Hyper-aggressive plaintiff bar helps few, devalues honesty.
The issues surrounding abuse of the plaintiff bar and the ever-growing lawsuit culture in this country has always been a concern of ours. Overlawyering runs up costs, benefits lawyers primarily and devalues basic honesty, all the while promising you “your rights.”
The similarity to the current crop of liberal political demagogues is pretty hard to miss. Trial lawyers are essentially protected by the courts they ostensibly serve (read: “overburden”), harass businesses, particularly insurance companies, and encourage a general distrust of legitimate business. They encourage the idea that the individual should have nothing happen to him that isn’t someone else’s fault. And they claim to be helping the “little guy” but are not required to take any responsibility for their own actions. It is little wonder the profession supports the left wing in politics. Their goals are roughly the same.
We believe that people who are legitimately injured by the negligence of others deserve redress of grievances. But what we have today is a legal profession that is actively looking for and even creating new types of grievances. And with all the lawyers out there needing work, it’s necessary for them to constantly advertise for new clients, and actually convince people (many of which may have little or no cause to sue) to become plaintiffs. Ultimately the attorneys are the ones who benefit most.
On television, particularly cable, trial lawyers abound, encouraging victims of one injustice or another to call immediately, even if the viewer isn’t sure he’s a victim or not. If he’s lucky, there may be something in it for him. The complaint-du-jour appears to be mesothelioma, but once this well runs dry, something else will take its place. And the advertising will reflect that.
Keller & Keller, a law firm that operates in the midwest and New Mexico runs offensive advertising that encourages the viewer to show insurance companies “you mean business.” Their TV spots feature a hard-ass spokesman who reminds us of a cross between John Housman and “Feech” La Manna, the aging mob leg-breaker played by Robert Loggia on The Sopranos.
Previously, the firm has run television ads depicting insurance company executives who become quaking, sweaty-lipped little weasels when they find out Keller & Keller is on the job. With ads like this, no wonder the public believes insurance firms, whose assumption of risk makes much of our capitalist system possible, are the perpetual bad guys. When businessmen are portrayed as evil cretins and your “defender” talks like a thug, what is the message being sent? It’s inaccurate, unfair and dangerous.
Keller & Keller is not the the whole problem, certainly, and we’re sure there are at least some responsible people working in the firm. But it’s a nagging symptom of a larger social issue. Through its marketing, Keller & Keller (among many others) promotes a smirking, amoral, destructive lawsuit mentality. People do need protection, but not like this.
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From Shakespeare’s Henry VI
Dick the Butcher:
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.Jack Cade:
Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings: but I say, ’tis the bee’s wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since
don’t kill them, Discipline them when they Incriminate themselves on television, I heard and See Jerry Spence how he is Treated re: letting Criminals, Murderers, go or Getting them off in Trial and See how the Media Treats Senator Stevens From Alaska, why, so called Environment, heh heh lies all lies, Discipline the Lawyers who fib and tell Incriminating things about them selves on National TV such as Jerry Spence,..What happened to the Concept that a Lawyer is an Officer of the Court?
An officer of the Court, if he knows that a man is guilty, lawfully is expected to turn the guilty party in and cause him to be tried.
You hear of Lawyers Condemning Politicians, using the Grand Juries to Convict someone before they are actually judged and found guilty.
Ex: Recently, Senator Stevens was found guilty I believe of some problem of Payola or whatever, reason, he was both a successful politician and because he was a Senator from Alaska, he was a Target of the Media due to Drilling of Oil in Alaska.
Recently his Case was apparently opened for investigation because of Prosecuting Attorneys mistreating evidence in some manner.
The People of Alaska are Independent and Don’t like The Media Telling them what to do.
If you convict a State Senator because he allegedly said something a little illegal sounding, and you Go around the Vote of the People like the Media did in Florida.
They in the Media took up the call and convicted him and the Jury was Not Far Behind.
You know the Media actually likes Jerry Spence, a Famed Lawyer who once said on National TV that he would get a man off of a Murder Conviction.
All the Murderer needs to do is say, I won’t do it again, I really didn’t intend to kill him.
But the Media apparently Glorified Jerry Spence as they approved of his Words and Probably his deeds. The Media presented his opinion favorably, apparently, without fear of criticism on Prime time during OJ’s Trial.
I believe the Media did all they could to Free OJ.
Apparently Media Strategy and Play by Play Presentation of the Largest Media Event in History Re: a Murder Trial was very effective.
Look at OJ’s Inferences in Writing attributed to him since his Trial for Murder.
Was a Judge scared of Negative Publicity in that Case?
Did OJ get Freed because he was a Famous Football Player, had many fans, the Media Controlled the Jury, the Judge, the Prosecuting Attorneys by the Media treatment of one or more Police Officers or Detectives.
Certainly the Media obviously wanted him Freed.
How did OJ get Freed, he seems to have admitted he was guilty later.
How Much Control does the Media have on a Trial.
What does it take to be an Alaskan Senator who is Well liked in Alaska, to be a Target for Arabian Oil Producer Ass Kissers.
Be For Oil Drilling and against Idiot Savants w/o proof heh heh, Algore , Claiming to Know All about the Environment.
They favor Shifting our Money to Arabia and Shifting the Use of Capital in the U.S. to Use of Arabian Capital, used in Arabia and Shifting our Capital to the North East and California.
They Favor Shifting our Jobs to Arabia,to China and Mexico.
They favor Shifting the use of Natural Resources from the U.S. to the Use of Resources in Far East, South America and Africa.
They Favor Enriching the Pockets of the North East and California as those are the where the Most Electoral Votes are located.
They then Control the Rest of the U.S.
Shift every Cent to the Yankees where they can Control the Rest of the U.S.
Shift everthing to the Land of The Greedy in New England.
Shift everything to The Land of Murderers who Murder and Do what wish, they are cainadee.
Terrorized by Algore, Alert Level, Ernie and Bert Both, really Bad, So Called Environment is Run Amuk with Golden Boy Do Gooders who aint’ got no Credentials or Evidence just the Ears of the Stars in Hollywood, heh heh,