Overlawyered: Chronicling The High Cost Of Our Legal System

“If you or a loved one…”

Reader Milan Vydareny of Chicago writes:

I was watching CNN the other day while on a treadmill at the gym at 5:00 AM. There was a commercial from a legal firm seeking to promote litigation over some medical device that had been recalled. The announcer intoned “If you or a loved one have died because of using….”

The thought that came to my mind was: “Just how many dead people are listening to CNN at this hour?”

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4 Comments

  • I suspect the dead people are out registering to vote in Ohio.

    • By K

  • Registering? Heck, a good many have already cast their vote!

    • By Deoxy

  • especially in Chicago.

    I hear those on Fox News all day too. “If you’ve suffered injury or death, call Sokolov…”

    The latest one is for methadone building up in the system and causing injury or death. Considering what methadone is usually prescribed for, wouldn’t the underlying causes be more likely to cause the injury or death than the “cure”?

    • By kimsch

  • “Just how many dead people are listening to CNN at this hour?”

    Well, you can always hope, can’t you?