Then move there (you claim to live in NYC). I guess you'd rather have an organized lobby of monied interests dictate public policy than dedicated professionals protecting the rights of those with less power. God forbid there be any incentive to protect the public.

Way to take an uneccesary cheap and ignorant shot at a bunch of noble people who could just as easily gone and worked for $300 an hour plus defending large entities. No, you'd rather have those large entities like INSURANCE COMPANIES run roughshod over everyone's rights without anyone opposing their interests ever. Look at the absbestos manufacturers- they convinced Congess to make almost impossible for people dying of cance to assert a claim. And you think society is better off if a company who MURDERS people and tries to cover it up gets off scot free, rather than some lawyers make a living defending the rights of the injured.

I for one am proud of what I do, and if you don't like it, go move somewhere else that you think has a better quality of life than here. Trial lawyers and the interest groups they comprise perform a tremendous public service. Because of people like those you cowardly call derisive names, manufacturers think twice before marketing a product they know is defective, industries are less like to conspire to fix prices, corporations are less likely to defraud stockholders, and the America is a better place to live than anywhere else in the world!

God forbid people be held liable for things they do wrong. That way people and companies are unable to trample the rights of others with no regard. Imagine what the world would come to!

Have a good weekend.


[This message has been edited by BoSoxFan45 (edited 06-12-2000).]