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Posted on 4/13/17 at 11:43 am to GaryMyMan
Andry Law got $2.5M even though they were banned from representing claimants...
LOL...
LOL...
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:19 pm to Notro
Now that the BP checks are coming in I can't believe they paying people that much money ey for absolutely nothing.
Look if you deserved it and it actually affects ting your life I understand, but to go file a false claim and get paid 40k. I just don't get both sides
Look if you deserved it and it actually affects ting your life I understand, but to go file a false claim and get paid 40k. I just don't get both sides
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:22 pm to AUCE05
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Why are you mad at capitalism?
Huh?
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Go get a law degree
I already have one.
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open your practice
I'm with a firm.
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and wait for the next disaster.
I don't do tort shite, but thanks anyway.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:11 pm to bayouvette
Stick to welding
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:13 pm to bayouvette
word....they have shrimpers in Acadiana wishing that the oil would spew again so that they could retire.
I know an old baw in Rayne that fished shrimp on the side and ran an auto body shop as his main business.....after his settlement on his side business he sold his body shop and built a big house in the country and basically spends his days fishing.
Things could be worse....but yea the oil spill was the worst thing to ever happen to shrimpers
I know an old baw in Rayne that fished shrimp on the side and ran an auto body shop as his main business.....after his settlement on his side business he sold his body shop and built a big house in the country and basically spends his days fishing.
Things could be worse....but yea the oil spill was the worst thing to ever happen to shrimpers
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:25 pm to AUCE05
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mad at capitalism?
No one is mad at capitalism, we're mad that uncapped damages and lawyers taking advantage of a catastrophe make it very expensive to do business in this state and country. For every lawyer that makes 8 million dollars off of a fat lawsuit payment there are dozens of other people who don't have good jobs (or don't have jobs at all) because companies are investing their money in less litigious locales.
Anyone who got unfair settlements from this (or any other lawsuit) are making bank at the expense of everyone else in the state. It's like when your neighbor defrauds the insurance company for bogus hail damage and wants you to be cool with it. All the while your premiums are artificially inflated to pay for his new roof.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:29 pm to gorillacoco
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we're mad that uncapped damages and lawyers taking advantage of a catastrophe make it very expensive to do business in this state and country.
Blame the BP lawyers who drafted the settlement, or the board of directors who approved it. This state isn't any more litigious than our neighbors. Corporations move to Texas because they bend over backwards to reduce or eliminate corporate taxes - they can afford this due to property taxes which are passed on to their individual employees.
This post was edited on 4/13/17 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:34 pm to icegator337
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all I took from this is how grossly overpaid lawyers are
It looks bad in this case but remember that the plaintiff attorneys in the FEMA litigation barely walked away with anything. Some even lost their practices because of it. These cases are a gamble. Sometimes you hit the jackpot; sometimes you bust.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:38 pm to gorillacoco
Should there have been no law suits at all? Everyone is principled about litigation until they have been wronged. Then they get on the OT and ask for the best lawyer.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:39 pm to NIH
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Then they get on the OT and ask for the best lawyer.
Which no doubt is SFP
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:43 pm to Antonio Moss
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These cases are a gamble. Sometimes you hit the jackpot; sometimes you bust.
This x100. Class actions can completely consume a firm and destroy should the case not pay out. In the end BP agreed to the settlement and it isn't like they got hometowned in CDC. It isnt like these guys just showed up to court one time.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:47 pm to Epic Cajun
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I'm not sure, but I know a guy who was on the platform at the time and I think he received 1.5 mil or something around that.
shite my FIL's business got 500k and they aren't even in the oil and gas business. No bullshite either, not sure what he told them but I saw the check.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:56 pm to Mo Jeaux
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quote: all I took from this is how grossly overpaid many personal injury and other tort claim lawyers are and how fricked up our court system can be FIFY.
Someone is a defense attorney
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:58 pm to GaryMyMan
Williams Law Group. 1 man show. Conrad "Duke" Williams. Chaw.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:58 pm to Elleshoe
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Someone is a defense attorney
Nah. I'm a corporate guy. The last time I saw a courtroom was during jury duty.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:58 pm to Mo Jeaux
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:59 pm to GaryMyMan
I sent a hat your way via FedEx today. Didn't have any aHead hats left. This one is a nike.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:59 pm to GaryMyMan
Attorneys have to eat too.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:00 pm to GaryMyMan
We bought our place on False River from Jim Roy
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