At one time, a patient recovering in the hospital after a car crash might receive a visit from an unfamiliar face—a runner, seeking to recruit the injured party as a personal injury lawyer’s client in exchange for a cut of the resulting legal fees.

Twenty years after the use of runners to obtain clients was outlawed in New Jersey, evidence suggests the practice persists in some places, but their hold on the personal injury trade is greatly diminished.

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