Re: [QUAD-L] Big award to quad

[Greg]

Remember, 30-40% will go to his lawyer. So he gets about 4 mil. Unless he buys bonds, investments can go down just as easy as up. And the Market just had a big drop a few years ago. If you got in just in time for a 50% drop, remember it takes a 100% increase to catch back up. So I'd go very safe investments, that's only getting you 4.5% on long term bonds now. So roughly he could make  $200,000 a year. That's great, but even if he gets insurence, that does not cover live-in care. I don't know his level, but if it's vent level, just his nursing care can cost a lot...   ----- Original Message ----- 5.7 million sounds like a lot, but if you have to pay for all of your medical care out of it, it can be eaten up real quick. What do you guys think?