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Originally Posted by LessinSF
While at AIG, I was consulted when two plaintiff PI lawyers were arguing over their fee split of a policy limit settlement. They were both so irrational and argumentative, we filed an interpleader action. I hadn't even thought of the word "interpleader" since my civil procedure class. But I did get to hand deliver a $1 million check to the clerk of the court. And it cost them my attorney's fees, costs, and paying interest to the court.
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If I'd been hired by AIG, I'd have written the two parties, told them I am delivering a check for $500,000, and taking the side of whichever agrees. Then cash that difference. Harvard/Yale Law> Cal law, no offense.
