Injury,Lawyer,and,the,Ambulanc law Injury Lawyer and the Ambulance Chaser Myth
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For any injury lawyer who works on the plaintiffsside of things in cases, he or she is all too familiar with the ambulancechaser myth. Perhaps my reader isfamiliar with this phrase as well. Theexpression comes from the idea that some attorneys, dastardly, conniving, andcheap, actually chase ambulances down the street in an effort to make contactwith their unlucky and presumably injured occupants. This myth is probably perpetuated by thosesympathetic to the insurance company lobby, or perhaps businesses and companiesthat feel threatened by the fact that a single man or woman can haul them intocourt and demand justice from a jury. Nevertheless, I (and any stand up injury lawyer like myself) am notinterested in these clients. There are afew reasons why.For one thing, I do not seek my clients outtheyseek me out. Bringing a lawsuit isserious thing that I would never imagine putting a client up to without their100 percent devotion to the idea. Attorneyswho bring cases that they desire which their clients do not is a recipe fordisaster. Litigation can involves hoursand hours of work, commitment, and risk. It is hardly something which should be undertaken with a client or legalprofessional who is only concerned about what the ambulance chaser isprobably only concerned with: the promise of money.Another problem with this ambulance chaser myth isthat it is impossible to say anything about a person riding in an ambulancebesides the fact that they are hurt in some way. Who or what was responsible for the harm isobviously anyones guess. Was itcrime? Was it the injured persons ownfault or negligence which caused the damage? Or perhaps the accident was just that, a pure accident. In all the above cases, there is no lawsuit. Since some estimates say that more than halfof the people transported by ambulance are victims of crime or of old age, ourambulance chaser would probably run out of breath before he actually found aclient to represent.Yet another reason the ambulance chaser reallydoes not exist is simple: it is entirely and flagrantly unethical! Before you become an injury lawyer you aregenerally required (here in in Louisiana you certainly are) to take an oath touphold the professionalism and observe the sanctimonious responsibilities ofbeing an officer of the court and an attorney at law. And that includes no soliciting! Without getting into too many specifics aboutthe exact lineaments of the solicitation rules here in Louisiana and elsewherein the United States, it is generally the case that an attorney cannot makecontact with people who he knows to have a legal problem which he couldrepresent them for. There are exceptionsto this generally rule, but chasing around ambulance and approaching people whoare injured specifically to potentially represent them is definitely a bigNO-NO. If our ambulance chaser injury lawyerdid exist, he would likely be disbarred before long. This article is not meant to be anything other thaninformation on the law. For legaladvice, please speak with an attorney. Will Beaumont. New Orleans.
Injury,Lawyer,and,the,Ambulanc