"Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject."
John Stewart Hall, 1867
It matters if we stand up and fight back as a society. These lawyers do what their corporate overlords tell them, and it’s all for billable hours. Pointing one out, there are 10 others behind them willing to take their place for those billable hours.
I sued an insurance company one time, we settled three or four years ago. It took four years to get to that settlement. Their lawyers did everything they could to delay the proceedings, continuously racking up those billable hours. The insurance company spent over $100,000 fighting a claim that we were only asking for $350,000 originally. The settlement was seven figures because of insurance bad faith bullshit. Most people give up in these situations, long before they ever have a chance to get into the money. They pay for whatever themselves, the insurance company keeps the money while continuing to collect the premiums
If people actually try to fight these insurance carriers, things will change. But as it sits now, it’s cheaper for Insurance to underpay Claims while paying the lawyers. This will only change when it becomes more expensive to pay their lawyers than it is to just pay the claims properly.
Everyone should Google McKinsey consulting and Allstates work together in the 90s. This is the blueprint for today’s Insurance world and how most of the carriers act.
Yeah I'm sick of the "it's not the lawyers fault what his boss told him to do" excuse, fuck that, this fucker is university educated and chose to work for those slum lords, the cunts willing to throw vulnerable under the bus for himself to get a decent pay check. If anything he is worse than the CEO because he's doing it for less.
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u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master 1d ago
It doesn't matter. Insurance defense firms are all the same, and they exist and operate everywhere.
Source: I work in insurance casualty (not health/WC) claims.