Isn't it a bit weird+ that personal injury lawyers are considered the scummiest lawyers?
I'm not saying they're all saints, but isn't it weird that the legal professionals who are the only reason corporations ever get held accountable for the harm they do to individuals are supposedly all really sketchy and a scourge on a society? "Ambulance chasers" they call them.
+when I say weird I mean convenient for rich people
I'm not saying you should make yourself rich off of other people's suffering, but frequently a personal injury lawyer is the only way someone can get any compensation for truly horrible things that have been done to them.
What is so sketchy about that exactly? Or is it the fact that they advertise at bus stops & in poor neighborhoods and run ads in Spanish? You know... advertising their services to the people most likely to need them due to being systemically disadvantaged.
I'm just saying, when—for a random example—McDonald's hands you scalding hot coffee that burns you horrifically, you are going to want a personal injury lawyer.
And McDonald's would like you to think that THAT person is the scumbag in the equation.
Strange how we're supposed to respect and revere the type of lawyer who gets poor people locked up in prison (prosecutors are so cool on TV), but outright *despise* lawyers who bring civil suits on behalf of people who have been wrongfully harmed (i.e., lawyers who cost rich people money).
Feels backwards somehow, doesn't it?
Cassandra@artemis I think there’s appreciation for some civil suits, like environmental ones...