Personal injury lawsuits are extremely common in the United States and have earned attorneys the reputation for being what some people like to call “ambulance chasers”. The implication with this moniker is that attorneys who take on personal injury cases are always looking for the next case and are more interested in chasing down people who have been injured in order to represent them for the monetary gain than they are in actually helping people get the compensation they deserve for pain and suffering. But for those who practice this very challenging and very important brand of law, it is anything but a hunt for the big payday.
Some less than scrupulous individuals do try to take advantage of the system by faking personal injuries in the hope that they may get some monetary compensation for it. But personal injuries attorneys know all too well that the vast majority of cases they take on are filed by real people with real injuries that are causing them real pain and suffering and these attorneys genuinely want to help. Take the case of a gentleman in Birmingham, Alabama who was recently hit by a city but in downtown traffic. The gentleman’s legs were crushed to such an extent that one of them had to be amputated. The victim and witnesses confirmed that the accident was the fault of the bus driver and a large settlement was awarded the victim. For a man who will never walk again, it seems to many that the ruling that was made was the only fair one that could be made.
