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Someone who has suffered personal injuries in an accident is probably going through tough financial times. She may be out of work, and dealing with medical expenses. Paying a lawyer probably isn’t in the cards.<\/p>\n

Never let financial difficulties keep you from hiring a lawyer to deal with the personal injuries that caused the problem. Most Idaho lawyers will take personal injury cases on a “contingency fee.” This means that the lawyer doesn’t get paid unless and until you collect some money from the party responsible for your injury.<\/p>\n

How does a contingency fee work? When you hire a personal injury lawyer, he should have you sign a fee agreement which lays out the details. It should be in plain English, and make sure you understand it before you sign. The details will be different from lawyer to lawyer, but it will work something like this:<\/p>\n

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Someone who has suffered personal injuries in an accident is probably going through tough financial times. She may be out of work, and dealing with medical expenses. Paying a lawyer probably isn’t in the cards. Never let financial difficulties keep you from hiring a lawyer to deal with the personal injuries that caused the problem. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nI can't afford to hire a lawyer\u2026 — Idaho Law Blog — February 17, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Someone who has suffered personal injuries in an accident is probably going through tough financial times. 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