Premises liability

Funding on a slip-and-fall claim

Harder to prove than an auto case, slower to resolve, and just as expensive to live through.

Non-recourseIf you don't recover, you owe us nothing.

No monthly paymentsWe're repaid once, out of the settlement.

Case, not creditApproval turns on your claim, not your score.

Slip-and-fall claims are the ones people most often assume are easy and most often find are not. There's usually no police report, no exchange of insurance information, and no independent record of what happened — just an injury and a property owner who would prefer it never gets discussed again.

That makes these cases slower and more contested than their dollar value suggests. It also makes them exactly the kind of claim where a plaintiff runs out of financial runway before the case is ready.

Premises liability

What makes premises cases harder

Proving someone got hurt is straightforward. Proving the property owner should answer for it is not.

Notice is the whole fightIt usually isn't enough that a hazard existed. The question is whether the owner knew or should have known about it and failed to act — and that's often the entire dispute.

Evidence disappears fastSpills get mopped, surfaces get repaired, and security footage is overwritten. What exists in week one may be gone by month two.

Comparative fault gets pressed hardExpect arguments about your footwear, your phone, and whether the hazard was open and obvious. California reduces recovery by your share rather than barring it, but the defense will push.

Commercial defendants dig inCommercial property owners and managers handle these claims regularly and often defend them rather than resolving them early.

Where funding fits

Because liability is genuinely contested in many of these cases, they resolve later in the process — often after depositions, sometimes on the courthouse steps.

That can be a long time to be out of work, and the pressure to accept an early offer is real.

We evaluate premises claims on the strength of the liability evidence and the documentation of your injuries. Some we can fund and some we can't, and we'd rather tell you quickly either way.

Why this isn't a loan

A loan is money you have to pay back. This isn't that. We buy a portion of whatever your case eventually pays, and our right to be repaid exists only if there are proceeds.

That's what non-recourse means — we take on the risk that the case comes back with nothing.

It also means we can't touch your credit, your paycheck, your car or your home if the case doesn't go your way.

Questions

Common questions.

There's no police report. Does that matter?

It's normal for these cases. An incident report from the business, photographs, witness names and your medical records do more work here than a police report would.

I didn't report it that day. Is my case over?

Not automatically, though it makes things harder. Tell your attorney and tell us — it's better addressed early than discovered later.

Does this include dog bites and negligent security?

Yes. Those sit under the same premises liability umbrella and follow a similar pattern.

Can I get funded before liability is resolved?

Often, yes. We're assessing probability, not certainty. Contested liability affects the analysis.

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