And the lawyers get first dibs, so the available dollars will diminish very quickly...
Lawyers who work on contingency get a percentage.
Back in the 1990s, in Los Angeles, the standard rate was the lawyer gets 33% if there's a settlement, and 40% if the case goes to trial. (Don't ask me how I know.)
Accepting the claim and satisfying the claim are two distinct things. They could object to the claim, and if there were grounds, it could be tossed entirely. Accepting the claim means not objecting to it. It does not mean any particular percentage of the claim will be satisfied.
I followed the trials carefully and read several books that resulted from the criminal and civil trials. My impression is that the criminal defense took essentially all of O.J.’s net worth as of 1995. He had an annual income of about $400k from the NFL Players Association retirement plan, which was exempt from attachment by the civil judgments. I never saw anything that he did post 1995 that could have earned him significant money. His Nevada criminal defence was probably not cheap either, though nothing like the State of CA vs. Orenthal James Simpson.
Long story short - the media gets to publish a headline with “$58M” in it. Fred Goldman will get a pittance.