Personal Injury Solicitors/Lawyers operate on a very fine line between hero and harassment. By the nature of their work, ie; accusing businessmen and women of malpractice in its various forms for financial benefit, you could argue they are soaked in hypocrisy, and using the money of innocent business owners across the globe to dry themselves off. But what of the claimants? Shouldn’t these people be the bearers of the blame? Are they really only making the claims they are because of all the television advertising? It’s my personal opinion that these claimants are entitled to their day in court, and the injury solicitor in charge of the claim is entitled to represent his/her client as so they wish.
Its’ too easy to suggest that they are carrying out the devils work, when in actual fact this industry would not exist were it not for complacent business owners, motorists, medical practitioners, and everyone else it seems. A claim would not succeed if the person/business accused were not at fault. And I dread to think of the day when a drunken motorist or faulty highway causes me to lose my legs and I feel unable to claim for the devastation to my life for fear of public response.
Of course, there is a clear distinction to be made in severity of case, and it’s true to say that America has ran away with the idea to no limit, and people are now making claims for being born with hair, and not having enough fries with their Extra large McDonalds’ meal. But when we consider that this is a country who willingly put a small child in charge of their economy it comes as no surprise.
In the 90’s new practices were introduced that allowed legal firms to operate a no win no fee strategy, and in doing so this opened up the market to many new and potential clients, but it also forced them to consider each case carefully, only moving forward with legitimate and worthy claims.
It is this distinction that determines whether a case is blatant money chasing or legitimate need for compensation. If there is a genuine claim, my view is that the injury solicitors are doing a fair job for a needy victim, the problem arises when we’re compelled to claim for a paper-cut after buying an A5 note-pad on which to write down all our woes.
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