Posted by Neredbojias on 10/06/07 17:10

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:00:16
GMT William Gill scribed:

>> You know, if they put a cap on the amount of money trial lawyers
>> could make this lawsuit (as well as thousands of others) would
>> disappear in about a second.
>>
>> Or better yet, how about if you sue someone and lose then both the
>> plaintiff and the lawyer are equally responsible for the defendant's
>> leagal fees, expenses, and a little punitive money. THAT would put
>> an end to some of this bullshit.
>>
>
> I won't argue, frivolous lawsuits are a serious problem, and I know
> this is anecdotal, but to bolster your point here's a first hand
> experience (sans a lot of gory details). After I became disabled, a
> multinational did something to me and every other disabled employee
> that was patently illegal. When I pursued legal remedy I was told
> more than once, "they can't do that, but your case will take lots of
> work, will not produce piles of money or big headlines, so we can't
> help you."
>
> Unfortunately, as with most serious problems, there is no single
> simple solution.

Actually, I think there is.

Does an attorney, like anyone else, deserve to be paid for his work? Of
course. Does he deserve to be paid well? Well, probably, but "doing a
good job" comes into it. Does he deserve to be paid well enough to
compensate for the times he is not paid so well, including "the losers",
so to speak. Mmm, somewhat - the key being "within reason". Certainly
anyone in any profession has good and bad times. Now here comes the
killer - does he deserve a windfall based on his client's
pseudo-windfall? (ie: "I get a third.") Absolutely NOT. Simple. A
_reasonable_ bonus perhaps, but something like $20M+ for less than
one-man-year's worth of work is not what I consider equitable.

Of course, there are some so-called "sports" jocks making more. "The
ignorance of The People knows no bounds."

--
Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

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