A lawsuit loan is a cash advance that can be issued to a plaintiff against pending lawsuit settlements. Pre-settlement cash advances allow a claimant to access a portion of a potential legal settlement or judgment to pay for immediate expenses. Personal injury and worker compensation claims can take many years to be resolved, leaving the plaintiff to wait for money that may be desperately needed right away.
Lawsuit loan companies review the merits of an applicant’s legal claim and determine the chance and size of a financial recovery. Based on this evaluation, they may then offer the claimant a small portion of the total value of their claim in exchange for an assignment of a portion of the claim’s potential future rewards. If there is no financial recovery from the claim, then the funding company receives nothing.
In a nutshell, a lawsuit loan is an investment by a third party, sometimes referred to as a cash advance company, which allows a lawsuit to continue when the plaintiff is out of personal funds. When a client has exhausted all savings and living expenses begin to pile up, working with a litigation funding company can be tremendously helpful.
However, when all other options have been exhausted, a lawsuit loan can be beneficial, because it can allow the plaintiff to get what is coming to him or her. If the defendant, due to negligence or intentional harm, has wrongfully injured the plaintiff it is the right of that plaintiff to sue for justice. Unfortunately, many plaintiffs don’t have the money to pursue a lawsuit, and they either settle out of court for a ridiculously low sum of money, or they do nothing at all. Legal Advances strongly believes in pursuing what’s best and viable for the client.
It is important to realize that Legal Advances does not consider their lawsuit loans to be a true loan, because the plaintiff does not have to repay the money if the case isn’t won. Legal Advances looks at it as a risk they are willing to take on, and if the outcome is not in the client’s favor, they simply lose their money.
Global Financial has trademarked lawsuit loans as “Lawsuit Insurance” because they offer insurance-like protection to plaintiffs in the event that their claim is unsuccessful. If a plaintiff takes a cash advance against the pending legal claim and the claim is unsuccessful then they get to keep the money that was advanced to them. Thus the cash advance guarantees that their claim will be financially successful either by way of the cash advance or by way of settlement or judgment.
The fees charge by lawsuit loan companies can vary dramatically but it is usually best to stick with the larger companies, like Global Financial (http://www.glofin.com) because they work with a large number of clients and are therefore able to keep their prices low. Usually a funding company will charge either a monthly fee or a flat fee depending on the risk associated with the claim.
Pre-settlement lawsuit funding is sometimes referred to as a lawsuit cash advance, litigation financing, lawsuit pre-settlement advance, money for lawsuits, litigation loan or a lawsuit loans. Another company, Legal Funding Group, provides lawsuit financing at a very competitive rate.
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