Lawsuit settlement funding companies field hundreds of questions each day. One frequent question asked by plaintiffs is “Why do lawsuits take so long to finally a settlement?” Of course, there may be many reasons. One major reason relates to the complexity of litigating a personal injury lawsuit. Indeed, both plaintiffs and defendants must jump through…
Lawsuit loans, otherwise known as lawsuit funding, case loans, lawsuit cash advances, settlement loans or pre settlement funding is a complex financial business providing immediate cash in return for a portion of the future proceeds of a lawsuit. Lawsuit funding’s aim is to help litigants ‘weather the storm’ financially while they wait for their case…
A Union Pacific train conductor has been awarded over $900K in a FELA (Federal Employers Liability Act) lawsuit stemming from a 2010 derailment that left the man injured and unable to return to work. The plaintiff in the case, Loren Sweley, age 68, was working as conductor of a Union Pacific train in January of…
An 87 year old California man recently filed a product liability lawsuit against Janseen Research and Development and Bayer Healthcare after suffering serious side-effects from the use of their drug, Xarelto. The unnamed plaintiff filed the lawsuit on October 9, 2014, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. The plaintiff seeks compensation…
A malpractice lawsuit that took 11-years to play out in court has finally reached its conclusion. On Thursday, October 16, a jury ordered that Dr. Michael Rosner pay $1 million to the estate of Pamela Justus. The jury found the doctor negligent in the treatment of Justus, but cleared Park Ridge Hospital, where Dr. Rosner…
A wrongful death lawsuit centering around the death of an iron worker who lost his life in a construction accident on the Northwestern University campus in Chicago, Illinois is moving ahead. 57-year-old iron worker, Michael Kerr, was perished on May 16, 2013. A construction crane knocked a 16-foot, 70 lb beam from the sixth story…
On September 27, 2012, 12-year-old Hailey Ratliff rode her bicycle home from Sinaloa Middle School in Novato California when she was struck and killed by a motorist. Ratliff’s family filed suit against both the driver and the City of Novato. The case continued until 2014, when it was recently settled for over $1 million. The…
Yvone and Ronald Rouse filed a wrongful death suit against several local and state agencies after the death of their son, Ronald. Ronald Rouse, an 18-year-old senior and football player at Hartsville High School, was playing in a home game against Crestwood High on Oct. 5, 2012 when he called a time-out and suddenly collapsed.…
Many plaintiffs who apply for lawsuit funding feel like they have a strong case and a lawsuit cash advance funding approval is a foregone conclusion. However, many applications fall short of the requisite criteria for a lawsuit cash advance funding to be approved. More goes into underwriting a lawsuit loan or cash advance than most people realize. …
A woman died in a motorcycle accident recently on Interstate 84. The victim was riding as a pillion passenger on a motorcycle on the eastbound lane in West Hartford, Connecticut. The motorcycle came to an abrupt stop and crashed into a car in front. The motorcycle fell onto its side, throwing the driver and its…