I'm always of two minds when it comes to these things. On one hand, yes, absolutely, some lawyers are absolute scum and should rightly be beat around the head and neck for inflicting their asshattery on the rest of us. On the other, though, they are the minority in a profession generally undertaken by people with at least some ethics and morals, and when you criticize the profession as a whole, that means you lump my dad, uncles, grandfathers (and me!:) ), etc, into it, and that makes me upset. Anyway. (i heard 7 back to back Lawyer jokes at dinner last night with my old boss. Yeah, I might still be unhappy about it
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when you criticize the profession as a whole, that means you lump my dad, uncles, grandfathers (and me!:) ), etc, into it, and that makes me upset.
Um... I'm a lawyer.
As to the actual "case," I can't see any instance in which his estate will recover -- total bar under contributory negligence, and most states with comparative negligence require the plaintiff have <50% of the fault before they're able to recover. Either the family or the lawyer (or both) are asshats.
did you hear about the British barrister who said an alleged gang-rape victim enjoyed the attention because she was overweight?
That is utterly disgusting. What is WRONG with people?
I live in St. Louis, and it is all over the news here. How insanely ridiculous. People are so litigious. It's INSANE.
I think the lawyer just wanted to get some press. I don't know who he's working with locally, as he's a MS attorney (though I suppose he could be licensed in MO as well), but he's also apparently a Taxation lawyer. While I realize lawyers can do multiple things, this just smacks of attention grabbing.
he's a MS attorney (though I suppose he could be licensed in MO as well), but he's also apparently a Taxation lawyer.
Without reading more than the original article, my guess would be he was the pitcher's (or his family's) tax lawyer -- you know, handling the excess money that professional athletes make, setting up trusts and other tax loopholes. And my guess is he filed this simply to get it filed before the statute of limitations, but since the statute of limitations is, I don't know, at least a YEAR from the death... well, it's stupid. :)
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Um... I'm a lawyer.
As to the actual "case," I can't see any instance in which his estate will recover -- total bar under contributory negligence, and most states with comparative negligence require the plaintiff have <50% of the fault before they're able to recover. Either the family or the lawyer (or both) are asshats.
did you hear about the British barrister who said an alleged gang-rape victim enjoyed the attention because she was overweight?
That is utterly disgusting. What is WRONG with people?
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Frackin' formatting.
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I think the lawyer just wanted to get some press. I don't know who he's working with locally, as he's a MS attorney (though I suppose he could be licensed in MO as well), but he's also apparently a Taxation lawyer. While I realize lawyers can do multiple things, this just smacks of attention grabbing.
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Without reading more than the original article, my guess would be he was the pitcher's (or his family's) tax lawyer -- you know, handling the excess money that professional athletes make, setting up trusts and other tax loopholes. And my guess is he filed this simply to get it filed before the statute of limitations, but since the statute of limitations is, I don't know, at least a YEAR from the death... well, it's stupid. :)
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