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re: BP Spill Attorneys Fees: Top Two La. Firms Receive $87.8MM EACH
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:55 pm to GaryMyMan
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:55 pm to GaryMyMan
these guys put ALOT of work into this. ALOT of money up front. and then they still have to divide the fees with referring attorneys, etc. also, no guarantee they would get anything from it.
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:03 pm to GaryMyMan
Now we know why Slippy is shopping for a new land rover. He must have represented a couple of shrimpers from Dulac, otherwise he would have been looking at nice cars.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:05 pm to GaryMyMan
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Funny thing about the Lafayette firm is it's only 10 guys. They're about to have a hellova party.
In about three years half of them will be in rehab and half of them will be in bankruptcy. One thing I've learned about lawyers is most of them can't handle money or their personal lives.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:08 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:Ive know several of them for years. They were already butt-load rich before this latest windfall. They'll be fine
In about three years half of them will be in rehab and half of them will be in bankruptcy.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:08 pm to GaryMyMan
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Blame the BP lawyers who drafted the settlement, or the board of directors who approved it.
Every settlement is framed by the legal climate of its location. Surely some of the blame lies on our legal system but it is also shared by the individuals who take advantage of it. Lots of people had their livelihoods and property (or even their lives) destroyed because of the spill, and the legal system exists to ensure that those individuals are fairly compensated for their losses. But there are also plenty of people who claimed above and beyond what their actual hardship was.
Those individuals and the lawyers that facilitate them are the ones that drive up costs and drive out jobs at the expense of everyone else. Just because they legally got away with it doesn't make it right. They are no better than Riverside Towing legally fricking over people just because they have the chance.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:09 pm to Mo Jeaux
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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.
Lulz. You sound like eerily similar those jaded schleps getting paid $150/hour from State Farm.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:10 pm to NIH
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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.
Straw man fallacy. I said that people who fraudulently claim over and above the hardship that they endured because of the spill are the ones to blame. Of course there should be compensation for people who were adversely affected by the negligence of the rig owner.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:12 pm to GaryMyMan
frick and my baws working the shrimp dock still waiting for their check. Damn shame.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:17 pm to NIH
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Should there have been no law suits at all?
A significant portion of the BP claims were complete horseshite.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:23 pm to gorillacoco
Do you think there were more legit claims or "fraudulent" claims?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:26 pm to Mo Jeaux
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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
All: God save your Majesty!
Cade: I thank you, good people-there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink my score, and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.
Dick: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Cade: Nay, that I mean to do.
Henry the Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71-78
This is how simpletons think, but I have accepted it. Lawyers must deal, from time to time, with people who do not understand our role and the role of evil in the universe. Remember what George Burns said...
"There are always two sides - at least - to every argument, and without such, totalitarianism and ignorance would reign throughout the world."
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:28 pm to arseinclarse
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What did the estates of the dead receive?
Sealed at mediation, they will be fine.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:34 pm to GaryMyMan
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Two La. Firms Receive $87.8MM EACH
I have no idea why we have problems with the legal system in this county
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:36 pm to Jim Rockford
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One thing I've learned about lawyers is most of them can't handle money
I'd like a chance to prove that wrong.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:37 pm to tigerpimpbot
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Lulz. You sound like eerily similar those jaded schleps getting paid $150/hour from State Farm.
Meh. I thank God that I'm not a litigator.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:51 pm to Mo Jeaux
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:51 pm to Elleshoe
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Someone is a defense attorney
Nah, defense attorneys make a shite ton of money off these cases as well
Posted on 4/13/17 at 3:59 pm to Epic Cajun
Wasnt a platform but a dynamically positioned semi submersible drill ship
But whatever
But whatever
Posted on 4/13/17 at 4:22 pm to Antonio Moss
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Nah, defense attorneys make a shite ton of money off these cases as well
It depends on your definition of shite ton. They're not making anywhere near $87m.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 4:35 pm to GaryMyMan
And what exactly did these guys build or create or improve?
It's just as bad as the welfare culture of another group of non-contributing people in this country.
It's just as bad as the welfare culture of another group of non-contributing people in this country.
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