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OP: Is this the same as the post/thread in another bowl?
Short answer: MVA.
Long answer: In PI you're going to get more leads on MVA than S/F (like 10:2 ratio at best), and it's much easier to prove liability or win even on adverse liability than any day in S/F arena, they're are plenty of high limit/no limit policies out there (umbrellas, commercial, and public entities), but the $15K-100Kers will be what gets you paid consistently (especially if you're new AND being forced to choose one area). Its likely you will also not be picking the cases you're assigned, they'll be assigned based on experience and performance, the big injury/big policy cases going to the senior litigators. The experience you gain in MVA will be transferable to S/F if you later choose to switch.
Thank you so much yes I did post it in another thread and this comment is very helpful.
Premises liability cases tend to settle for higher amounts due to insurance coverage being larger than auto policies.
You should start with MVA, and once you have some savings and you’ve learned how to practice/try a few cases, move on to premises. MVA is more consistent money and way simpler. Premises is more complicated and higher risk but higher reward also. And, IMO more fun because it has a lot more intricacies.
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Because premise cases generally suck and there’s a lot more to prove. And if you don’t do everything perfect within the first week you’ll likely lose your best evidence. Or if your client forgot to take pictures for example. Or gave a bad incident report. Or a million other things outside of your control. Plus juries hate slip and falls. The one plus is that you generally have an entity defendant and good coverage. But nothing beats a massive crash with a commercial policy on the other side. That’s where the money is from an efficiency stand point.
In California I would do Auto accident. There are a lot more accidents in California. I would also suggest doing nursing home malpractice cases In my legal nurse consultant class one nurse consultant has a large practice just doing nursing home. I am going from a nurse paralegal to certified legal nurse consultant
I agree that is why I am taking classes in LCLNC
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MVA all day, every day. We pay more $ for MVA leads than S/f and there’s a reason. MVA is $ in the bank, guaranteed. I personally avoid s/f like the plague. I’ve done plenty and gone to trial on many, and premise case are pretty much the only kinds of cases I’ve been defensed on.