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: JG Wentworth Commentary
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But can these pennies on the dollar merchants truly be considered structured settlement brokers? The pennies on the dollar has to do with the purchase of factored structured settlement payment rights, not structured settlements or structured settlement annuities.
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While the number of structured settlement annuitant lawsuits against structured settlement factoring companies have increased in the last half decade or so, they’ve met with mixed success.
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Social media promotion for JG Wentworth is criticized for being absurd, highlighted by a tweet referencing an outdated commercial. The author mocks the concept of Vikings endorsing a company notorious for bankruptcies and low payouts to consumers for structured settlements, expressing a preference for alternative musical acts.
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JG Wentworth ass backward approach to structured settlement annuitants implies that you sell your structured settlement to them for pennies on the dollar and THEN think about what to do after you have that discounted lump sum.
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Court Denies JG Wentworth, Seneca One and VA Lawyer Stephen Heretick Motions to Dismiss in RICO Case
Stephen Heretick allegedly took part in an ongoing scheme meant to induce annuitants to sell structured settlement payment streams on unfavorable terms, strip annuitants of rights to independent counsel, and fashion transfer petitions so they would be granted despite procedural safeguards.
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A Houston court ruling favored RSL Funding over Peachtree Settlement Funding and others, allowing RSL to poach structured settlement deals. The court dismissed claims against RSL for tortious interference and mandated Peachtree to pay $651,463 in legal fees. The decision ignites debate over the fairness of poaching in structured settlements.