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Taxing Matters
Most personal injury lawyers love going to trial, but you're right that there are some that run practices in which they avoid trial and take whatever settlements they can get. If the lawyer has been in practice for awhile the insurance company will know which type of lawyer he is. If he's the type willing to take good cases to trial the insurance company won't wait until the eve of trial to come up with a good offer. It will know before then what it is facing. The insurance company is paying its lawyers by the hour, after all, and the more time its lawyers spend on the case, the more it pays in fees. If it's going to have to cough up that money anyway, it's better to do it earlier and and avoid paying its lawyers the extra fees.