Lawyers do not take cases when they do not believe the likelihood of recovery is strong. That could be for several reasons. The lawyer might not believe that the injured party will be able to prove that another person was responsible for causing or contributing to the injury. The lawyer may believe that the injured party also acted wrongly and is likely not going to be able to recover due to his or her own “comparative fault” for causing their own injury. The lawyer may find no viable insurance coverage and thus no likely money recovery at the end, even if you win. Sometimes a lawyer does not take a case because they have a conflict of interest with one or more of the parties involved. That usually means the lawyer represented someone else involved in the accident in the past. These are just some of the reasons why a lawyer would not take a case.