Posted on 07/21/2008 2:14:37 PM PDT by MrLegalReform
Well, I can finally identify with some of my clients. In my first 41 years of life, I have been relatively injury free. However, that all changed at the AAJ (American Association for Justice) Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
On Sunday, July 13, 2008, we decided to run a sponsored 5k (3.1 miles) in Philadelphia. About half of the way through, I was talking to the attorney next to me and not paying attention. At that point, there was a lower area of the sidewalk where a tree was planted, and my left foot folded under, breaking my fibula. Of course, with some encouragement, I finished the last mile and a half, and when I stopped, the swelling and stiffness began.
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For some reason, I suspect he won't. What's that saying about sharks and lawyers...?
Death is God's way of telling you it's time to slow down.
I am often amazed when people can’t seem to relate to common experiences. Now that this guy has a broken leg he’s discovered, “OMG, this stinks!” Well, DUH! Where the heck has this guy been? I’ll bet he’s a liberal. Conservatives just don’t seem to have these “life-changing” moments very often.
We need the “not this shiite again” picture. I worked for 20 years as a physical therapist and I can’t believe this guy has the cojones to whine about his broken fibula?? Apparently now that he’s seen the “other side” he thinks he needs to sue for even more money for his clients?
He can’t get his cast wet, it’s a life changing event. < sarc >
Did you read through his whine list? He talks about all the tasks that are “no longer routine” due to having a cast on his leg.
What a load of garbage. Most normal people, when injured, learn to adapt and get on with life.
This guy talks about his broken leg like it is the second coming of Thalidomide in regards to the impact it has on his life.
Wow. It sounds like, like, like some amazing tort lawyer's dream come true. Breaking your leg while running a sponsored race in Philadelphia. It just does get any better.
My advice to the lawyer:
Butch up....your lace panties are showing...
I’ve had patellar dislocations, 2 knee reconstructions, a total knee replacement, and headed for the same on the opposite side. Heck, I never even thought that not being able to get my cast wet or using crutches or a brace for 6 weeks, or the PT I put myself through were a “life-changing” events.
It did make things a lot easier to shut up some of the whinier patients (like this creep). If they tried the line, “you don’t know what it’s like,” all I had to do was shine one of my 7-inch knee incisions/scars.
Maybe if he hadn't continued running on it for a mile and a half to finish the race, it would have been less painful. I can think of much more painful injuries he could have gotten. IF he thinks breaking a fibula is painful, he should try having a herniated disc.
Never broke a leg, but I can attest that nothing improves your posture quite like a broken collar bone.
His problem is that as a legal slut (trial lawyer) he is paid to prostitute the truth, to assume that - unlike his case - someone, anyone with money is financially responsible (today’s euphemism for “negligent”) for the suffering of his client; whether or not, in fact, in truth, his client’s case is like his - failure to take self-responsible action.
We need all such cases to be required to pass a judicial “smell test” (pre-trial hearing with a judge) where the source of the supposed negligence must be proven to have any true, willful negligence possible on a purely scientific basis, with no financial considerations involved.
Only then should such cases even be given an opportunity for a trial. Then, additionally, as in Great Britain, the plaintiff who brings a losing suit should have to pay the legal fees of those they sued.
Out of curiosity, how old are you?
Lawyers, God I hate them!
A dream come true for a lawyer running in Philly.
52. The knee replacement was early (at 48) because of all the trauma from the repetitive dislocations. My doc anticipates about 20 years before revision is required, and I made sure the doc I consulted did a lot of knees. So I’ll probably need another one on that same side in another 15 years or so depending on how much I abuse it. Let’s see, can’t sue my parents for bad genes anymore... first time it dislocated I was walking to school - I suppose I could sue them.... nah... ;-)
Well, that age is reasonable. I was curious because I was in a wreck when I was 16 and broke my femur and messed up other bones and now 40 years later the arthritis in the hips, back and knees is almost unbearable. When they put all the steel in me to hold me together I was warned the arthritis would start young and get worse. Joint replacements aren’t an option in this situation, unfortunately. I guess for me, a tramatic injury has been life-altering...coped for a good many years until it all caught up. Good luck with the new joints. They get better all the time.
In my neck of the woods (admittedly mostly Liberal), almost everyone seems to have difficulty relating to the misfortune of others including people who would identify themselves as conservatives, until whatever it is, often a common experience, happens to them. I never found empathy and compassion all that difficult, and can remember as a child training myself to walk in another person's shoes.
I share your amazement. : )
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