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Ah, what I meant was that lawyers should be paid for their billed hours, but shouldn't be able to earn percentages of settlements.
by mLuby 5y ago
Ah, what I meant was that lawyers should be paid for their billed hours, but shouldn't be able to earn percentages of settlements.
- azinman2 5y agoIf they lose, then there’s no one to bill. The percentage makes them willing to take on the risk and millions of dollars it costs to try the case.
- gruez 5y agoThat just incentivizes lawyers to go after the most complex (more billable hours) and sure-to-win (greater expected value) cases. If you want to maximize justice delivered (ie. victims getting their compensation), using dollars seem way better than any of those two metrics that a flat-rate system would incentivize.
- mLuby 5y agoCompensation of $3,000 if you can prove you've been harmed is barely justice.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoYour proposed change would likely bump the per person payout from ~$4,400 to ~$6,300. In such a case I'd dare to guess you'd still feel the same way about whether receiving $6,300 for being poisoned is justice.
- mLuby 5y agoYes, good point.