Vulnerable Clients Must Know: Extra Expense Truth Exposed

In most Washington personal injury cases, clients pay $0 out of pocket for case costs because the lawyer advances filing fees, records, and experts. Those expenses are reimbursed from the settlement or verdict, so the attorney must believe the case has enough value to invest. This article explains what “extra expenses” are and when they get repaid.

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“Are there any extra expense in a case that somebody’s going to have to pay for?”

Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA

“Out of their pocket?”

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“Yes”

Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA

“No. So, I have to look at a case, and determine whether or not I think it’s got value enough for me to invest my money into it. So, I’ve got cases where I will be spending thousands and thousands of dollars on experts. For those experts being able to support the claim that we’re going to be making in the case. If I think the case is shaky on liability grounds, or shaky on damages, and I don’t think it’s worth it, then I’ve got to consider whether or not I’m going to put my money into that case. But if I do believe in the case, and I do believe the potential in the result, then I’m going to be spending my money to get the case to where it needs to be.”