During tough economic times, are former plaintiffs who receive long-term, guaranteed monthly payments unusually eager to exchange them for immediate cash? No, says Matthew T. Bracy, general counsel of Settlement Capital Corp. in Dallas.

“People are scared,” he says. “Even consumers in the position of needing to sell future payments are sitting back and collecting checks. People are a little more reserved. People are laying back and waiting to see what happens.”

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