On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 Paulsv@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 97-07-30 00:33:36 EDT, joe-schneider@nwu.edu (Joseph
> Schneider) writes:
>
> I disagree. No plaintiff's attorney brings a suit without a plaintiff (your
> patient) pushing him to do it.
Seen on TV last night:
"Injured by the neglegence of others? We'll get you MONEY! Our
law firm has helped hundreds of people..."
(the rest of the ususal drivel deleted)
I think it's the tennure of the times that people feel they can
profit from their own stupidity. Lawyers are just catering to a need,
I suppose.
> their monopoly (and every Doctor's God given right to make $600,000 or more a
> year - currently earning a national average about 4 times the national
> average for lawyers)
I'm gonna have to find out where the missus is hiding all that damn
money... She's been holding out on me! Maybe I'll get a lawyer:*)...
> Yes people are pissed off enough about lawyers to make jokes about them, but
> they are pissed off enough about doctors to sue them whenever they get the
> chance, and to rule against them when they serve on a jury.
I suggest everybody just back off and cool down. Our BRITISH CARS
create enough business for this list.
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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