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jim555

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"You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« on: July 03, 2020, 06:25:31 PM »
Laying around watching Jerry Springer in retirement and I see a commercial "You may be entitled to financial compensation...", it was for the 911 Victims Compensation Fund.  I worked downtown NYC after the attack.  They call this the exposure zone.  Some years after 911 I came down with a medical condition but never connected it to 911, I just thought it is just one of those things that happens in life.  I called the number and figured maybe I get a few thousand or something.  They tell me sounds like I have a case and they take 10%, I agree.  After filling out a ton of paperwork, medical records, affidavits, pay stubs, letter from HR, I get sent to their doctor.  This is over a two year period.  Finally I get approved and get a half a payment, they ran out of money.  The Congress approved further funding and I get the second check.  The VCF pays either $90,000 or $250,000 for cancers, tax free.  You also get lifetime cover for the condition from the WTC Health Program.  The law firm included me in the 911 families vs. the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lawsuit that is currently in the courts.  Time will tell if that pays off or not.

Next time you see a cheesy commercial it may actually be worthwhile to see if it applies to you.

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2020, 09:17:55 PM »
My parents had something like this too, they got a mid five figure check for a weird housing settlement that a house they owned 30 years ago was part of - apparently, there was a long running lawsuit around how a plant impacted housing values.

They got a letter and were planning on blowing it off (since... it was 30 years old lol) but called the number on it and the person on the other end told them it would be worth their time to follow through and they got a couple low 5 figure checks out of it.

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2020, 07:37:03 AM »
Ive been part of a couple of class action lawsuits. One against a former employer. I think I got checks for something like $12.

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2020, 09:11:00 AM »
We qualified for the Groupon class-action settlement class in 2015, but I wrote the claim administrators to exclude us from the settlement so we could preserve the right to pursue our own lawsuit. We sent them a letter that proposed the following Mustachian alternative:

"...Therefore, I am proposing that new Groupon CEO, Rich Williams, take my wife and me out to the restaurant of our choice in our city of Nashville, TN. We’re flexible about the date and time, and we promise to pick a moderately-priced restaurant, stick to domestic beer (and probably only one or two, as my wife doesn’t drink), and split a dessert. We would also like Mr. Williams to publicly acknowledge in the forum of his choosing that while dinners out, massages, and the latest designer fashions can all be very nice things, they can’t by themselves bring us happiness or give us lasting relief from the pain of human existence that we all feel so often throughout our lives. In exchange for the dinner and public acknowledgement, I agree to release Groupon and the other defendants from all liability in the matter of the expired Groupon vouchers and give up any future claims for compensation in this case or in any future litigation related to the same events."

As of the time of this posting, Groupon has yet to reply.

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2020, 10:05:12 AM »
I've been part of a couple of class action lawsuits. One against a former employer. I think I got checks for something like $12.
Is that enough to buy pepper spray for the lawyers?

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2020, 07:38:00 AM »
I received first settlement money from an eBay class action lawsuit.  A short time later, I received a check for double the first amount.  I guess there was a re-negotiation or something.  The first check?  2 cents.  The second?  4 cents.  I cashed both checks when I had other checks to deposit. 

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2020, 01:33:05 PM »
I received first settlement money from an eBay class action lawsuit.  A short time later, I received a check for double the first amount.  I guess there was a re-negotiation or something.  The first check?  2 cents.  The second?  4 cents.  I cashed both checks when I had other checks to deposit.
Funniest thing I've read all day.

Are you okay now @jim555? And I don't mean financially, lol.

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Re: "You may be entitled to financial compensation..."
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2020, 03:26:03 PM »
Funniest thing I've read all day.

Are you okay now @jim555? And I don't mean financially, lol.
Doing OK now.
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