If you win a big verdict, just how do you collect on it? 
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Published: August 6, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Verdicts, Personal Injury
Ever wonder what happens after the headlines trumpeting the latest huge jury verdict are gone?
Do the plaintiffs actually collect the amount the jury awarded? How often and how much?
Rick Friedman, a Seattle attorney who lectures to trial lawyers on jury trials, estimates that 10 percent or less of personal injury verdicts are fully collected.
He reached ...
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