Month Twelve Into a Case That Was Never Going to File

Somewhere in your market right now, a plaintiff attorney is twelve months into a case that was never going to file.

They retained an expert in month two. The expert is thorough, credentialed, and billing at a rate that makes every month of inaction expensive.

The Client in the Middle

They have a client who calls every three weeks asking for updates. A client who told their entire family that the doctor who hurt them was going to be held accountable. A client who turned down a grief counselor because they decided that litigation was how they were going to process this.

The attorney knows the medicine is soft. They have known for a while. But they are $14,000 deep and the client is so invested that the conversation feels impossible. So they keep going.

This Is Not a Hypothetical

This is happening in practices across the country right now. In firms where good attorneys made a commitment they could not clinically justify before they made it and are now managing the consequences.

The exit from that situation is brutal regardless of when it happens. Month twelve is worse than month two. Month twenty-four is worse than month twelve.

The Only Version That Does Not End Badly

The only version of this story that does not end badly is the one where someone with clinical training reads the chart in week one and gives you the answer before the commitment is made.

If you are in month twelve right now, send the case. It is not too late to know what you actually have. If you are in week one, send it now.

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