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re: Do auto accident lawyers on TV commercials represent guilty parties?
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:13 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:13 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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Yep, we live in a state with judges elected with campaign donations from the plaintiff attorneys. The judges are allowed to award up to $50,000 without the defendants having the right to a jury to filter out the bs.
Here's a solution. Let's drag everyone out of their work, homes and lives for a week so they can sit around all day in jury pools to hear $7,500 whiplash cases.
Genius I tell you, pure genius.
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Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:14 pm to Jim Smith
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There is always a possibility of losing, but it helps to stack the deck.
I'm not saying it never happens but I'd wager it is extremely, extremely rare. There are too many sure fire liability cases to sink a bunch of money into a case where the client may be in the wrong.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:14 pm to TigerGman
Any personal injury attorneys here deal with soft tissue damage cases??
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:17 pm to ksayetiger
If you caused the wreck, slamdunk no dispute, then no they won't. You need a defense attorney. PI take miney makers.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:18 pm to Napoleon
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If you caused the wreck, slamdunk no dispute, then no they won't. You need a defense attorney. PI take miney makers.
What about if you caused the wreck but didn't cause the injuries?
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:33 pm to Jim Smith
How else would the injuries be caused?
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:35 pm to ksayetiger
Nobody is found guilty in civil cases. The attorneys who represent the victim in the accident are plaintiff attorneys i.e. Gordon, Morris Bart,Dudley.
In civil cases the verdict is based on who was liable
In civil cases the verdict is based on who was liable
Posted on 10/26/17 at 2:15 pm to TigerGman
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Here's a solution. Let's drag everyone out of their work, homes and lives for a week so they can sit around all day in jury pools to hear $7,500 whiplash cases. Genius I tell you, pure genius.
Must be terrible for all the other states where they can’t just send someone to a chiropractor for a few months and demand policy limits. I bet they hate their lower insurance premiums, too.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 2:19 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
There a ton of factors that go into Louisiana's insurance rates. 3rd world roads, low IQ drivers, tons of uninsured drivers, phone distractions, etc. Pinning high costs on attorneys is short sighted especially when you are offering jury trials over small damages as some kind of solution. Do you know how expensive(for the insured) and time consuming that would be?
This post was edited on 10/26/17 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:27 pm to NIH
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Do you know how expensive(for the insured) and time consuming that would be?
Yep. More jury trials = more billables for the defense bar = higher insurance rates.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:30 pm to Jim Smith
I think most attorneys who do PI work have handled cases where it is not an orthopedic or neuro case. Is this where you tell me all soft tissue cases are fraudulent?
This post was edited on 10/26/17 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:31 pm to tigercross
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Yep. More jury trials = more billables for the defense bar = higher insurance rates.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:32 pm to Quarterite
quote:Mo has over the years hired a stable of lawyers, some of whom can actually try cases. I was shocked myself, but finished one last year with a guy on the letterhead who did a decent job for his PoS client.
Guys like Morris Bart don't actually represent anyone. They're marketing fronts. You call them, they evaluate your case, and if they think it's profitable, they farm it out to other lawyers in return for a cut of the proceeds.
To the OP, TeeVee Lawyers only rep plaintiffs. Insurance companies would not hire them to handle defense cases. InsCos don't pay well enough for defense lawyers to advertise, and that isn't how you get the work.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:34 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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Yep, we live in a state with judges elected with campaign donations from the plaintiff attorneys. The judges are allowed to award up to $50,000 without the defendants having the right to a jury to filter out the bs. The majority of policies written in Louisiana is $50,000 or less. Once the attorney knows how much insurance is available, he can send his client for enough treatment to force the insurance company to settle the claim to protect their insured. Rinse, repeat and we all pay sky high premiums on auto insurance and have to be bombarded with attorney advertisements as a result.
Would be interesting if limits were not discoverable.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:39 pm to Jim Smith
quote:I did it for a few years. Been out of that area of the law for a while. Is Dolmo v. Williams still the benchmark for soft tissue quantum? $2,500 per month of treatment?
ny personal injury attorneys here deal with soft tissue damage cases??
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:39 pm to AlxTgr
Would also be interesting if there could be penalties for handling a third party claim in an arbitrary and capricious manner before the Claimant retained counsel.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:42 pm to boosiebadazz
quote:Not really. The third party didn't buy the insurance.
Would also be interesting if there could be penalties for handling a third party claim in an arbitrary and capricious manner before the Claimant retained counsel.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:44 pm to AlxTgr
I understand the legal argument. But if we’re trying holistic aporoaches to fix the system then that’s one I’d like to see.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:46 pm to boosiebadazz
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I understand the legal argument. But if we’re trying holistic aporoaches to fix the system then that’s one I’d like to see.
OMG. Fix the system? That would just make it worse. Want to be Missouri? Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:48 pm to tigercross
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More jury trials = more billables for the defense bar = higher insurance rates.
yeah, that would outweigh the ending of the current auto-accident lottery system. Just create a petit jury for claims from $20K to $50K. Limit jury selection to 2 hours, trial to 2 days. Saves everyone time and money.
Better still, prohibit lawyers from contributing to judicial campaigns.
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