Today’s Qurious Quote
Today’s quote comes from the latest post at the DC Injury Law Journal, a new blog published by Gabriel Assaad, a personal injury lawyer.
Here’s the start of the post:
The West Virginia Record wrote on January 9, 2009 a wonderful article about former Justice Larry Starcher overviewing his last days of his term and his fight to the end to protect the rights of individuals, including the areas of medical malpractice.
After that, there’s a long excerpt from the wonderful article. It’s about Forshey v. Jackson, a personal injury case where Paul Forshey sued physician Theodore Jackson for malpractice. That excerpt ends with this quote:
[Starcher] wrote that “this Court will do whatever it takes to protect doctors and lawyers from malpractice claims — no matter how meritorious those claims might be.”
After that, Assaad’s conclusion: “I believe the last line says it all!!!!”
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According to the quote, Starcher didn’t fight for individuals*. Quite the opposite: he strongly favored doctors and lawyers over those with credible malpractice claims against them. And then — quite against his own interests — Assaad applauds that.
The post could have praised Starcher as a champion of the little guy with a valid complaint against some hifalutin doctor and his expensive lawyer.
Instead, Assaad wrote something that didn’t make much sense or inspire much confidence.
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This is an example of why some lawyers shouldn’t waste their time with blogs and such, especially those who can’t or won’t adapt their writing style.
And it’s a reminder that a blog can do an attorney more harm than good, especially if the attorney doesn’t adopt the sturdy attitude that anything worth doing is worth doing right.
Note: you might want to check out the blog’s archives. While you’re at it, check out Assaad Law’s Web site.
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* Of course, an attorney who took the time would realize how flippant was Starcher’s comment. A potential client — Paul Forshey, for example — would not.
