And though personal matters become
public in any personal injury lawsuit, it is particularly true for catastrophic injury victims.
Not exact matches
The complaint labels the actions as a «secret and corrupt scheme» saying the speaker told the
public that he worked at a law firm where private citizens hired him to represent them
in personal injury lawsuits, and that none of his clients had any business before the state.
The video below produced by the
personal injury law firm of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman
in New York is a good example of a law firm video that is refreshingly creative and innovative - essentially, the video pokes fun at
personal injury lawyers by acknowledging - «tongue
in cheek» - the
public's perception that
personal injury lawyers commence
lawsuits on the flimsiest grounds (
in the video, a prospective client is claiming he suffered «pain and suffering» when power was lost during a stellar performance on his favorite video game; he now wants to sue the utility).
Rodriguez had a chilling effect and pressured undocumented injured plaintiffs
in a
personal injury lawsuit from choosing between (a) revealing their immigration status
in a
public trial and being subjected to deportation proceedings (b) revealing their immigration status and having the jury scrutinize and judge their legal status
in the United States, or (c) not reveal their immigration status and drop their lost future earnings no matter how high the damage.
In yet another significant New York
personal injury lawsuit, an appeals court has modified downward a jury's pain and suffering verdict with no explanation why, leaving the
public clueless, judges and attorneys without guidance as to how to evaluate future cases and the plaintiff with $ 1,325,000 less than the jury awarded him.