Are lawyers more promiscuous than the avg populace?

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Kyteland

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Maybe the post sex cigarettes are why the smoke so much.

Suddenly it all makes sense. :Q
 
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shimsham

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yes. my best friend is a male slut, thankfully.

edit: and for what its worth, he is a smoker.
 
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ajpa123

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Dude, all the lawyers i know are ugly!
But, i guess they have money and know how to get laid pretty well.
 
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freeway

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I wish!! - 26 year old lawyer who can't even get a date. Maybe it's because I don't smoke and hang out here.

Dan
 
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LordMorpheus

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
They got hot chicks to open up to them.
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by threatening to file mental anguish suits if they get rejected!

My uncle= handsurgen. trial lawyers = the suck. His premiums are ridiculous.

He told me a fun story: in one rural area, this town had the only OBGyn doctor people for hundreds of miles. Also in town was a beotch of a lawyer that made her millions by filing pain and suffering suits against said doctors. Lawyer gets knocked up. Doctors: We will not help deliver your baby . . .. b!tch!

And so she was SOL.

So I told him that if every doctor nationwide banded together and stopped treating lawyers, maybe they would stop suing every doctor they lay eyes on and the world would be a better place, minus a few hundred lawyers.

Its an idea.

That said, my other uncle is a lawyer, but a good one who actually fulfills a purpose, and he is a great guy, so maybe the docktors could only refuse to treat b!tchy lawyers who file worthless suits and make their millions by screwing better human beings.
 
Don Vito Corleone

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Originally posted by: LordMorpheus

He told me a fun story: in one rural area, this town had the only OBGyn doctor people for hundreds of miles. Also in town was a beotch of a lawyer that made her millions by filing pain and suffering suits against said doctors. Lawyer gets knocked up. Doctors: We will not help deliver your baby . . .. b!tch!

And so she was SOL.
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Doesn't that violate the Hippocratic oath? I don't think a doctor can ethically refuse to treat someone in an emergency. I understand their frustration with her, but if no doctor in the community had screwed up, chances are she and her clients would never have recovered a dime.
 
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RabidMongoose

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It depends on the type of lawyer, I guess. I really doubt that a patent or tax attorney will be as promiscuous on average as another type.
 
Kappo

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus He told me a fun story: in one rural area, this town had the only OBGyn doctor people for hundreds of miles. Also in town was a beotch of a lawyer that made her millions by filing pain and suffering suits against said doctors. Lawyer gets knocked up. Doctors: We will not help deliver your baby . . .. b!tch! And so she was SOL.
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Doesn't that violate the Hippocratic oath? I don't think a doctor can ethically refuse to treat someone in an emergency. I understand their frustration with her, but if no doctor in the community had screwed up, chances are she and her clients would never have recovered a dime.
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So you are saying that frivilous lawsuits are never won? You said that you are a lawyer, so you should know better. And it doesn't really matter if they lose or win. The amount of time spent, the reputation lost, the dollars spent on defending themselves, and the added stress of knowing someone is accusing you of something (thereby making you doubt even yourself) is a total loss for a doctor.

And an OBGYN is not like a critical care unit. Denying prenatal testing, advise and checkups, sonigrams and all the other stuff that comes with a normal pregnancy are not in violation of the hippocratic oath. If she was having her child and there was litterally nowhere else for her to go (or even if there was) she can come in and recieve care.

 
jadinolf

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Some of my best friends are lawyers.

Of course, I'd never let my daughter marry one. :)
 
Don Vito Corleone

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Originally posted by: Kappo
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus He told me a fun story: in one rural area, this town had the only OBGyn doctor people for hundreds of miles. Also in town was a beotch of a lawyer that made her millions by filing pain and suffering suits against said doctors. Lawyer gets knocked up. Doctors: We will not help deliver your baby . . .. b!tch! And so she was SOL.
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Doesn't that violate the Hippocratic oath? I don't think a doctor can ethically refuse to treat someone in an emergency. I understand their frustration with her, but if no doctor in the community had screwed up, chances are she and her clients would never have recovered a dime.
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So you are saying that frivilous lawsuits are never won? You said that you are a lawyer, so you should know better. And it doesn't really matter if they lose or win. The amount of time spent, the reputation lost, the dollars spent on defending themselves, and the added stress of knowing someone is accusing you of something (thereby making you doubt even yourself) is a total loss for a doctor.

