I fear you missed my point. While, yes, lump sum would be preferred and those monies could easily be used to establish a predictable revenue stream, what I was getting at was a little different.

The theme of my last post (which I should have bolded) is that IF a defendant(s) cannot pull together the entire lump sum (via available funds or financing through a third party) without going broke, an alternative exists which would probably be palatable to our team. Absolute certain payment amounts over a fix timeframe to be paid on an annual date certain. No guess work, no analysis, no complex accounting, no risk. And of course we would charge a premium for this "payment plan".

Hope this helps....

SGE