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Client Must Pay Lawyer $22,000 After Rejecting Insurance Settlement
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By איתמר לוין
First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 1 day ago
What happened
An Israeli client, Eyal Shabtai, has been ordered by a Tel Aviv court to pay his former lawyer, Ron Taller, an additional 80,000 shekels in legal fees. The ruling came after Shabtai rejected a settlement offer from his insurance company, which the court found cost him significant additional compensation.
- 01Client must pay lawyer additional $22,000 in fees.
- 02Ruling follows client's rejection of insurance settlement offer.
- 03Court found rejection cost client substantial additional damages.
- 04Lawyer was entitled to fees based on settlement offer difference.
- 05Total legal fees owed by client now amount to $125,000.
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