#Shareholder Lawsuit
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Paul:
I've seen reenactments on TV too. Generally, they stink of editorial bias.
Twelve good people overcame the fact that the plaintiff was a mugger. I
suspect there was a reason.
Evan
I bet the reason was one charismatic lawyer. A bicylist here in LaLa Land
recently won $1,000,000+ from the county for losing a little toe on his
left foot, when a county vehicle mashed it. The lawyer for THAT inequity
advertises his ability.
Paul:
If I could figure out a way to prevent lawyers from advertising — or at
least make their ads tasteful — I'd do it in a second. One company in
Phoenix is trolling for people with breast implants.
Evan
Evan – lawyers have only been *allowed* to advertise in Canada for the last
couple of years. Most of them haven't found out how deep sleaze runs yet, but
they're on their way.
I happened to catch an American lawyer's ad on a border station the other
night… the scene: woman with toddler sitting in front of Christmas tree. She
tells us "My husband walked out on me on Christmas Eve. He spoiled my whole
Christmas! On December 27th, I went to Blah Blah and Blah <*I* don't want to
get sued either <g>>. I spoiled his whole new year!"
Dave
Its difficult to construct a sentence that contains -lawyer- and
-tasteful-, in a laudatory manner.
"The canibals found that the most tasteful — and tasty — way to serve
lawyers was on a spit, basted with guava juice."
You know, as a professional who is constantly faced with morons who want it
cheaper and faster, I can't help but saying 'You're getting what you
deserved'. I'm pretty much sick and tired of the American public groaning
and moaning about this ill or that but doing little to correct or find
fixes to the problems at hand. Lawyers are simply recognizing a business
opportunity founded on human trait and myopic vision… they aren't the
problem, we are. Schools aren't the problem, parents are. Drugs aren't the
problem, drug enforcement is… Aids isn't the problem, casual sex is…
Politicians aren't the problem, the electorate is… get real.
Autodesk is run by big boys… if they can't stand the heat, they'll get
out of the kitchen… they seem smart enough to recognize that.
C#
Craig:
I can't generally argue with your points. My only real problem with
lawyers in this respect is that their TV advertisements are often tacky and
misleading. In Phoenix, some of the personal injury lawyers have gotten
out of hand in their advertising. It's almost gotten to the point where
they are trolling for people with ingrown toenails.
Evan
>> lawyers not the problem
Craig,
I'd go along with that. *BUT*, maybe you would agree that the *SYSTEM* in
this country in which the lawyers operate, which many times *COMPLETELY
DISREGARDS* the meaning of "neglegence", is partially the problem. If we
gave judges the perogative to "thow-out" jury judgements if the evidence
doesn't meet a very strict definition on what is neglegence, we may obtain
some breating room. Until that happens, both *WE* (the people) and *THEY*
(the lawyers) we continue to be too tempted by the posibility of "big
dollars". Really all you need is to show a family who has lost a loved one
to a jury and they will try to "just give them something for their loss",
even if it was mainly their stupidity or just provedence. My wife and I had
our 1st child 6 mo ago, and good OBGYN's are getting scarse due to people
suing them for that nature and sometimes their own behavoir had delt them.
Without a very clear definition of neglegence and also the empowerment of
the judiciary to enforce this standard, the carrots will still be dangling,
and the horses (both the plaintiffs and the lawyers) will find it hard time
not trying to take a bite.
Ang
Craig,
You sound like you're familiar with the apathetic conservative. Only in
America.
Dennis
Let me try: -lawyer-s are dis-tasteful-.
how is that?
jl
As a herd, "lawyers ARE distasteful", with the vast majority's activities
tarring the genuine articles with the same sleaze brush. It is an
unfortunate fact of life that SOME legal representation is a necessity,
but to have 70% of the world's total supply…
Someone in the LA Times a day or so ago commented about what might be the
state of the economy if the US had 70% of the world's engineers, instead
of its lawyers.
With the defense industry falling into disrepair, 70% of the engineers in
it are unemployed. Surely the minds that developed the F117, the Patriot,
the Tomahawk, etc, could imagineer the pants off the rest of the world in
consumer goods.