Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Indiana Law School
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Structured settlements are a two way street that is the result of negotiation. The plaintiff can demand it or the defendant or insurer can offer it. Ultimately it’s first year law school stuff (i.e. basic contract law…offer- acceptance- consideration. There needs to be a promise to make periodic payments.
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Indiana Law’s Laura J. Koenig’s use of Victorian era British PM Benjamin Disraeli is reflective of a poorly written, poorly researched paper on structured settlements drew on outdated information. Disraeli also said “He was distinguished for ignorance, for he had one idea, and that was wrong”
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The viral discourse over a law student’s draft paper continues. Talk about “wasteful dissipation” of irreplaceable time.
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I don’t think it is reasonable to dismiss the anecdotal evidence or personal observations of the settlement planner, structured settlement broker or a personal injury lawyer who has represented hundreds or thousands of plaintiffs
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The Structured Settlement Watchdog found that Laura Koenig’s research was incredibly poor, often errant in fact, undermined by her excessive reliance on too few sources of information, much of which was outdated.