All about structured settlement

17/07/2013 12:25

Structured settlements were first introduced in Canada and after that the government of United States of America started to manage lawsuits by using structured settlements during 1970s. Actually the law regarding structured settlement was introduced as an alternate to payout huge cash compensations. Mostly structured settlement is practiced while paying out huge cash amount to a person as a result of settling a lawsuit or if someone has won a huge lottery prize then he or she is paid in the form of structured settlement. These days it is also be practiced in United Kingdom and Australia. Furthermore these countries have included the structured settlement in their statutory tort laws. Though all the mentioned countries use structured settlement laws in a different way but the main way of paying huge cash compensations remain the same in all the countries.

In structured settlements, cash is paid to the claimant of the lawsuit from the defendant in order to settle a legal case, in the form of installments. When someone wins a large cash prize then he or she is also paid in the form of installments. Sell annuity settlement are legal and their conditions are authorized by the court of justice. But sometimes, the person who receives the cash in the form of installments, gets annoyed by the payment contract therefore he or she opts to sell his or her structured settlement contract for a lump sum of cash. You can also sell your structured settlement by contacting a structured settlement company.