Comments on: It’s not about the money

By: David Nieporent

David Nieporent — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:19:36 +0000

I was wondering the same question you guys all raised about how the lawyers felt about this — but since the suit against the hospital continues, I assumed that’s how they’d get their cut.

Deoxy, I meant that they’d say “it’s not about the money” at the beginning of the case, when they filed the suit.

By: markm

markm — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:36:43 +0000

Maybe they aren’t on contingency?

And the family’s still going to get a bundle from the hospital. I can see cops and paramedics not noticing a dent in the head of a guy laying in a dark alley, but it’s a lot harder to excuse once he’s brought into a hospital.

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:00:37 +0000

Todd:

Perhaps they’re paying their lawyer by the hour? It still happens in some cases.

Besides, they still have the suit against the hospital.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:28:19 +0000

The didn’t HAVE to say “it’s not about the money” because there’s no money involved. You only have to claim not to care about something if you are actually trying to GET that thing.

Of course, this proves that most of the time, all those “not about the money” people really ARE about the money… which is so surprising, that I think I’ll go on with my day just like normal. (Or, to put it another way, “DUH!”)

Kudos to the family, by the way. They’re a shining example in a bad mess.

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:07:54 +0000

TC must have some experience with the D.C. government, as he is almost certainly correct — a city that can’t even plow its streets has practically no chance in succeeding in this endeavor.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:51:26 +0000

I’d love to be privy to the exchange of dialog between the plaintiff & their counsel when they told them there would likely be no pursuit of monetary damages, thus reducing the likelihood of a massive contingency fee.

Would someone who is in this profession enlighten me on how the law firm would go about recovering their costs? Perhaps reasonable atty. fees would be slipped in to the fine print?

By: TC

TC — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:46:37 +0000

“Interestingly, a search of news coverage about this lawsuit did not reveal even one instance of any of the plaintiffs or their lawyers uttering the immortal mantra, “It’s not about the money.””

But they as well know that the city will fail and then it will be about the money! This is a pretty neat solution, the city exhales deeply thinking they have time, (they do), but will squander it and fail to enact the needed requested changes.

If they surprise the globe and do make the changes. No harm no foul and all citizens will be better off tomorrow, we presume.

Since it’s almost a sure bet they won’t make it in time, I’m headed for Vegas and pulling odds! BIG TIME baby! 🙂