What now about what?
The demand letter?
The phone call?
How much to ask for?
Be more specific about what you want to know.
Also be more descriptive about how the accident occurred. I'm having a problem visualizing the accident unless he was stopped and opening his passenger door several feet away from the curb. And that doesn't make sense.
PS: Your friend must be a very old lawyer or a clueless one because that 3x bills formula went out the window 30 years ago. Injury claims are quantified based on their individual parameters and not by formula.

