https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/schrenkers-fender-bender-splendor/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/schrenkers-fender-bender-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-39133 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:31:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8458#comment-39133 I have a few plaintiffs in suspicious “bulging disc” low-speed collisions or other types of questionable cases who, unlike the stereotype of the down-and-out personal injury lottery player, are actually pretty wealthy. They do sales or business and live in houses with big pools, make more than 100K and jet off to Vegas for vacations. But they’re still demanding $90,000 for some barely-there injury. One was even planning to push “emotional distress” as part of his motorcycle accident, despite being trained as a jet fighter. But hey — a good way to make money is a good way to make money, I guess.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/schrenkers-fender-bender-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-39129 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:55:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8458#comment-39129 I seem to remember several lawyers commenting on this page and on their own blogs describing in detail how they vet claims and only take on the ones with merit… yeah… wonder how this one got filed?

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