Don't Second Guess

You’ve just gotten into your car after settling your case at a mediation. It’s over - really over. For what seems like an eternity, this case has consumed your life and thoughts. Almost immediately you start to question whether you settled for the right consideration. It wasn’t what you believed your case was worth or what their case was worth, and it wasn’t the number you had discussed with your attorney when they initially evaluated the positions, but it was the right number! How do you know? To conclude otherwise would be to challenge history that is now in the box, and in accordance with the agreement you just signed, irreversible. But it was the right number for other more tangible reasons.

I know that as you see it, you are right and the damages you and your attorney calculated are deserved, but that’s not how cases are decided. Your viewpoint is through your eyes and in a trial the jury looks at the case through their eyes, mixing the facts as you see them with those of the other side. No matter how they try, their vision is also slanted based on their experience and biases. Rarely is a verdict all or nothing. In those instances where it is, did you really want to take that chance?

You have gotten to know and trust your attorney. You must also trust that their experience and expert view of the facts has led them to conclude that the compromise achieved in the mediation is a good result for you.

This is YOUR case, and ever since you first sat with your attorney, it has taken on a life of its own and consumed yours. It’s time to get your life back. The case is settled, and you no longer have to think about it. Your life before the suit functioned without it, and it will after. Whether as a plaintiff or defendant, something has been altered in your life. Accept it and move on. You owe it to your family and to yourself.

History is in the box and can’t be changed, don’t waste a moment with “I wish I had ….”

Finality has value all of its own!