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Ambulance chasing, also known as barratry, is an American term which refers to a lawyer soliciting for clients at a disaster site. The term "ambulance chasing" comes from the stereotype of lawyers who follow ambulances to the emergency room to find clients. [1] "Ambulance chaser" is used as a derogatory term for a personal injury lawyer. [2]
Lionel Hutz is an ambulance chasing personal injury lawyer and, according to Lisa Simpson, a "shyster" whom the Simpsons nonetheless hire as their lawyer in multiple episodes (a fact remarked on by Marge Simpson in a typically self-aware aside), mostly because Hutz is the only legal counsel the Simpsons can afford. [1]
Barratry (common law), litigation for the purpose of harassment or profit; Ambulance chasing, when a lawyer seeks clients at a disaster site; Barratry (admiralty law), misconduct by crew of a ship resulting in its damage; Barratry, an old name for graft (politics)
Ambulance chasing lawyers always overestimate what they can get for plaintiffs. That is much of the reason they have clients at all. These clients expect to win fantastic sums, but courts usually ...
Marquez said he believes that the people behind the lawsuit aren’t local residents, but “ambulance-chasing lawyers” looking to cash in the state’s law. “It’s a frivolous lawsuit that ...
The lead generators will then sell your information to the law firm, which, depending on what state you live in, may be considered improper attorney solicitation, otherwise known as ambulance chasing.
The recovery agents typically perform "ambulance chasing" on accident victims, offering to arrange lawyers to handle their claims on a "no win no fee" basis. If the claim succeeds the recovery agents share a portion of the damages. This is seen as deception on uneducated victims who are ignorant to the availability of legal aid.
As president of the New York City Bar Association from 1935 to 1937, Shearn was an initiator of the investigation into the ambulance-chasing racket. In 1938, William Randolph Hearst appointed him a voting trustee to reorganize the vast Hearst publishing and business holdings.