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

I dislike Morris Bart and Gordon McKernan probably more than any of you. But to suggest that all, or even most, personal injury suits that are filed are frivolous is just not accurate at all.

I would have even traded lowering the threshold to $25,000 or so in exchange for a two-year prescriptive period. I'm open to some change in Louisiana because I think we can make the system more fair and efficient for parties on both sides of the "v". But I also know it's not nearly as bad as the well-oiled LABI PR machine makes it out to be.

I'll agree with you that 90% are shitbags and should be exterminated post haste.

For the record, I am a plaintiff lawyer in the Baton Rouge area. Successful, but my firm does not advertise on TV.

When I have found that someone is gaming the system or a little too savvy, I cut them loose. I am personally not going to knowingly be part of it.

Are there people who make claims when they are not legitimately hurt? Yes. Should the rights of people who have been seriously hurt be curtailed? Absolutely not.

I represent people who have had their lives devastated by catastrophic injuries. Amputations, death, spinal injuries which rendered them disabled, disfiguring burns. It is very fulfilling helping people put their lives back together.

I sleep well at night, and I cannot say it was the same when I represented insurance companies. Most of the very best plaintiff lawyers in Louisiana started off representing insurance companies and switched sides because of their practices. That, and the money is good.

I hope you or your family never feels the need to meet with someone like me

Fwiw, assuming you 2 plaintiff attorneys are being truthful (lol, right?), the world could use a few more boosies and verbal kents. People who have truly been injured and suffered, and are not being taken care of, need someone to make it happen. I've had to do it in my personal life.

There are horrible people on both sides of the aisles. I've worked with and dealt with both. But the majority of both are actually decent, hardworking people. The problem is, the minority of shite stains on both sides ruin the reputations of all.

Good for you. Glad you were able to work it out on your own. It’s not a good feeling when you feel like you aren’t getting treated fairly.

Would you agree with me that the “frivolous lawsuits” and scumbag PI lawyers get more press and attention than the shitty things insurance companies and adjusters do to people?

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It’s not a good feeling when you feel like you aren’t getting treated fairly.

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It's human nature to feel you aren't being treated fairly and your type capitalize on it despite knowing you're going to have to bend the hell out of the truth and or allow your clients to malinger symptoms.

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It's human nature to feel you aren't being treated fairly and your type capitalize on it

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That's not true at all. I know of many people who felt they were treated fairly by an insurance company (or just in life in general) and felt no need to get an attorney involved.

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despite knowing you're going to have to bend the hell out of the truth and or allow your clients to malinger symptoms.

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That's such a laughably broad, uninformed, and ignorant statement that it doesn't really deserve a response.

But again, every lawsuit is frivolous and every injury is exaggerated until it's your wife who herniates a disc in her neck and starts dropping dishes in the sink because her arms and hand are going numb.

Yeah, that was tragic when I heard he contracted fibromyalgia. It's a real killer. Glad he found that good doctor in the strip mall by the rub n tug to give him the medicine he needs.

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Would you agree with me that the “frivolous lawsuits” and scumbag PI lawyers get more press and attention than the shitty things insurance companies and adjusters do to people?

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I'm not sure about that boosie. Read the OT, and see what people think about Insurance employees. They're usually vilified pretty severely. I rarely read of anyone praising their insurance company or adjuster. But I agree that all of you guys get a bad rap, and it's not reality. A lot of you guys are good dudes, and I enjoy working with.

There's 1 major deal that I wish both sides would get together on, and it really bugs me that we won't, and that's reform on the opioid epidemic. It is literally killing people, and if not killing them, ruining any quality of life. Costs are astronomical and it's affecting everyone, as the costs get passed down. Nobody is winning. Not the plaintiff. Not the insurance company. Not society. Only the docs and prescription corporations.

That's one thing I think could unite the plaintiff and defense side, but it doesn't happen. Do you know why?