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: Misinformation About Settlement Planning
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Timothy Richardson a former employee of the St. Louis branch of the Red Lobster restaurant chain, was left comatose in 2003 by the effects of a shellfish allergy hours after breading shrimp on the job. DealFlow Media’s report of the case on May 30, 2008 inaccurately states in its headline that the Richardson was "awarded a…
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Can an attorney actually convert a “receivable” into a deferred compensation plan by structuring attorney fees? I submit to you that he/she cannot under such circumstances and THAT makes the entire Structured Settlement Services, LLC posting er… Risky Business!
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Some made for Adsense geek has created a new blog website called “Structured Settlement References Online” that can be found at structuredsettlementreferencesonline(dot) com and is anything but what the name suggests.
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A qualified settlement fund has its place in the settlement planning process on certain cases. In those cases, particularly those involving multiple claimants, it can be an incredibly useful settlement planning tool.
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Settlement Professional’s published statement is wrong, for show, and that in fact Settlement Planning starts with a gathering of facts, including an in depth interview NOT ” from the premise that” one product or another is not the answer.
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Continuing to promote “cash now” despite this and other evidence to the contrary is the real seedy underbelly, not the blogs and commentators who bring it to light. Nobody really gets cash now and what they do get is pennies on the doillar.
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"When compared with the limited flexibility of a lump sum payment, the structured settlement is a powerful tool for plaintiffs, allowing them to make the best choice for their future and that of their families"- Forge Consulting, LLC January 24, 2009 I stand by the Constitutonal right of every American to exercise their right to free speech, even…
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Settlement planners who fail to demonstrate fundamental knowledge essential to the advice they are doling out to injury victims that are relying on them by publishing information that is so out of date are an embarrassment to the profession.
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Much has happened in the financial world in the last 19 months, including name changes, mergers, ratings changes, etc. The responsible thing for Dick Risk to do now would be to update the website for accuracy or remove the page so that consumers are not subject to a lawyer in the structured settlement/settlement planning space…