Comments on: A plaintiff lawyer goes missing after settling a malpractice suit against his client’s wishes http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after.html/comment-page-1#comment-68789 Anonymous Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/a-plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after-settling-a-malpractice-suit-against-his-clients-wishes.html#comment-68789 Just because her lawyer robbed her doesn't mean the defendant ought to have to pay twice. She hired the lawyer and now alleges he cheated her. A settlement is a settlement; her grievance is with her lawyer.<br/>Any reinstatement is an abomination.<br/><br/>Welcome to sleazy lawyering, hope you enjoy the ride. That kind of stuff happens all the time in mass-tort litigation where you even have to elect not to be included in the plaintiff class (vice electing into that class) Often the settlements are a pittance for the class members and full value (or more)for the lead counsel. Just because her lawyer robbed her doesn’t mean the defendant ought to have to pay twice. She hired the lawyer and now alleges he cheated her. A settlement is a settlement; her grievance is with her lawyer.
Any reinstatement is an abomination.

Welcome to sleazy lawyering, hope you enjoy the ride. That kind of stuff happens all the time in mass-tort litigation where you even have to elect not to be included in the plaintiff class (vice electing into that class) Often the settlements are a pittance for the class members and full value (or more)for the lead counsel.

]]> By: Gasman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after.html/comment-page-1#comment-68786 Gasman Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/a-plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after-settling-a-malpractice-suit-against-his-clients-wishes.html#comment-68786 True, it is a bum deal for the plaintiff. But this lawyer's wrongful acts, if allowed to result in a reinstated suit against the plaintiff, would also harm the plaintiff. The defendant was harmed by an agent of the plaintiff; who then pays the defendants damages? True, it is a bum deal for the plaintiff. But this lawyer’s wrongful acts, if allowed to result in a reinstated suit against the plaintiff, would also harm the plaintiff. The defendant was harmed by an agent of the plaintiff; who then pays the defendants damages?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after.html/comment-page-1#comment-68747 Anonymous Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/a-plaintiff-lawyer-goes-missing-after-settling-a-malpractice-suit-against-his-clients-wishes.html#comment-68747 ""I'm trying to sue Davidson personally because I have no other choice," LaBeaux, 42, said earlier this month. "Now he's gone.""<br/><br/>She's trying to sue the Human piece of shit sodomite in his ballpark. She ought to consult the Chance Brothers: Slim & None!<br/><br/>Obviously she told everyone she did the lawsuit so "this will never happen to another patient again". So the money shouldn't matter. “”I’m trying to sue Davidson personally because I have no other choice,” LaBeaux, 42, said earlier this month. “Now he’s gone.”"

She’s trying to sue the Human piece of shit sodomite in his ballpark. She ought to consult the Chance Brothers: Slim & None!

Obviously she told everyone she did the lawsuit so “this will never happen to another patient again”. So the money shouldn’t matter.

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