasonable amount (and they often ask for more than that)
They get around this hurdle by having physicians and other healthcare providers on their roster on a contingency basis. So a sprained ankle becomes a fracture of everything up to the hips. So $1,000 is now $100,000. All share in the proceeds eventually settled for.