Here's a great example of a case where it takes over 2 years for a settlement to be reached and pre-settlement legal funding can be a valuable asset for the plaintiff and their attorney.
Substantial medical bills need to be paid and often plaintiffs are forced to settle for a fraction of the justified amount by well-funded corporate or government legal teams in order to get needed cash now. Legal funding can supply needed cash today and give the plaintiff and their attorney the time needed to earn a full and fair settlement of the case. Here's the scoop:
In June of 2008, a felon under the supervision and control of the Washington Dept. of Corrections struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk while driving. The victim was in the hospital for six months and suffered traumatic brain injuries. She continues under care today.
The driver fled the scene in the stolen car she was driving. The lawsuit claimed the driver was under supervision because:
“…Gillespie was being supervised by the DOC after her release from prison on a third-degree assault conviction for deliberately striking a truck with her vehicle in South Tacoma…in that September 2006 incident, she tried to run down an unknown man who was in the street and ended up striking three cars. Nobody was seriously hurt.”
Further, the lawsuit indicated:
“In the seventeen months in which the DOC was responsible for the supervision and control of Ms. Gillespie, she violated the conditions of her release many times, committed additional crimes and her mental health severely deteriorated to the point at which she posed an unreasonable danger to the community.”
A spokesperson for the DOC denied that the supervision was mishandled. They agreed to the settlement for fear of a sympathetic jury awarding an even higher amount.
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