text: re law is there a term for a person that makes a living by persuing auto injury claims/lawsuits ? repetative legal actions, repetative statements of injury-only means of income through legal dispursements it depends on whether the person has actually been injured or not.  if not, he is committing  insurance fraud, a kind of  tort as well as a criminal offense.  there is probably a slang term for  this  kind of scamming.