Comments on: Great moments in client-chasing https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/great-moments-in-client-chasing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: nevins https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/great-moments-in-client-chasing/comment-page-1/#comment-9876 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:48:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5649#comment-9876 Does this possibly run afoul of appropriating someone’s likeness for commercial gain? Could the families sue for a % of the lawyer’s subsequent business plus punitive damages?

]]> By: Kevin OKeefe https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/great-moments-in-client-chasing/comment-page-1/#comment-9875 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:23:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5649#comment-9875 Wow, I totally missed fact that loved ones will go online after an injury victim’s death looking for ways to remember them and run across lawyers using their loved one’s names as part of sleazy advertising. Further reason that this crap needs to be stopped.

Thanks for sharing this practice with your readers. Your credibility and large readership will help spread the word and perhaps pressure the lawyers to stop naming injury victims.

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