Questions

On a contingency fee. That means our fee is a percentage of any money recovered, set out in writing before you sign. If there is no recovery, you owe no fee.

Cases have costs such as records fees, expert reviews and testing. We advance them. How they are handled at the end is written in the fee agreement, and we walk through it line by line before you sign.

Some MDLs set aside a small share of each recovery to pay the lawyers who run the shared work for everyone. If that applies, we explain it before you sign.

Every state sets its own deadline, called a statute of limitations. For injury and product claims it is commonly between one and six years. The exact rule depends on your state, the kind of claim, and the facts.

In many states it starts when you knew, or reasonably should have known, that a product may have caused your injury. This is called the discovery rule. In other situations it starts on the day of the injury.

An outside limit some states use for product claims. It can block a claim a set number of years after the product was first sold, no matter when you were hurt or found out.

No. News coverage has nothing to do with your deadline. If you have a diagnosis and a product you suspect, a review now costs you nothing and may protect your options.

Multidistrict litigation. When many people in different states file similar cases, a panel of federal judges can send them to one judge for the shared pretrial work, like gathering company documents and questioning experts. Each person keeps their own case.

No. In a class action, a few people represent everyone and one result covers the whole group. In an MDL, every person has an individual case, and the outcome can be different for each.

Most clients in group cases never go to a courtroom. You may answer written questions about your history, and some people give a recorded interview called a deposition. We prepare you for every step.

Often years. Individual product cases can take one to three years; large group cases can take longer. We send a written update every quarter so you are never guessing.

None. It helps to know the name of the product, roughly when you used it, and your diagnosis. We can request the records for you with your written permission.

Our lawyers, our nurse reviewer and the staff working on your file. If a case is filed, some records go to the court and the other side, under rules that limit how they can be used.

Never without your written permission. We do not sell or trade contact details, and we do not pass you to another firm for a referral fee without telling you first.