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How do u find a personal injury lawyer that will be retained for free and take the case on a percentage basis?

We were seriuosly victumized by my former landlord [who referrs himself as HITLER] We lived at Rochester Village for 13yrs. at the time we were the longest enduring tenent. My children and I are dumber for the experience. I was only hated because I attempted to better myself and my surroundings. We moved in on December 1993. We were told they had a 3 strikes you are out. February 2006 we still had a perfect record for behaving. All of a sudden we were accused of late rent payment that did not work. Then we were accused of littering cigarette butts, I cleaned up the butts that were tossed in front of my door that were not ours and gave my son [the only smoker in my family] a coffee can for his. He obeyed;but, the butts kept reappearing overnight. I have a bad back and can't keep cleaning up the neighbors spitefull mess. Then my son to be helpful threw away a pair of stripper panties which branded him a thief.We were evicted.Our education's spoiled and we lost our belongings.We want2sue.

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1. In NY State at least, every personal injury BY LAW works only on percentage and is retained for free. UNFORTUNATELY, this is not a personal injury case. You need to consult with a Landlord/Tenant attorney. Ask them up front what their consultation fee is, if they have one. Many will not have a fee for a consult, but will either take or reject your case. You will have to prove that "your education is spoiled" but the lost belongings will probably be very easy to substantiate as you were evicted. If no landlord/tenant attorney will take your case, then you can usually take them to small claims court. I don't know what the cap is in your state, but this chart will give you the guidelines. http://www.legalzoom.com/law_library/smallclaims/qualification.html Good luck.
2. First, contact your local housing authority and file a claim. They will investigate and give you their findings. Call your local district attorney's office and file a complaint. Call the BBB and file a complaint. Find out if anyone has moved into the space. Meet with them and ask them to tell you how much they are paying. I suspect they be paying more than you did. IF that is true, the landlord may have evicted you in order to raise the rent. It is illegal in many states to do this. If that is what happened, call the district attorney's office, tell them what you found out and ask that they file charges against the landlord. I hope this helps.
3. all personal injury lawyers work on a contingency basis. however, if they do not think you have a good enough case to go after, they will decline. the percentage they can take from your settlement is mandated by state law. good luck :)