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re: John Bel Edwards addresses ALEC--fish out of water--La. ranked 50th by ALEC for litigation
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:14 am to I B Freeman
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:14 am to I B Freeman
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Citizens are better protected with a loser pay system with chancery courts of judge panels instead of juries.
there is a reason why the big-government business organizations want the jury threshhold down to $0, and it's judges giving out big awards. that's why auto mill places can feast, b/c they thrive on the small claims that would ultimately end up in a bench trial setting
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:35 am to Motorboat
Louisiana ranks 50th in “lawsuit climate” rankings
The hayride link from the above quote was pulled.
Links are at the hayride
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While Louisiana stands out with respect to some of those things, though, statistics show the state doesn’t actually have substantially more car wrecks than others. We have slightly more uninsured drivers than the national average (13 percent of drivers in Louisiana were uninsured in 2015, ranking us 20th; Florida was first with an incredible 26.7 percent), so that’s not really it. What we do have, and it has to do with those billboards, is the highest incidence of personal injury claims arising from car wrecks of anyplace in the country. This state isn’t full of brittle-bones or marshmallows; Louisianans do some of the most physically demanding work there is (ask somebody who works offshore if you’re unsure about that). People file injury claims because they want to get paid after a car wreck. And because they know they can get paid, thanks to a legal system that’s the worst in America.
The hayride link from the above quote was pulled.
Links are at the hayride
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:52 am to Oilfieldbiology
I'm more interested in stat that 7 of 10 auto accidents end up in court. I did not see that in your links, but I may have missed it.
If this is a correct stat (which I seriously do not believe), I would attribute it to our very short prescription period (Statute of limitations), which is one year.
If this is a correct stat (which I seriously do not believe), I would attribute it to our very short prescription period (Statute of limitations), which is one year.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:53 am to Motorboat
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I'm more interested in stat that 7 of 10 auto accidents end up in court. I did not see that in your links, but I may have missed it.
Yeah, we've got problems sure, but there's no way it's that high for ALL accidents.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:57 am to Sentrius
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It may be anecdotal but when you can't go a few hundred feet on I-10 and I-12 and city streets without seeing some ambulance chaser's billboard and ads slapped on a public bus, you know this state is corrupt and rotten to the core as a judicial hell hole that sucks for a pro growth business climate.
I get where you are coming from, but apparently you've never driven through Alabama. Alexander Shunnarah is on your mind and in your eyeballs every few miles on I -10, I 59/20 and I-65......it's not just Louisiana
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:57 am to Y.A. Tittle
That would surprise me too
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:02 am to Sentrius
quote:Sitting at the bar one night in Houston listening (eavesdropping) to one attorney speaking to another. He was bitching, moaning and complaining about the federal budget and the high cost of regulations. When the second attorney left, I struck a conversation with the first attorney. asked what his practice was. He said, "Litigation. With an emphasis on drug cases."
It may be anecdotal but when you can't go a few hundred feet on I-10 and I-12 and city streets without seeing some ambulance chaser's billboard and ads slapped on a public bus, you know this state is corrupt and rotten to the core as a judicial hell hole that sucks for a pro growth business climate.
Cue the lawyers that call themselves conservative to come in this thread to hem and haw about it and then shite on Louisiana in other threads for being corrup
Me: "I suppose that the War on Drugs must be good for business."
Him: "You're damn right. Without that, I'd lose about 90% of my practice."
Me: "So, you support the War on Drugs, then, right?"
Him: "You're damn skippy, I do."
Me: "Well, that pretty much makes you a hypocrite then, doesn't it?"
Him: "How so?"
Me: " The War on Drugs costs the U.S. taxpayers around $50 billion a year and increases arrest rates, and negatively impacts the economic livihood of over a million people in this country every year, just for simple possession.
The fact that your business is based on that makes you a hypocrite since you and your buddy were complaining loud and long about the bloated federal budget."
Him: "That's different. I try and get people off "
Me: "Nope. You're part of the problem. You just said you support the War on Drugs because it's good for business. I'd say that pretty much makes you a hypocrite."
Him: "bullshite!"
Me: "I'm sure you sleep well knowing your tax dollars support your business. I'm sure you rationalize it well." You're an attorney. That's what you guys do best."
Him: "frick off." Gets up and leaves the bar.
Me: *chuckles to myself*
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 10:06 am
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:12 am to Y.A. Tittle
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whereby you can turn any minor fender bender into a $500k+ case if you happen upon a policy that can pay it, why would you need to?
This is exactly how it happens, you clearly have some insight into the industry...
Essentially what you are saying is that every insurance defense lawyer is an incompetent moron incapable of fighting a bogus claim. In 22 years that has not been my experience.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:12 am to Oilfieldbiology
13 percent uninsured?
That's bullshite.
That number is closer to 30%.
You may have someone with an insurance card in their vehicle, but a good number if those let their policy get cancelled a month after they got it for non payment of premium.
That's bullshite.
That number is closer to 30%.
You may have someone with an insurance card in their vehicle, but a good number if those let their policy get cancelled a month after they got it for non payment of premium.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:15 am to I B Freeman
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:16 am to NIH
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Sounds like your beef is with lawyer advertising.
More like it being a very obvious symptom of a corrupt state run by trial layers.
How stupid do you think we are?
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:18 am to Sentrius
Short of having advertisements being approved by the state bar like Texas does it, you aren't going to cut down on car wreck billboards.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:53 am to Motorboat
It was linked in a hayride article that discussed the fact that you cannot being tonthe court’s Attention that the plantif was or was not wearing a seat belt at the time of in accident during a civil case.
I’m still looking but haven’t had any luck in finding that article.
I’m still looking but haven’t had any luck in finding that article.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:55 am to NIH
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Short of having advertisements being approved by the state bar like Texas does it, you aren't going to cut down on car wreck billboards.
all ads have to go through a process to ensure they're not violating our ad rules
and texas approved the Law Hawk, so their system can't be too stringent
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:58 am to GeeOH
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Yeah, go ahead and take shots...but when it's your arse in the ambulance, or your wife or kid, you'll sing a different tune.
Why? Your statement presumes they won't be treated fairly by the insurance company if the other party was at fault. Shouldn't you at least give them a chance.
Your alternative might end up making them worse off if the atorney sends them to an ineffective doctor whom he knows will provide the most ominous diagnosis and prognosis, yet render ineffective treatment. Too often those injured become pawns in the attorney and doctor games which are designed to enhance the value of the claim. This may lead to unwarranted or poorly performed surgery with a bad result. This results in more surgery, drug dependency, pain management, psychological issues and disability. Those injured are victimized more by the post accident manipulations of the attoreny than they are by the accident itself.
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