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re: Louisiana is held hostage by the plaintiffs attorneys
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:13 pm to Dixie Normus
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:13 pm to Dixie Normus
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Do you seriously think the plaintiff’s attorney lobby is outspending LABI?
I bet if you consider all the local elections plus state elections then absolutely. Every plaintiff attorney in BR donates to every judge running. They don’t pick sides until after the election. Whoever wins they give them a payoff party to payoff the campaign debt.
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Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:20 pm to TJG210
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It helps that a ton of the legislations are attorneys….
And many of them, like Seabaugh, Melerine, and Frieman, are pushing for MORE tort reform.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:44 pm to Brightside Bengal
The broad sweeping tort reform passed in the summer of covid did NOTHING for auto insurance rates.
Meanwhile Greg the Go Auto Guy sold Go Auto for upwards of $300m.
It’s “definitely” the trial lawyers and the injured plaintiffs with brain damage.
Meanwhile Greg the Go Auto Guy sold Go Auto for upwards of $300m.
It’s “definitely” the trial lawyers and the injured plaintiffs with brain damage.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 9:53 pm to TheFranchise
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It’s “definitely” the trial lawyers and the injured plaintiffs with brain damage.
Why not address the poor behavior from plaintiffs attorneys rather than just deflecting to the insurance companies? These “evil” insurance don’t seem charge as much in states with reasonable tort laws, why should we draw any other conclusions?
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The broad sweeping tort reform passed in the summer of covid did NOTHING for auto insurance rates.
Lawyers can still get their doctors to trump up damages well past what’s necessary.
This post was edited on 6/25/24 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:02 pm to TJG210
JBE's top aide was a plaintiff atty whose father was president of the Trial Lawyers arse. His firm was one of the largest plaintiff firms in the State & made millions suing the State & oil companies. There's big reason why Landry tried, unsuccessfully so far, to hide his appointments to so many agencies & boards.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:16 pm to Brightside Bengal
Water is wet. All of you scumbag lawyers who post here are the problem.
Posted on 6/25/24 at 10:18 pm to TheFranchise
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The broad sweeping tort reform passed in the summer of covid did NOTHING for auto insurance rates.
The “broad sweeping tort reform” did nothing to reduce payouts to plaintiffs. Accordingly, premiums did not go down.
When’s the last time you heard a plaintiff attorney say they and their clients made too much money and something should be done so that they don’t get paid as much?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:50 am to TJG210
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It helps that a ton of the legislations are attorneys….
The old adage in the state is “the plaintiff’s attorneys get the judges, the defense attorneys get the laws” (i.e. legislation). LABI overwhelmingly controls the legislature right now. They’re the ones that passed the law everyone is complaining about Landry not signing. The legislature isn’t the problem for the pro-insurance crowd—that’s just a fact.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 6:58 am to Brightside Bengal
quote:Which of our laws are out of line with other surrounding states, specifically?
If we could just get tort laws in this state that were close to the standard of other surrounding states, we would be fine.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 7:12 am to lsufan1971
If you genuinely believe some Louisiana trial attorneys are outspending a coalition that includes reps from some of the wealthiest companies on the planet, I’ve got oceanfront property in Arizona you might be interested in.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:05 am to Dixie Normus
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Do you seriously think the plaintiff’s attorney lobby is outspending LABI?
Tell me you know nothing about Louisiana politics without telling me you know nothing about Louisiana politics...
The trial lawyers outspend everyone and its not even close.
Their PAC reports and campaign donations are public record if you care to verify.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:07 am to BlueFalcon
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Everyone hates on plaintiffs attorneys until you have a huge company refusing to pay you what you're owed
Please define what you are owed because no one that know of doesn’t think you should be made whole, but when you see th Ed money spent by the attorneys in advertising and in office buildings you have to ask; why do the attorneys have to get such a large settlement based on pumping up your case.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:12 am to TJG210
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Cut out the giant windfalls for plaintiffs/attorneys that extend beyond actual damages. And by damages, accurate and legit ones that aren’t trumped up by crooked doctors being paid by the attorneys.
Seriously, if you're an attorney acting like this isn't what is happening on a massive scale in Louisiana... and if you're acting like the entire personal injury legal framework in Louisiana isn't corrupt and dirty AF, just stop. You're lying or you're really stupid.
I am an attorney licensed in Louisiana. I went to law school in New Orleans. The first thing I learned in Civil Procedure class in law school is that everyone, all over the country, tries to have their civil cases forum shopped and removed to Louisiana because it is so "friendly" to plaintiffs and juries award exorbitant money damages.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:13 am to TJG210
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Why not address the poor behavior from plaintiffs attorneys rather than just deflecting to the insurance companies? These “evil” insurance don’t seem charge as much in states with reasonable tort laws, why should we draw any other conclusions?
Right... and many insurance companies have stopped writing policies in Louisiana all together.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:15 am to Dixie Normus
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The old adage in the state is “the plaintiff’s attorneys get the judges, the defense attorneys get the laws” (i.e. legislation). LABI overwhelmingly controls the legislature right now. They’re the ones that passed the law everyone is complaining about Landry not signing
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 9:15 am to NaturalBeam
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If we could just get tort laws in this state that were close to the standard of other surrounding states, we would be fine.
Which of our laws are out of line with other surrounding states, specifically?
How much time you got, buddy?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 10:06 am to HubbaBubba
quote:This... The same thing is happening in Louisiana. Can't sell my parents home because the roof is 15 years old. And yes it's a 35 year roof put on in 2008.
All the name insurers agents are not quoting me new policies because my roof is too old. It was put on in 2009. I put on a 35-year warranted shingle. I just had a roofer come out and climb up on my roof and when he came down he said, "There is no physical reason to put on a new roof. It looks like it's only 3-4 years old. There's no hail damage and very little granular loss. You'd be throwing your money away to put on a new roof."
But that's what the insurance agents are telling me I need to do in order to get insurance. WTF?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 10:34 am to LegalEazyE
quote:I think you’ll find LA laws are very much in line with surrounding states, if not more difficult for plaintiffs. Don’t buy what Seabaugh and Melerin have been feeding you blind…
How much time you got, buddy?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 10:35 am to roux
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All the name insurers agents are not quoting me new policies because my roof is too old
I think the point that alot of people are missing is that the vast majority of the decent insurers won't even do business in Louisiana due to the legal landscape. That's why you're stuck with the very few options being an insurer with asinine roof policies.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 11:16 am to TJG210
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It helps that a ton of the legislations are attorneys.
This is actually not the case, at all. There are a higher number of Louisiana Senators (percentage wise, respective to their chamber) that are attorneys than state representatives (percentage-wise, respective to their chamber).
In the House, 19 of the 105 state representatives are attorneys.
In the Senate, 18 of the 39 state senators are attorneys.
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