How a Lawyer is Critical to the Process of Considering Selling Your Structured Settlement in California Before 2010, if a defendant was court ordered to buy an annuity in court to pay for the plaintiff’s injury…there would be companies, called “factoring companies” that would be approaching the defendant and suggesting they sell their newly obtained structured settlement for “cash now” at a highly discounted rate.  Courts saw this happening, especially in California.  The judge and lawyers spend a great deal of time designing a future plan for the injured party; like an artist creating a painting.  For years the court […]