Where did she get all the money?

Also, it seemed as though William H Macy's character was at fault, so perhaps his insurance company awarded her a lot $$$ for compensatory and punitive damages (he mentioned something to her about his lawyer advising him not to apologize to her when they had been in court).

Also, it seemed as though William H Macy's character was at fault, so perhaps his insurance company awarded her a lot $$$ for compensatory and punitive damages (he mentioned something to her about his lawyer advising him not to apologize to her when they had been in court).

''Not all money comes from jobs. People have money from multiple sources.''

exactly i think people look too deep into stuff like this in films, we never were told of claire's finances but she was an attorney so before the accident she was earning good money, that and her ex husband seemed well off too, for all we know she could have received a large inheritance from her parents or a family member...

I always had a life insurance and disability insurance policy with the company I worked for, besides health insurance and life insurance thru another company.
corporations offer it for hardly anything.

I am sure she had every type of insurance available and yes William Macy's insurance company had to pay millions for the death of a child and for a lawyer who can no longer make a living.

And anyway she was not divorced, she still loved her husband. she was just terrible to live with at that time.