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Article: One in Five Americans Faced a Legal Issue in the Past Year; Common Life Events, Not Just Crime and Lawsuits, Can Use Legal Help; Top Legal Issues: Real Estate, Family Law, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Traffic Violations, Says FindLaw(R) Survey.
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- August 5, 2002
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Nearly one out of every five Americans faced a legal issue within the last year, according to a new survey by the legal Web site FindLaw ( http://www.findlaw.com/ ).
According to the nationwide survey, 18 percent of American adults said they were involved in at least one legal issue within the last year, meaning an issue where they either used a lawyer or could have used a lawyer. FindLaw has the Internet's largest searchable attorney directory, with more than one million lawyers and legal professionals.
"The fact that one in five of us encounters a legal issue each year vividly illustrates how frequently the law intersects with ...