Four Things All Successful Birth Injury Cases Must Have

The only cases a personal injury lawyer will likely accept are those that have a strong likelihood of being successful. Why? All other cases are simply too financially risky.

Personal injury lawyers—unlike many other kinds of lawyers—often receive compensation only if the case is successful, after what can amount to years of hard work. What’s more, personal injury lawyers frequently spend large sums of money—sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars—out of their firm’s own pockets to work on a case. If the case is unsuccessful, the firm absorbs that loss.

Imagine paying your employer tens of thousands of dollars to work for them for a year under the premise that it’s improbable they’ll ever pay you. You would never accept that arrangement, right?

Of course, it feels awful telling an aggrieved family that you will not take on their case. And while money is not everything, when a case lacks certain required elements, it should be turned down.

The elements that all successful birth injury cases must have are:

1. Liability
2. Causation
3. Damages
4. Coverage