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January 8, 2010
Andrew Bergh: Car crash gets costly in botched settlement
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Iwonder how Martin the Geico gecko reacted to the bad news.
I'm referring to the ruling eight days ago by a Florida appeals court in Gonzalez v. Claywell. Thanks to a botched settlement, a Geico insured is now saddled with a judgment for almost $400,000.
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