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    after working for years in construction, i have asbestos in both lungs. it is not bad, but it does show on x rays. so i just had to sign for a registered letter with a check in it. the lawyers sent me 16.67 for my portion of the settlement the company offered for working around their product and equipment over the years. the lawyers took 8.73 of my settlement.

    what price is life worth

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    I'll give you $20 to kill the lawyers, that's $19.99 more then a lawyers life is worth.

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    What's the difference between a dead lawyer in the road
    and a dead dog in the road.........

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    There'll be skid-marks in front of the poor dog...
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    what is the difference between a lawyer and a cat fish, one is a bottom dwelling slimy worm eating thing, and the other is a fish

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    What do you call a bus load of lawyers going over a cliff..........

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    What do you call 500 lawyers buried up to their necks in sand on the beach.


    Not enough sand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vided View Post
    What do you call a bus load of lawyers going over a cliff..........
    A damn good start!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Denman View Post
    A damn good start!

    You be 2 for 2, or 100%

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    As an insurance agent; it's required that I know all of the Lawyer jokes...
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    In fact; Here's one of my favorites!

    NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE HUNTING OF LAWYERS
    US Government Department of Fish and "WildLife"
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    1. Any person with a valid hunting license may harvest attorneys.

    2. Taking of attorneys with traps or deadfalls
    is permitted. The use of currency as bait is prohibited.

    3. Killing of attorneys with a vehicle is prohibited.
    If accidentally struck, remove dead
    attorney to roadside and proceed to nearest car wash.

    4. It is unlawful to chase, herd, or harvest attorneys
    from a snow machine, helicopter, or aircraft.

    5. It shall be unlawful to shout "whiplash",
    "ambulance", or "free Perrier" for the purpose of trapping attorneys.

    6. It shall be unlawful to hunt attorneys within
    100 yards of BMW dealerships.

    7. It shall be unlawful to hunt attorneys within
    200 yards of courtrooms, law libraries, whorehouses,
    health spas, gay bars, ambulances, or hospitals.

    8. If an attorney is elected to government
    office, it shall be a felony to hunt, "entrap", or
    possess it.

    9. Stuffed or mounted attorneys must have a
    state health department inspection for rabies, and vermin.

    10. It shall be illegal for a hunter to
    disguise himself as a reporter, drug dealer, pimp,
    female legal clerk, sheep, accident victim,
    bookie, or tax accountant for the purpose of
    hunting attorneys.

    BAG LIMITS
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    2. Two-faced Tort Feasor 1
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    4. Small-breasted Ball Buster 3
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    Default Wow...!!

    Not even an even split..was it delivered COD..!!..
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    And that was from the millions that was set aside for the unlucky people who worked in the industry.

    Same thing happened to me. Bought a Kodak-instamatic camara. Polaroid sued them for patent infringement. The final settlement was all of $1.50.

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    now don't forget if you get in trouble for killing a lawyer 'just call saul'

    this is a serious question, which is worse isis or lawyers, both are a severe problem on society & neither can truly be trusted.

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    This man had a way with words.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatcycledaddy View Post


    This man had a way with words.
    Definitely not PC..

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    Hi cuznjohn,

    Re: the lawyers took 8.73 of my settlement.

    Did anyone force to hire a lawyer? Did you do it of your own volition? Did they promise you that you would get more than that?

    I have never known anyone to ever hire a lawyer that they did not want to do so.

    You do like to complain, don't you?

    Jerry Baumchen

    PS) I've hired many lawyers over the years; won some/lost some. And my son is an attorney.

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    The new thinking is: PC IS DEFUNCT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerryB View Post
    Hi cuznjohn,

    Re: the lawyers took 8.73 of my settlement.

    Did anyone force to hire a lawyer? Did you do it of your own volition? Did they promise you that you would get more than that?

    I have never known anyone to ever hire a lawyer that they did not want to do so.

    You do like to complain, don't you?

    Jerry Baumchen

    PS) I've hired many lawyers over the years; won some/lost some. And my son is an attorney.
    jerry i didn't post this to complain about the lawyers, i posted it to show what a class action suit nets you. we started making jokes about lawyers just to have a few laughs. i really don't think i complain a lot about things. i did however complain about the CPAP machine because i hate it, but have to keep it till i have the surgery i am having, then it is history.

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    ...And there are SOOOOO many good jokes about lawyers...
    That your Son is successful; I'm sure that he's heard all of these numerous times.
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    the lawyers have turned this country into a whiney sue crazed society

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    Hi cuznjohn,

    Re: i posted it to show what a class action suit nets you.

    And I, personally, know people who have netted 100's thousands of dollars from those asbestos class action lawsuits.

    It might just be that you really did not have that much of a complaint; complaint used in the legal contex.

    I do not know your specific legal issues but to complain about lawyers ( and you might not actually be doing that ) is simply wrong.

    To complain about one lawyer or law firm is fair game in my book.

    Jerry Baumchen

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    Hi Bob,

    Re: That your Son is successful; I'm sure that he's heard all of these numerous times.

    Oh, yes he sure has heard them. As for the successful, he makes waaaay more money than I ever did.

    And his specialty is defending against personal injury lawsuits; how about them apples.

    Jerry Baumchen

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerryB View Post
    Hi cuznjohn,

    Re: i posted it to show what a class action suit nets you.

    And I, personally, know people who have netted 100's thousands of dollars from those asbestos class action lawsuits.

    It might just be that you really did not have that much of a complaint; complaint used in the legal contex.

    I do not know your specific legal issues but to complain about lawyers ( and you might not actually be doing that ) is simply wrong.

    To complain about one lawyer or law firm is fair game in my book.

    Jerry Baumchen
    jerry, seriously it was all in jest. were you a lawyer? my case is not a bad case and i am not dying from it. so i expect to never get what really sick people that have it gets. for the 16 bucks they sent me, i thought it was a joke. i would rather they put it in a poor box or give it to a homeless person. i know a guy that got 80k, bit the poor guy can barely breath anymore. i got into the case because someone else said to me WHY NOT DO IT.

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    Hi vided,

    Re: the lawyers have turned this country into a whiney sue crazed society

    I disagree. It is the juries that have done that.

    And re: have turned this country is completely incorrect. Alexis de Tocqueville in his book, Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) said that eventually all decisions in America will be determined in a court of law.

    The 'problem' you address has been with us since we became a nation.

    Jerry Baumchen

    PS) ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana


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