The filing of a lawsuit invokes the powers of the court. It also hires defense counsel. On occasion, we are unable to settle a case pre-lawsuit. The case has to be filed. Frankly, we try to avoid the necessity of a lawsuit.
Lawsuits cost money and time.
Costs of court reduce a client s recovery sometimes significantly. Client s generally do not want to wait that long. A lawyer once said to me we file every case we get. I really did not understand that comment initially. This lawyer had two reasons.