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hello my name is Brian Cabarrus with the law office of Briony Tadros we wanted to provide a little bit information about what exactly a workers compensation settlement is and what it would look like for an injured worker Sullivan's voluntary and what I mean by that is if one side or the other does not want to settle for a agreed upon amount the case just does not settle so for instance I tell people if you're the most reasonable person in the world and all you want is a hundred dollars to settle your workers compensation claim if I go to the insurance company or their attorney and say my clients willing to settle their case they only want a hundred dollars you should pay the hundred dollars and they say sorry out of principle we don't want to pay that there's nothing I can do about it we can't drag them in front of the judge and have a judge tell them to settle the case for a hundred dollars that's not what how it works the judge does not have that power to settle the case the same is true if the shoe is on the other foot so let's say the insurance company wants to pay a hundred thousand dollars settle somebody's case and let's say that they're overpaying by more than double what the case really should settle for but the injured worker doesn't want to accept it they cannot drag that injured worker in front of a judge and say judge look we're paying very fair money here we're paying more than anybody should expect for this case make him or her accept it the judge does not have that authority to do that so it's important that you understand when we talk about settlements first of all that it's voluntary so the way it typically works is the case will be valued up by your attorney that attorney should be making recommendations to you about what range you can expect for settlement and what amount you should demand to start negotiations and then honestly it's kind of like buying the car at that point there will be an offer made and then you'll make a counter demand and you'll go back and forth until the parties decide that's it nobody will budge anymore and can we reach an agreement at that point in time do we have an agreement on a number or are we closed and maybe we can bridge the gap and make a concession to get it over the line and let the case settle for everybody's best interest - everybody can close the file and move along the question everybody wants to know it is how much is my case worth and that's different with every individual case that's why you need an attorney who has experience who could look at your case your individual facts in your case and determine what your case is worth I go...