Lawsuit Advances & Realistic Client Expectations: How Much Money You Can Expect from a Lawsuit Advance

We often receive applications where the client is requesting an unrealistic amount of money given the circumstances of their pending lawsuit. The intent of this article is to establish realistic expectations with regards to the money that can be advanced on a pending lawsuit. And we will address this issue in the framework of personal injury lawsuits, such as auto accidents and premises slip-n-fall cases.

The two biggest issues which affect the value of your personal injury case, are the severity of your injuries and the defendant's insurance policy limits. Other factors include: liability (who was at fault), prior advances or liens on a case, and lost wages.

To begin with, we list some actual examples of what past clients have received and their respective injuries:

$65,000 - 3 Surgeries

$10,000 - 3 Surgeries

$8,500 - 2 Surgeries

$7,500 - 1 Surgery

$7,000 - 1 Surgery

$5,000 - 1 Surgery

$5,000 - Planned Surgery

$3,000 - 1 Surgery

$2,500 - No surgery

$1,500 - No surgery. Epidural nerve block injection

$1,000 - No surgery. Epidural nerve block injection

$1,000 - No surgery.

As you can see in the abovelist, clients who received larger amounts of money, all had one thing in common, they had surgeries or planned surgeries do to injuries from the accident.

Whereas, personal injury clients who have not had surgery and do not plan of having surgery, often will get funded in the range of $1,000 to $3,000.

If you are looking for funding on your personal injury case, and you have not had any surgeries as a result of the accident and you do not plan on having any surgeries, I would suggest the maximum amount of money you request is $3,000. If you fall into this category, your realistic expectation is likely in the range of $1,000 to $3,000 for a lawsuit advance.

If you are looking for funding on your personal injury case, and you have had surgery as a result of the accident, you will likely qualify for at least $5,000 and possibly much more. And if you have not had surgery, but are planning on having surgery in the near future, you will likely qualify for $3,000 to $5,000 in funding.