Tort is a legal term defined as a ‘wrongful action’ that causes injury to another. This injury could include physical injury, mental anguish, financial loss, or property damage. A mass tort, therefore, is a single wrongful action that causes injury to multiple people. These injured victims can come together to file a single mass tort lawsuit, seeking justice and compensation for their damages.
Significant ongoing mass tort claims in the United States include clergy abuse cases with billions of dollars awarded to victims who suffer from lifelong trauma and mental anguish. Other examples are Monsanto Roundup cases, with over ten thousand plaintiffs suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and 3M combat earplugs cases, where military veterans sustained permanent injuries due to product malfunctions.
A Piece of the Mass Tort Pie
Mass torts can result in profitable rewards for clients and lucrative profits for prosecuting firms. Law firms that participate in mass tort litigation can provide representation for a much larger number of clients than if they were involved in multiple cases across different areas. What this means is that one mass tort case could grow your client base and generate more revenue for a firm than several unrelated cases. From both altruistic and opportunistic perspectives, mass tort litigation is worth serious consideration.
Nevertheless, getting involved in mass torts can seem complicated and intimidating. Even if a law firm has a good lead on a possible mass tort case, it may have to invest thousands of dollars on advertising capital to find and attract potential plaintiffs. The law firm also has to set up the logistical infrastructure and human resources to contact, evaluate, and sign up a sizable number of clients.
An exhaustive evaluation process is essential to qualify the medical information—be it a physical, mental, or emotional injury claim. A comprehensive medical review performed by trained medical specialists will translate to vital evidence for the litigation process and can help to prove medical outcome trends that strengthen the overall case.
These days, legal lead generation agencies are ready to step in and do the tedious legwork for law firms. While many of these agencies claim to prepare and deliver signed mass tort cases that are ready to litigate, only approximately 40 percent of purchased cases turn out to be quality cases after client medical records are reviewed.
On top of this, most agencies limit the return of unsatisfactory signed cases to ten days. But when it can take weeks to obtain medical records, the law firm finds itself at a disadvantage. The amount of lost fees, staff wages, and time spent on such cases with poor litigation value could be ten times that of the cost of the signed case.
So, how can a law firm get involved with mass tort litigation without the logistical problems and costs? Are there such things as zero risk mass tort cases? Fortunately, the answer is yes!
ZeroRisk Mass Tort Cases™ and the ZeroRisk Replacement Policy™
ForLawFirmsOnly is a leading mass tort case acquisition agency with a division that focuses solely on mass tort lead generation. They use a broad variety of advertising platforms, both online and offline, as well as behavioral targeting and remarketing to capture leads with high conversion rates. Due to their use of premier AI technology, they can generate a constant flow of leads that would not be obtained elsewhere.
More importantly, all leads go through a proven screening process to ensure that only the most qualified prospects are signed. ForLawFirmsOnly has its own medical outreach team of 13 highly-trained medical professionals and counselors from the fields of science, sociology, and psychology. This team will contact and evaluate every client to verify their information and fill in any blanks.
Then, the client’s medical records will be obtained directly from their primary physician or specialist within 48-72 hours to verify the diagnosis and the corresponding treatment. All inquiries are performed by a fully licensed physician under strict Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards, thus maintaining the privacy of the patient.
Because ForLawFirmsOnly stands behind the quality of their work, they offer an optional ZeroRisk Replacement Policy™. Under this revolutionary policy, the agency will replace a case unconditionally should the signed case not meet your initial criteria. Likewise, they will replace a signed case gratis if the medical records do not support the client’s original claim.
Furthermore, each case file package will include the medical records verified by the attending medical professional. The comprehensive research performed by the agency means that your firm can start working on the case in days instead of months. This research also ensures that every signed case matches the intake profile and will contribute towards the chances of successful litigation.
If you are already impressed, you will be astonished to find that each signed client is additionally given legal support through their non-profit, Stand Against Poverty, Inc. The non-profit follows up with each client for up to 12 months, assisting them with basic needs such as food, shelter, and medication. This program acts as a liaison between clients and their attorney, helping to ease any anxieties and reduce client-attorney call duration.
By choosing the ZeroRisk Replacement Policy™, law firms are essentially selecting to upgrade to ZeroRisk Mass Tort Cases™ instead of continuing to risk the higher rejection rates of standard signed cases. Law firms will only receive top value, quality cases with correlated medical records, saving both precious time and resources in research and evaluation.
Mass tort cases can be a significant source of revenue for any law firm. Much of the success of mass torts as a business model lies in the final cost of client acquisition. With proven advertising strategies, thoroughly vetted clients, a strong medical and legal support network, and the safety net of the ZeroRisk Replacement Policy™, ForLawFirmsOnly can help you achieve maximum ROI and make the most of mass torts.