TOO MANY LAWYERS?
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One of the most ironic features of my daily life is wrangling with the Workers Compensation system.
If you ever get a chance go back and read the legislative history of such acts. There will be all sorts of debate about how the working man shouldn't need a lawyer to navigate the system, which is why these systems are fundamentally administrative rather than judicial.
So who made them so freakin' complex?
Insurance companies. Public accident funds or private companies, it hardly matters.
"Legal reform" or "Workers Compensation overhaul" is simply fiscal shorthand by insurers declaring "the game isn't properly rigged in favor of the house.
No fault insurance in many fields would bleed the legal profession overnight. It would kill alot of insurance industry bottomfeeders off too.
Such would also screw deserving people, but who's counting?
If you ever get a chance go back and read the legislative history of such acts. There will be all sorts of debate about how the working man shouldn't need a lawyer to navigate the system, which is why these systems are fundamentally administrative rather than judicial.
So who made them so freakin' complex?
Insurance companies. Public accident funds or private companies, it hardly matters.
"Legal reform" or "Workers Compensation overhaul" is simply fiscal shorthand by insurers declaring "the game isn't properly rigged in favor of the house.
No fault insurance in many fields would bleed the legal profession overnight. It would kill alot of insurance industry bottomfeeders off too.
Such would also screw deserving people, but who's counting?
The number of lawyers are not directly related to "laws" in general.
From the original post: "No wonder the bad guys have all the rights when it comes to shootings and gun related crimes."
Legislators (both federal and state) make the laws. The legislators may or may not be lawyers. To say that lawyers are the reason "bad guys have all the rights" is ignorant. Laywers may challenge the laws written by the legislators. Judges may then interpret the laws in a way you agree with or disagree with.
Challenge your state and/or federal law makers to change the laws as you bleeive they should be.
Depending on how your state elects or appoints judges, make your challenges there as appropriate.
Federal judges are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Got a problem with federal judges? Make it known to your elected representatives and when it comes time to vote, do as you see fit to get the results you desire.
From the original post: "No wonder the bad guys have all the rights when it comes to shootings and gun related crimes."
Legislators (both federal and state) make the laws. The legislators may or may not be lawyers. To say that lawyers are the reason "bad guys have all the rights" is ignorant. Laywers may challenge the laws written by the legislators. Judges may then interpret the laws in a way you agree with or disagree with.
Challenge your state and/or federal law makers to change the laws as you bleeive they should be.
Depending on how your state elects or appoints judges, make your challenges there as appropriate.
Federal judges are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Got a problem with federal judges? Make it known to your elected representatives and when it comes time to vote, do as you see fit to get the results you desire.
Getting in to law school (especially a decent law school) is hard. Passing isn't. Most have 90+% pass rates. I went to a top 30 school and only had two classmates that didn't graduate. One was caught in NY trying to bring mucho cocaine back from Europe and the other went on a roadtrip with the Phish and didn't return.
Lotsa lukewarm IQ types passed. The bar exam was harder than law school IMO, but again, something like 70% pass (varies somewhat from state to state) so it isn't THAT hard.I can't speak for all states, but the last Michigan Manual I checked listed the occupations of the members of the legislature. There were lawyers, but they weren't as numerous as business owners and farmers that were serving in the senate or the house.
thexrayboy
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I can state one very good reason for not trusting lawyers. A number of years ago I was subjected to civil blackmail at the hands of a personal injury attorney. My insurance company did not wish to aggressively pursue investigations and legal activity to defend me. I was forced reluctantly to retain an attorney in order to make the insurance company operate with due diligence. During the course of this epic we were reviewing statements made by the attorney for the lazy bum....I mean plaintiff. I stated that the statements were blatant lies, that all facts and evidence directly contradicted the attorneys statements. My attorney turned to me and said this. " Of course he is lying, he's a lawyer, it's our job to lie." I will remember that statement to my dying day. It corroborated my lifelong impression that the term carpet bagging shyster was coined with good cause.
In the end the Adam Henry....I mean plaintiff settled for a minimal sum to avoid waiting for trial. It cost me and the insurance company far more money in legal fees to defend against this horse**** than he got in the settlement. Why? Because some soap brained personal injury opportunist
was willing to file a law suit based on the "we have nothing to lose and lots of money to gain" theory. I essentially won in the action but still lost. Legally
the other side lost but he got money out of the deal so in reality he won.
That in a nutshell one of the reasons I detest lawyers.
I have the brains to be a lawyer but I could never succeed as one. I have a conscience.
In the end the Adam Henry....I mean plaintiff settled for a minimal sum to avoid waiting for trial. It cost me and the insurance company far more money in legal fees to defend against this horse**** than he got in the settlement. Why? Because some soap brained personal injury opportunist
was willing to file a law suit based on the "we have nothing to lose and lots of money to gain" theory. I essentially won in the action but still lost. Legally
the other side lost but he got money out of the deal so in reality he won.
That in a nutshell one of the reasons I detest lawyers.
I have the brains to be a lawyer but I could never succeed as one. I have a conscience.
Thain
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Sandra Froman is a lawyer.
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