you know those lawyer TV ads - 'are you sick from asbestos?'

[ensho]

saw one last night that asked 'are you sick from the Chinese drywall?'


guess it is more of a problem then we know.

[rfranklin]

1. It's the free market...caveat emptor...

If you're sick from the product, it's your fault because you were not a smart consumer. The invisible hand of the marketplace will fix everything. What? Your kid just died from lung disease? Well, I guess you won't buy that Chinese drywall anymore.

[FarCenter]

2. It more of an opportunity for lawyers than we know

[ensho]

3. but if the lawyers couldn't make money off it they wouldn't be advertising

so there must be a lot of sick people

[FarCenter]

8. not necessarily a lot of sick people

They just need a few. It's a crap shoot as to what they can convice a jury to award. Plus they might score bg on punitive damages. Especially if they sue some smaller builder or lumber yard that can't afford to put up a good defense.

[gratuitous]

10. No, it's not a crap shoot

It's not like there's some big Slot Machine o' Justice standing in the courtroom, and you get a free pull. There are more procedural rules than you can shake a stick at, just to get inside the courthouse door, and punitive damages are delineated by a very circumscribed set of court rulings and precedents that the trial judge, the appellate courts, the state supreme court and the federal Supreme Court can and do modify at any time without warning or pretext.

As for putting up a good defense, I have yet to see the insurance company that couldn't and didn't hire the best lawyers they could afford. Sometimes corporations really do injure people because it's still more profitable to pay the occasional claim that makes it through the litigation maze than it is to reform their business practices to a safe and ethical standard. Hard to believe, I know.

[endless october]

4. i always lol at the stupid keller and keller ads

where the fat insurance mogul chokes on his fucking sandwich when he finds out who the lawyers are. might be a commercial unique to my region, i don't know. but it's so corny it's awesome.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I am sick of the wing nuts and Beck and the gang.

Anyone rec a lawyer for THAT???

[xultar]

6. "Did you or someone you know die from using a pain patch?"

I hate that one the most. They recently changed it and removed the, "...you or..." because it was STUIPD.

[lies and propaganda]

7. "yes, thank you FEMA, GWB and Katrina"

You found a way, in addition to your formaldehyde trailers, to kill every miserable sonofabitch who made it out of that fucking storm.

BushCo... one of the MANY reason those fucks should be in jail

[Kansas Wyatt]

9. It's what Republicans call "junk lawsuits"

I hope they nail everyone who profited off of importing cheap Chinese SHIT too.