Comments on: A terrible new AZ Court ruling for State, County, and Municipal employees who have been injured http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/a-terrible-new-az-court-ruling-for-state-county-and-municipal-employees-who-have-been-injured/ Because Every Bicyclist Needs a Good Lawyer. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:06:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Karl http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/a-terrible-new-az-court-ruling-for-state-county-and-municipal-employees-who-have-been-injured/comment-page-1/#comment-12524 Karl Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:30:09 +0000 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=1419#comment-12524 I'm curious about what happens to the balance beyond what's owed to the state between you and your client. Is it divided by percent, by some sort of weight, or does the attorney get to keep all of the surplus if it doesn't exceed what he would of gotten? I'm also puzzled by the notion that the attorney gets paid, the state gets paid, and the injured gets paid last if at all, beyond his debts to the state, which are odd debts as any other sort of income would not be confiscated... My advice to injured is to not use there low income status to confiscate money from there attorney as the state will advance it instead to the doctors. Most emergency care ignores whether the state is paying. Let the Docs stand in line behind the injured and the attorney. Let them sue the one at fault for payment themselves. I’m curious about what happens to the balance beyond what’s owed to the state between you and your client. Is it divided by percent, by some sort of weight, or does the attorney get to keep all of the surplus if it doesn’t exceed what he would of gotten?

I’m also puzzled by the notion that the attorney gets paid, the state gets paid, and the injured gets paid last if at all, beyond his debts to the state, which are odd debts as any other sort of income would not be confiscated…

My advice to injured is to not use there low income status to confiscate money from there attorney as the state will advance it instead to the doctors. Most emergency care ignores whether the state is paying. Let the Docs stand in line behind the injured and the attorney. Let them sue the one at fault for payment themselves.

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