Comments on: “A Generation of Lawyers who haven’t tried cases”

By: MF

MF — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:27:38 +0000

The biggest complaint seems to be that [settlement] cases don't set monetary precedents that can be used to ratchet up the risks for future defendants, thus inducing them to settle for big money. Doesn't anyone see the irony here? The lawyers don't want settlements now, but want large monetary precedents, so that in the future they can settle for big money. Parenthetically added: As if the settlements today aren't for big enough money...

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:09:05 +0000

Yeah, my take on this was that it could cut either way. Not until someone has spent a month preparing for a trial and had a jury essentially laugh in his face does he really know what “baseless” is.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:44:21 +0000

“Your Money or your life” is most offened settled by a payment of cash on hand with credit cards.

We minimize such demands through the law of extortion.

By: Griffin3

Griffin3 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:25:39 +0000

So, maybe these doctors should sue the big pharmaceutical companies for making all of these nifty vaccinations: after all, every case of whooping cough or polio we don’t see is money out of our pockets! Since no one seems to get these diseases any more, there is nor public record of the misery they cause, and we can’t use these miserable crippled victims in our future campaigns to get people vaccinated! Great idea, huh?

“some” people would read this, and think I was nuts. How come no one stands up when these trial lawyers say the same thing, and just declare “Hey! You guys are full of E. Coli!” ?

By: jb

jb — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:10:13 +0000

On the other hand, too much settling makes it easier to bring baseless suits in the hope of a nuisance settlement.