So she borrowed $7,000 for living expenses from two companies that lend money to people whose only asset is a personal injury lawsuit.

This is not like some personal injury lawsuit.

It was the first personal injury lawsuit filed to reach trial, with possibly tens of thousands more waiting in the wings.

His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads.

All of the figures, as in many personal injury lawsuits, may be wishful thinking.

That coverage includes the cost of legal fees for fighting a personal injury lawsuit, he said.

The agency pays about $50 million a year in claims and usually has 7,000 personal injury lawsuits pending.

Thus, an individual could win a personal injury lawsuit against a company but still be liable for some of the company's legal costs.

In return, trial lawyers won an extension to two years from the current one year that plaintiffs have to file personal injury lawsuits.

There are fewer personal injury lawsuits, down by about 10,000 annually statewide from a high of 65,000 in 1995.