all i can tell you is , i'm about to make you a last and final offer from the ace highh lodge , and your client has two days to decide whether to accept it , after that , we incur a bunch of expense getting ready for trial , and withdraw the other ."
this practiced sounding speech had a lot of aopopeal , implicit in the offer was an assumption that the motel would lose its motion to dimiss . if nina heard right , then betty jo was making a concession lawyers weren't supposed to make , in addition to offering an authentic settlement .
"i don't know ow much you're offering yet , but i appreciate your frankness ," she answered .
"jimmy can scarpe together twenty - five thousand . that's absolutely all he can spare and keep going . he feels terrible about what happened at his motel and he's willing to dig deep .
but these fringe places are strung out on the profit end nina . he's not a rich man . we're prepared to show you his income tax returns to reasure you that he's not hiding money nd that this constitutes a real sacrifice , fifty thousand dollars to the bereaved husnand , and you can still go after the killer ."
"i'll tal;k to my ckient ," nina said ." but i can't advise him to take your offer .i'll advise him to request the policy limits , which are going to be quite a bit more ."
"the insurance company won't go for that , you think i haven't tried ? betty jo said .
"maybe losing the motion will convince them ."
"it won't tried ?" bety jo said .
"it won't . they already factored that in . even if a hjury finds the motel negligent . it's only contributory negligence . tey'll decide that the motel is about ten persent responsible and the killer's responsible for the rest . so even if you get a half million , judgment , we're still only going to have to pay the same old fifty thousand . last and final , nina ."
"i understand ," nina ."
she stood up ." nice to meet you . hector . that is some amazingly delicious tea .
this practiced sounding speech had a lot of aopopeal , implicit in the offer was an assumption that the motel would lose its motion to dimiss . if nina heard right , then betty jo was making a concession lawyers weren't supposed to make , in addition to offering an authentic settlement .
"i don't know ow much you're offering yet , but i appreciate your frankness ," she answered .
"jimmy can scarpe together twenty - five thousand . that's absolutely all he can spare and keep going . he feels terrible about what happened at his motel and he's willing to dig deep .
but these fringe places are strung out on the profit end nina . he's not a rich man . we're prepared to show you his income tax returns to reasure you that he's not hiding money nd that this constitutes a real sacrifice , fifty thousand dollars to the bereaved husnand , and you can still go after the killer ."
"i'll tal;k to my ckient ," nina said ." but i can't advise him to take your offer .i'll advise him to request the policy limits , which are going to be quite a bit more ."
"the insurance company won't go for that , you think i haven't tried ? betty jo said .
"maybe losing the motion will convince them ."
"it won't tried ?" bety jo said .
"it won't . they already factored that in . even if a hjury finds the motel negligent . it's only contributory negligence . tey'll decide that the motel is about ten persent responsible and the killer's responsible for the rest . so even if you get a half million , judgment , we're still only going to have to pay the same old fifty thousand . last and final , nina ."
"i understand ," nina ."
she stood up ." nice to meet you . hector . that is some amazingly delicious tea .
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