Helping Your Attorney with Your Settlement Loan
How to Help Your Attorney Help a Funding Company with Your Settlement Loan You already know that your attorney needs to cooperate with the settlement funding process. This post will outline the top 3 ways to help your lawyer "help you" obtain a settlement loan. Settlement Loan Process The lawsuit funding process goes like this: You contact the settlement loan company ...
DetailsLawsuit Settlement Disbursement
What Happens When It's Time to Disburse Funds? Much is written about what goes on during a civil lawsuit. Topics such as investigation, litigation and settlement are often examined. But what about what occurs after the case is over? In this post, we examine common issues at the time of lawsuit settlement disbursement in a civil trial. After the Case is Resolved - The Time o...
Details60 Minutes Story – Litigation Funding
Litigation Finance - 60 Minutes Piece Reaction A recent 60 Minutes "news" show did a piece on litigation funding entitled, "Litigation Funding". In this post, we will go into the details of the piece, how it was presented, and give our own account of the lawsuit funding business. Litigation Funding Need Lawsuit funding is the advancing of money to litigants (mostly plaintiff...
DetailsWhat Do Lawsuit Loan Underwriters Ask
The Questions Lawsuit Loan Underwriters Ask Lawsuit loan underwriters are tasked to perform a variety of functions for lawsuit funding companies. In this post, we explore what lawsuit underwriters do for the business and what types of questions they might ask your attorney when discussing your case. Lawsuit Loan Underwriters - Identity, Role and Function A lawsuit loan under...
DetailsPlaintiffs vs. Defendants – Civil Lawsuit Basics
Understanding Civil Lawsuit Basics At Fair Rate Funding, we are plaintiff advocates for justice. That is, we seek to help plaintiffs in their quest for compensation under the law. Defendants, especially in personal injury lawsuits, are usually financially strong insurance companies. Plaintiffs are normally individuals and are disadvantaged within the legal system. In this post, we ...
DetailsHow Do You Get Pre-Qualified for a Lawsuit Loan?
Getting Pre-Qualified for a Lawsuit Loan is the First Step Toward Funding What does it mean to be pre-qualified for a lawsuit loan? Pre-qualification for lawsuit loans is the result of a lawsuit loan applicant's initial contact with a lawsuit loan representative from Fair Rate Funding. In this post, we discuss the process of pre-qualification and what factors must be present to conti...
DetailsTrip and Fall Lawsuit Loans
Trip and fall lawsuit loans help injured plaintiffs with immediate access to cash prior to settlement. Every year, millions of personal injury plaintiffs, who were injured from a slip and fall incident, file lawsuits in the American court system. In this post, we examine the different types of fall accidents and how those differences affect liability under state negligence laws. We a...
DetailsWhat is Strict Liability in Lawsuits?
In both tort and criminal law, strict liability is when a defendant is liable for committing an action/inaction, regardless of intent. In criminal law, possession crimes and statutory rape are both examples of strict liability offenses. In civil cases, strict liability usually applies to product liability actions, dog bite cases and abnormally dangerous activities. The majority of str...
DetailsCar Accident Passenger Lawsuit Loans
Can an Injured Car Accident Passenger Qualify for a Lawsuit Loan? Car accidents occur every day. It is simply an unfortunate aspect of travel in passenger cars and trucks. Injured car passengers confront economic and non-economic (pain and suffering) damages. Obviously, for those injured in car accidents, challenges await. Car accident passenger ...
DetailsWhat is Negligence Law?
As plaintiff advocates, Fair Rate Funding specializes in providing fast, low cost lawsuit loans to plaintiffs. The vast majority of our clients are involved in negligence cases. This post will answer the question: What is negligence law? Negligence Lawsuits - Background and History A century ago Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., asked "what is negligence" in search of a general ...
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