civil case
Awhile back, I was asked to establish an estate for a deceased parent whereas, I would be the spokesperson regarding a wrongful death suit. At the time of establishing the estate, the attorney said he was asked to set up the estate and that it looked like the case was not going to trial; it looked as if they were getting ready to do something.
After answering defendant interrogatories, how long afterwards could a case be settled? If in fact, the estate attorney was correct in saying, ''it wasn't going to trial.''
Thank you
Re: civil case
There is no hard and fast rule and it depends on a lot of variables(how many defendants, what court, which lawyers are involved, which judge has the case, the legal thoery of the case, etcetera). A decent rule of thumb is that a case should be set for trial within 18 - 24 months after it is filed, unless there is some complicating factor. Cases settle, in many instances, as they approach trial -- a few months before in not uncommon.
