During jury selection today a lawyer asked me directly if someone comes up and hits me do I consider that to be the start of a fight? I replied that it depended on whether or not I was conscious..... earlier a different lawyer had asked if anyone was bothered by lawyers advertising on TV. I raise my hand. I'm not the only one. so the lawyer says, So mister hankster why does it bother you? I said that we had too many lawyers as it is making a whole lot of money on the shoulders of some people that have been hurt. I'm guessing that's what got me booted from the pool of potential jurors.
You might be able to do a lot of good on a jury.....why so much emphasis in getting out of it? Suppose You needed a jury.....
I wasn't trying to get out of it. they just thought I wouldn't be a good juror I guess. i just gave honest snswers to thier questions.
just for kicks, are there too many doctors making a whole lot of money on the shoulders of people that have been hurt, sick or injured?
perhaps so. would we be better off as a society shifting some of that money toward teachers, police, stuff and cutting out the costs that profits and insurance represent to the general population. just a notion.
@hankster might want to consider the costs or legal and medical educations and the debt the lawyers and doctors have. just a notion and the fact that for every Plaintiff and cured sick, injured or hurt person that wins a lawsuit against a dishonest company or heals, it may be worth the money.
@lerlo i see the comparison of doctors and lawyers is a false equivalence. in simple terms a doctor tends to a patient a lawyer has a client. I believe these personal injury lawyers you see on TV are much more likely to view their clients as business opportunities more than just someone in need of help.
@bingst I do believe doctors and lawyers should be paid well. its hard work, it requires a lot of up front cost in education, the cost of malpractice insurance is nutzo. I don't think all lawyers are out of line. its a very needed profession, but the ambulance chasing looks a lot more like using someones ill fortune to make bucks.
@hankster yes you must be right because the client who had third degree burns over much of the lower half of their body due the blatant negligence of the restaurant who had 700 previous complaints about the temperature of their coffee and didnt care, only gets 66% of the multimillion dollar award
@hankster and you know the stats of civil cases too, impressive. Their choice if they lose a case, bleeding the system if they win and damn their clients, got it. The offending companies get to do as they please because it's capitalism. Makes perfect sense. Meanwhile there are golfers making millions for a weekend of golf and I'm sure that's your next post right? People making a whole lot of money off consumers most of which don't even like golf
@lerlo I think it's great when people who have been hurt are in some way compensated generously. I think it's problematic when bad companies go belly-up and leave all their workers without jobs, the workers that had nothing to do with nothing. and let's not forget the burden of proof is greatly diminished in a civil case. the lawyers really aren't taking much of a chance. what I really find offensive is the personal injury lawyer who makes out like it's all about the client and destroying the evil when really it's about their own pocketbook. golf is entirely irrelevant.
I got out of jury duty by saying I did not agree with the current marijuana laws. They asked, and I didn't.
I was just selected a few months ago for jury duty for the first time ever. This I find weird as I have been a registered voter since age 18 and have always voted. Anyway... They ask if anyone knows the guy who is on trial... Nobody raises their hand. Then they bring in the plaintiff and her family. Jesus... I know her! What are the chances? They ask and I raise my hand. The defense attorney singles me out later and starts asking if I could be neutral and possibly find for the defendant. I said that I was 100% sure I could be fair and impartial.... BUT... If I were him.... I wouldn't have me on the jury because the defendant deserves someone who doesn't know either party... Just to be 100% sure. The judge didn't like my answer and scowled at me... But they agreed and let me go.
I was just being honest like they asked!