Joe Schad reporting.....

[ThunderHawk]

Also, she didn't spill the coffee, it melted through the bottom of the cup and she suffered 3rd-degree burns. And the initial large award (which made all the papers) was dramatically reduced by the judge (which didn't).

The McDonald's case is actually one where the system worked well.

And by the way, Joe Hazelwood wasn't drunk when the Exxon Valdez went aground, he wasn't even at the helm.

There is a LOT of mythology in pop culture. Question what you hear, always.

She only wanted McDonald's to pay her medical bills. In the course of the trial it came out through McDonald's executives' testimony that they deliberately served their coffee at temperatures, and I quote, "unfit for human consumption." In fact hundreds of people had suffered serious burns. The jury was p!ssed and punished McDonald's for their wanton behavior. The judge as noted reduced the award.

If there are lawyers soliciting these football players, they are engaged in unethical conduct and subjecting themselves to disciplinary action.

 

[ThunderHawk]

trial lawyers = scum of earth. There is just something terribly wrong with most of these guys

Trial Lawyer.

 

[yaman3]

These are the same guys with the adds on TV for class action stuff. IMO, any lawyer worth their salt doesn't need to advertise. The good one usually prosper, word of mouth goes around and they are set while the ones on TV usually do **** like this in an effort to make a name for themselves because right now they are tied up with junk cases that pay little.

I don't have anything against any lawyer in general until they do this stuff.

 

[tm3308]

Trial Lawyer.

Also a politician. Does the fact that Lincoln was an outstanding man of honor mean that the politicians of today aren't by and large lying, hypocritical scumbags?

The times have changed. Trial lawyers of today are NOTHING like Abraham Lincoln.