Tort Lawyers Fight for Justice

Last week, John Stossel ran an Op Ed in the Boston Herald (and other newspapers throughout the country) titled, But It’s Injustice For Almost All. The Op Ed was nothing more than a baseless attack on trial lawyers and personal injury lawyers.

Stossel begins his Op Ed by charging that tort lawyers lie. He then goes on to rant and rave against the evils of tort lawyers and personal injury lawyers without, of course, any facts to back up his baseless, slash and burn diatribe.

When it comes to personal injury lawsuits, it appears that Stossel’s message is more, “Do as I say not as I do.”

As reported by the Huffington Post (John StosselIs A Pathological Liar - 5/30/2006), Stossel “sued a wrestler $200,000 for slapping him during an interview.” What a hypocrite!

As a proud tort lawyer, I work hard to fight for justice for ordinary working people who are hurt at work or seriously injured due to another person’s negligence.

Tort lawyers’ work on behalf of consumers has secured, among other things: seatbelts, safe and reliable airbags, safe and reliable infant car seats, safe and reliable anti-lock car brakes and automobile stability control systems. Their work helped ban toxic lead paint cancer causing asbestos.

The shrill ranting of the John Stossels of the world remind me of the now infamous Texas Congressman who, when questioning the head of BP during a recent Congressional hearing, actually apologized for the government’s efforts to hold BP accountable to compensate Gulf residents and businesses for losses caused by BP’s recklessness.

I’ll let John Stossel and his crowd stand shoulder to shoulder with BP and big moneyed special interests.

As a proud tort lawyer and personal injury lawyer, I’m on the side of the little guy and gal who, without tort lawyers, would be shut out and have no chance for justice.

Source: Boston Herald and Huffington Post.

Copyright © 2010 John J. Sheehan