LAWYERS...
POSTED BY: citizen
UPDATED: Monday, September 5, 2005 09:07
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And now, for some really horrible, offensive, lawyer jokes! (well, just one that i can think of)
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What do you call a boat full of lawyers at the bottom of the sea?
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I apologize to those of you who actually ARE lawyers, this is a joke from the monkey island 4 'Whipp Thrawtle & Digg' folks.... I couldn't resist.
I survived a day in Whitefall and all I got was this lousy signature!
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Originally posted by perfessergee:
Big business and its politician handmaidens (who are legion and not restricted to any particular political party) have been using these stories for years to argue for tort reform. perfessergee
Hi perfessergee,
A very good point! I think that problem with these stories is that they encourage the belief that getting compensation is about getting something for nothing, not about companies taking responsibility for the damage that their actions sometimes cause.
The belief that we live in a 'compensation culture' can really discourage people from trying to get reasonable compensation. I had a friend who was badly injured at a gym (a bit of an exercise bike sliced through her knee, she came fairly close to losing her leg, and she's still got an enormous scar and significantly less mobility than she used to). But she absolutely refused to look into a possible compensation claim because she said 'I'm not one of those people'. All very noble, but if it were me I would have wanted a proper investigation into how it happened (faulty manufacture? improper maintenance?) And if it turned out to be something that either the bike manufacturer or the gym could have prevented then, yes, I think they should have contributed towards the various expenses her accident entailed.
Mind you - the original story is still funny story as long as we don't take the moral as being 'compensation=blagging'.
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Thats just the point they're are many circumstances when you should claim compensation. However they're a lot that are absolute 
. We have no win no fee coming in over here and the examples on the adverts are shocking. People weren't given the right ladder, or it wasn't secured properly and they fell of and hurt themselves winning £X000's.
What, you have no responcibility for your own safety? Its someone elses fault your too stupid to secure a ladder or use the right one?
Add to that that somehow legitimate claims are thrown out, while these idiots are rewarded for their stupidity.
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