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I get it.  When you get injured, you almost immediately begin to worry about money.  It is completely rational.  If my client is a car salesperson and has severe pain after standing for more than an hour, he may worry that his failed artificial hip surgery could cause him to lose his job.  If another client is a graphic designer, and a car crash results in a broken arm, the client may wonder how she will do her graphic design work at a computer or work space.  Beyond concerns about handling job duties, there will be immediate financial pressures.  I wrote about handling medical bills in a product liability case here. But there are of course other bills to be paid:  mortgage payments or rent, food, utilities, and other expenses of living.  It can seem overwhelming.

Try to Get Through This Difficult Period Without Obtaining Loans

Couple paying their bills during product liability case

I know, I know, easy for me to say. And frankly you are right. No one ever wakes up and says, “today is a great day for me to enter into a ruinous loan I will never be able to pay back.” I understand that most people attempt to exhaust every other funding source before looking for third-party funding during a desperate financial period.  But I am going to say it anyway: exhaust every other funding source before looking for third-party funding. Call your parents, your kids, your friends, anyone who might help you get through the difficult financial period you face when waiting for a product liability or other personal injury case to resolve.

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Abraham Lincoln had this to say about frivolous lawsuits: “Never stir up litigation.  A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.”  I agree.

I agree with Lincoln that we should never “stir up” litigation, for many reasons, the main one being that “creating” litigation is simply the wrong thing to do, it is harmful to the client, and it creates ill-will and distrust in the world and within the legal profession.  But I also agree with Lincoln for completely selfish reasons: it does not lead to good results and it can easily destroy a person’s law practice.  Reports of the filing of frivolous lawsuits are greatly exaggerated.

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