re: Frivolous Car Accident Lawsuit Has Finally Hit Close To Home

Not directly related but my FIL donated an offshore fishing charter for a school fundraiser. Some slimeball used car salesman bought it and off they went a few weeks later. Water was choppy on the way in and one guy claimed that he broke his leg after they hit one of the waves.

The guy claimed lost wages due to not being able to beat other salesmen to the customers on the lot (not even kidding). Even with photos and video evidence of the guy playing pickup basketball and shite the insurance told him they were going to settle to avoid going to court. Cut the guy a $100k check.

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Too bad he didn't get hit in Louisiana.

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And I wasn't exaggerating. Total provable expenses were 8k. State Farm offered 12k to settle it.

The chick lied on the stand. Said we refused to take her to the hospital and treated her horribly. Jury ate it up.

In reality, mom my freaked out. I rushed to get the bike out of the street. My mom wanted to take her to the hospital but the girl said to take her to the Tulane campus infirmary.

100k in 1986. No wonder rates in LA are double most other states.

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Have you met people? Not made of metal. Soft tissue and cartilage. I hate to argue that people are more fragile than steel and aluminum. But I will. Especially when the accident was on the highway.

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"Accident"

He said it was barely a tap of the trailer hitch.

I think you misunderstood what he said. It wasn't a collision at 55 mph.

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"Accident"

He said it was barely a tap of the trailer hitch.

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Yeah. Going from 55 mph (or above the limit) to zero with no warning.

I hate to break it to you. But damage to steel and aluminum does not always equate the same to damage from whiplash or striking against a part of the car interior.

He never said they hit that truck while doing 55.

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Is this something that was diagnosed by a doctor?

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There are doctors that lawyers will send people to for these types of diagnoses. Small IT service provider I used to work for in NOLA years ago had one such doctor's office as a customer.

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Yeah. Going from 55 mph (or above the limit) to zero with no warning.

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Again, I think you're misunderstanding what his post was. The chick who sued was the one who slammed on her brakes for a dead kitten in the road.

The car behind her that had to react and hit the trailer hitch wasn't the one who sued.

My nephew was driving his Jeep down a lane in his school’s parking lot. Another student was running across the parking lot, perpendicular to my nephew’s Jeep, and t-boned my nephew. The student had a few minor bumps and bruises, but was ok. He put a small dent on the Jeep and my brother had it repaired at his own expense. Since it happened on school property, the school called the police to report the incident. In the police report, the student accepted full responsibility bc he didn’t look for an oncoming vehicle before running across the lane, and according to my nephew and witnesses, he wasn’t speeding. A few months later, State Farm notifies my brother he was being sued by the students family. He pleaded with State Farm to not settle since the student admitted he was at fault and he was worried it was cause his premium to rise, but State Farm told him it would be much easier to settle. I think the student’s family settled for just under $50k.

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I dislike Morris Bart and Gordon McKernan probably more than any of you.

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I got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

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But to suggest that all, or even most, personal injury suits that are filed are frivolous is just not accurate at all

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You can spin it anyway you want but there is no way to prove either side of that argument. Too many out of court settlements.

Let's just be honest about what is going on in Louisiana. A trend of entitlement has been created by the injury attorneys. Calling it anything else is a lie.