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Closing Sales On Civil Searches
January 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein
by Steven Brownstein
Civil Record Searching can bring in $$$ if you can obtain the results that your client requested. The most common type of information needed by Pre-Employment Screeners are civil lawsuits where the subject has appeared as a defendant. The idea would be to find out if the applicant defaults on his word ( contract ) or in the case of a driver ( motor vehicle personal injury )This is usually a test of an applicant's integrity. Other types of civil cases requested are usually for divorce, paternity or medical malpractice.
The most common barrier to this type of search is the lack of identifiers found. Many suits are filed by name only and upon inspection of most files one usually finds just an address of the defendant.
Other documents that might help identify the defendant would be copies of the installment agreement ( some require social security numbers ) and there usually is a signature of the defendant on that agreement.
Another barrier is where the summons is served to their attorney of record. There would be no address. Pray for a signature.
Be grateful if the jurisdiction you are researching requires a social security number for recordkeeping; they are far and few between.
In 1992 the Nation's largest 75 counties disposed an estimated 378,000 tort cases ( complaints charging damages ) of which the majority were auto torts ( charging damage caused by a motor vehicle ).
Most cases ( about 75% ) were disposed through an agreed settlement or voluntary dismissal. Only 3% were disposed by trial verdict.
