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: Niagara County Structured Settlements
Niagra County Structured Settlements information and commentary that may be of interest to residents of Niagara County NY or personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers doing business in Niagara County NY.
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Niagara Judge Matt Murphy said February 17, 2021 “approving the petition of Tiger Parrish LLC would effectively deprive New York courts of their role under the Structured Settlement Protection Act and transfer that role to Mr. Eglow, who is not bound by the statutory and precedential standards*.
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A number of personal injury lawyers, including those admitted to the NY Bar, represent structured settlement factoring companies, the pennies on the dollar for structured settlement merchants. The same lawyers and/or firms solicit business from personal injury victims.
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Niagara County Supreme Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy is another fine example of why NY judges are among the best in the USA in enforcing their state’s structured settlement protection act, in his January 8, 2021 decision in Tiger Parrish, LLC v BHG Structured Settlements, Inc.et al. Index E173532/2020.
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I don’t know whether or not NJ resident Catherine Moronta shopped around for her pending structured settlement factoring transaction, but she’s about to get royally shafted for an estimated hundreds of thousands of dollars in 3 separate deals bearing discount rates of 12.8*, 12.81% and 12%
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Sometimes better structured settlement prices can be had by blending the strengths of two or more companies. One company may excel at earlier payments and another for later payments. Sometimes there are unique considerations. Always work with a credentialed structured settlement expert.
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The 4th Department unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. Today most carriers understand the value that a settlement intermediary with transition expertise, retained by them, or a plaintiff or plaintiff’s lawyer, brings to the table
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Qualified assignments for structured settlements then and now. Helpful video on “What is a Qualified Assignment” featuring structured settlement expert John Darer®, a Master Structured Settlement Consultant from the New York City Metropolitan area
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NY Structured Settlement Protection Act amendment signed into law in 2010 by NY Governor David A. Patterson, added a requirement that the structured settlement payees attend the transfer hearing to approve the transfer of structured settlement payment rights. NY General Obligations Law 5-1705
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Without a clear understanding of risk your chances for disappointment increase, especially when you are trading guarantees for NO guarantee. Monte Carlo analysis, a/k/a Monte Carlo simulation, can also be applied in this situation and may be very useful to safely test assumptions.
