How does it work? A plaintiff who might reasonably settle for $500,000 to cover medical bills and lost wages suddenly has access to millions in litigation funding. The funders pay all legal costs upfront in exchange for a percentage of any award, but there’s a catch: they need massive returns to justify the risk, which means settlements that would make someone whole are no longer acceptable. The plaintiff must be made rich, not just restored.Third-party litigation funding has fundamentally corrupted the set ...