[Jims5543]

That old man in your story was a clueless a-hole.


I wish I had you as a lawyer or the lawyer int he story. To date I have dished out over 30K in fees defending myself against a bull***** lawsuit. The only thing I am guilty of is being a responsible businessman. The person that should be sued has not even been sued at all because he has no money.


My lawyer informed me 2 weeks ago that he will no longer work on my case because I am past due on $2400. Which I am glad because as this case sat dormant for months he always seemed to hammer at me with sort sort of BS bill every month. This case sat dormant so long we thought the plaintiff had dropped it and just did not file the paperwork. Yet, I was still being hammered with bills.

Its funny, I have tried this stunt with my clients, shutting them down when they do not pay and they basically go find another land surveyor. I guess I could start from scratch with a new lawyer since mine only cares about his money.


My bro in law was falsely ticket 3 months after an accident happened behind him and he got out of his car to try to aid a helmetless motorcycle rider who died in his arms.

He gave a statement to the officer and it seems to really bad drivers found each other on the road, both the motorcycle driver and the driver of the car that struck him had infraction lists pages long, including DWI's..

Yet, 3 months later my bro in law was ticketed, his insurance panicked and offered a payout to the widow of the motorcycle driver, who insisted on a financial disclosure from my bro in law before she would take the settlement.

Keep in mind my bro in law did nothing wrong, the ticket was fabricated and we still do not know why.

My bro in law found a traffic attorney who was so pissed by the whole thing, he took the case pro bono. when the court date came the judge assigned was not a traffic judge but a criminal judge. More weirdness.

Long story short, the case was thrown out and the judge was pissed off at the cop.


Dueller - My bro in law wants to buy the lawyer a nice gift. He has a new BMW, I thought something car related, or a really nice pen.

Good idea?