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re: The entire personal injury racket is corrupt, and it's not just the plaintiff lawyers.

Posted on 5/5/18 at 6:42 pm to
Posted by Slippy
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 6:42 pm to
Tell me Lammo. Why don’t plaintiff attorneys (non-maritime) like Federal court?

Competent judges (for the most part) who aren’t looking at the next election, professional staff, well managed dockets.... hmmmm. I wonder. We both know why.

If the state judicial system looked like the federal. I’d be 100% on board with that.
Posted by bayou choupique
the banks of bayou choupique
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 6:55 pm to
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I'm praying for your wife to have a pain-free successful surgery. Is the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) being done by your wife's pain management physician or a specialist ? The nerves will likely grow back; however she can have the RFA done every 6 months


I’m not sure if the procedure. It is being done by a spine specialist not pain management. It will be a simpler process because she will be in and out failry quick. She doesn’t say much about but is sick because it has taken so long to get to this point. Finally after 5 rounds of cortisone the freaking doctors are willing to try something else. This is classic good ole boy network at its best.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:00 pm to
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Why don’t plaintiff attorneys (non-maritime) like Federal court?



We love fed court, better judges and better defense lawyers.
Posted by Tall Tiger
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:18 pm to
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Posted by russpot
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:20 pm to
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Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:55 pm to
LOL. You called yourself a windmill.

Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:57 pm to
I don't mind federal court. I even file some suits there.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:57 pm to
quote:

We love fed court, better judges and better defense lawyers.

depends on the court/lawyer but i love federal court

i know some lower level PI guys who dread it, though. hell even e-file (which i love) is beyond them and their staff
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:59 pm to
Correct... I bumped into a guy and he had no damage outside of a scratch on his vehicle. The cop came, did not issue a ticket as we agreed that insurance could handle it. I found out he is suing my insurance company saying he had a bunch of injuries from the incident.
I hit him at a stop sign when I let off the brake to move forward because I thought he was going and instead he hit his brakes.
Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:11 pm to
How do you know the bump did not hurt him?

Are you a doctor?

Did you examine him/ his x-rays/ his MRIs?

Some major accidents cause no injuries; some minor ones do. Any orthopedist will acknowledge that. You can blow out a disc stepping off a curb.

Why do you open the egg carton and examine all the eggs before you buy? Because sometimes an egg is cracked even if the carton is intact and undented.

You hit another vehicle. Drive better, and quit your bitching.

Take some personal responsibility, right?
Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:15 pm to
You know for a competent lawyer, you sound like a whiny bitch.

1. You have to try and screw people out of what they paid their premiums for.

2. You work for insurance companies thats whole purpose is to rake in as much cash as possible and not render any services.

3. Your a dime a dozen lawyer that has more competition than plumbers and hvac technicians.

4. You are a sub to someone that bullys you around and tells you what you can charge.

5. Funny all that education to chase around little old ladies that get in car wrecks.

Thanks for the post though.
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:16 pm to
1983 claims are 100% better off in front of a federal judge than your average LA state court judge
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

Take some personal responsibility, right?

since we're using juries to create this market, you believe in reducing the jury threshold to $0, right?

if not, don't make a "conservative" argument
Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:21 pm to
No, SFP, I don't think the dockets should be clogged by 2-3 day jury trials for $5000 cases.

And don't try to tell me what arguments to use. It's not your place.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:25 pm to
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No, SFP, I don't think the dockets should be clogged by 2-3 day jury trials for $5000 cases.

why not?

i do PI and have no problem with it. i'm not worried about my abilities in front of a jury

the cases clogging dockets are manufactured, billboard mill $5k claims that make the system more expensive for real PI claims

those claims only get pursued because of our $25k jury threshold. it keeps the morris barts in business

if more legit claims got to go in front of juries, they'd be worth more. it's not like defense companies want to go to trial
This post was edited on 5/5/18 at 9:26 pm
Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:29 pm to
The small cases usually get settled pre-suit.

Have you ever tried a small case 2 days before a Texas jury? I have. It's not worth your time. But that is what the tort deformers are counting on.

Don't play into their hands.
Posted by lammo
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:33 pm to
Oh, BTW, our jury threshold if $50,000.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:38 pm to
yeah sorry that's city court jurisdiction (which is a different issue). same thing though

gutting small cases gets the focus on real cases and hurts the mills. i will never understand why small fish like you and me not only defend the system that makes gordan mckernan and morris bart rich, but also allows them to ruin our reputation
This post was edited on 5/5/18 at 9:39 pm
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:41 pm to
When you're driving at least 30 miles down I-12 from downtown Baton Rouge to the out limits of denham springs and there's billboard after billboard covered in ads for the typical ambulance chasing trial lawyers and there's public transit bus in town doing the same as well with the ads, you know something is fricking wrong and come to the realization that Louisiana has one of the worst legal climates in the country.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52560 posts
Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:46 pm to
Painting with a broad brush, bro?
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