he says that theyre offering a generous one hundred and fifty thousand dollars , not including back payments owed , an unheard of sum for a case such as hers where income loss had to be calculated from freelance earnings not an employers pay stubs , where medical expenses did not include shadow court-approved methods , where housekeeping costs had not been billed ( never mind that she had been dissuaded from billing ) , and where pain and suffering was considered minimal because she can walk and talk .