Can absolutely confirm this is the lawyer mindset... we're starting to take legal action on someone and our lawyer said that he never would have taken the case if we didn't also have a strong case against the guy's employer as well. We don't care about the employer ourselves, but he's after those big company insurance dollars to make it worth his while.

Not to make out that the lawyer is greedy. He's running his own business, and that business model is a gamble. He only gets paid if he wins... so his wins need to offset his losses.