A lawsuit loan is a cash advance that can be issued to a plaintiff against pending lawsuit settlements. Pre-settlement cash advances allow a claimant to access a portion of a potential legal settlement or judgment to pay for immediate expenses. Personal injury and worker compensation claims can take many years to be resolved, leaving the plaintiff to wait for money that may be desperately needed right away.

Lawsuit loan companies review the merits of an applicant's legal claim and determine the chance and size of a financial recovery. Based on this evaluation, they may then offer the claimant a small portion of the total value of their claim in exchange for an assignment of a portion of the claim's potential future rewards. If there is no financial recovery from the claim, then the funding company receives nothing.

In a nutshell, a lawsuit loan is an investment by a third party, sometimes referred to as a cash advance company, which allows a lawsuit to continue when the plaintiff is out of personal funds. When a client has exhausted all savings and living expenses begin to pile up, working with a litigation funding company can be tremendously helpful.

However, when all other options have been exhausted, a lawsuit loan can be beneficial, because it can allow the plaintiff to get what is coming to him or her. If the defendant, due to negligence or intentional harm, has wrongfully injured the plaintiff it is the right of that plaintiff to sue for justice. Unfortunately, many plaintiffs don't have the money to pursue a lawsuit, and they either settle out of court for a ridiculously low sum of money, or they do nothing at all. Legal Advances strongly believes in pursuing what