Laws concerning personal injury litigation are among the few laws that give all people equal access to justice.
A person intending to file a lawsuit in most cases has to hire an attorney.
Contingent fee is the amount paid to the litigation attorney after the case has been won.
It is usually calculated from the settlement that the plaintiff is awarded for damages caused by personal injury.
The aspect of contingency comes about from the agreement that the client and the attorney have.
It means that the client is under no obligation to pay the contingent fee in case he or she loses the case.
A contingent fee is very different from the expenses the attorney incurs during the pendency period.
The expenses are the client's obligation and he or she has to pay.
Contingent fee has several advantages.
One discussed above is the fact that the client is not obliged to pay in case they lose.
Another advantage is that client's security is assured.
The attorney is obliged to handle the case knowing that the fee is deducted from the personal injury settlement allocated to them.
The client is confident of winning the case because no professional would want to work for free.
No lawyer will want to be involved in a case that is not paying.
Contingent fee based cases in most times usually give positive results.
Since the contingent fee in personal injury litigations depend on the outcome, the client's attorney is challenged to put more effort to ensure they recover greatly.
It is important for a client intending to file personal injury litigation to have prior knowledge of what the fee is all about before the process gets halfway.
A client should work out the transaction with the lawyer first to come up with an agreement.