And an OBGYN is not like a critical care unit. Denying prenatal testing, advise and checkups, sonigrams and all the other stuff that comes with a normal pregnancy are not in violation of the hippocratic oath. If she was having her child and there was litterally nowhere else for her to go (or even if there was) she can come in and recieve care.
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Yes, but in the original post, LordMorpheus specifically indicated that the doctors refused to deliver the baby - it had nothing to do with prenatal care. Again, to me, they have the responsibility to provide this care, and you have admitted as much.

I realize there are frivolous lawsuits, but, again, he mentioned her earning millions - a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer is only paid where there is a recovery, so presumably at least many of the suits were not baseless.

For my part, I would have no interest in being a plaintiff's PI lawyer, but I think the public generally has a completely wrongheaded impression that juries are giving out generous recoveries for frivlous suits like candy, when that just isn't the case. If I am supposed to feel sorry for physicians (who, in the main, are paid MUCH better than, and in my opinion are often every bit as insufferable as lawyers), well cry me a river.
 
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gopunk

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I never thought a parody thread would turn into a debate.
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I know. That's what happens when attorneys get involved . . .
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haha i was just about to say that

and i agree about the frivolous lawsuits... often times when you read beyond the headlines, the lawsuit doesn't seem as frivolous as it did before. besides, courts can dismiss cases and order defendants be paid legal fees, sanction attorneys, etc...
 
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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: Kappo
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus He told me a fun story: in one rural area, this town had the only OBGyn doctor people for hundreds of miles. Also in town was a beotch of a lawyer that made her millions by filing pain and suffering suits against said doctors. Lawyer gets knocked up. Doctors: We will not help deliver your baby . . .. b!tch! And so she was SOL.
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Doesn't that violate the Hippocratic oath? I don't think a doctor can ethically refuse to treat someone in an emergency. I understand their frustration with her, but if no doctor in the community had screwed up, chances are she and her clients would never have recovered a dime.
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So you are saying that frivilous lawsuits are never won? You said that you are a lawyer, so you should know better. And it doesn't really matter if they lose or win. The amount of time spent, the reputation lost, the dollars spent on defending themselves, and the added stress of knowing someone is accusing you of something (thereby making you doubt even yourself) is a total loss for a doctor.

And an OBGYN is not like a critical care unit. Denying prenatal testing, advise and checkups, sonigrams and all the other stuff that comes with a normal pregnancy are not in violation of the hippocratic oath. If she was having her child and there was litterally nowhere else for her to go (or even if there was) she can come in and recieve care.
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Yes, but in the original post, LordMorpheus specifically indicated that the doctors refused to deliver the baby - it had nothing to do with prenatal care. Again, to me, they have the responsibility to provide this care, and you have admitted as much.

I realize there are frivolous lawsuits, but, again, he mentioned her earning millions - a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer is only paid where there is a recovery, so presumably at least many of the suits were not baseless.

For my part, I would have no interest in being a plaintiff's PI lawyer, but I think the public generally has a completely wrongheaded impression that juries are giving out generous recoveries for frivlous suits like candy, when that just isn't the case. If I am supposed to feel sorry for physicians (who, in the main, are paid MUCH better than, and in my opinion are often every bit as insufferable as lawyers), well cry me a river.
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Ive had a lawyer for an undergrad professor. He was/is a lawyer for the malpractice insurance industry, he mainly represents hospitals. Alot of claims against OBGYNs are baseless because most problems are the result of improper prenatal care. But the delivering Dr ends up being blamed for ANY problem the child might have, even if the problems are a direct result of improper prenatal care. OBGYNs and the hospitals they work for end up settling most cases, because they typically lose when they go to court. Its cheaper to settle, and jack up insurance rates. This is why alot of OBGYNs have dropped the OB, or left medicine entirely. OBGYNs malpractice rates are second only to neuro surgeons, and they dont make anywhere near the amount neuro surgeons make.
 
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AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I never thought a parody thread would turn into a debate.
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I know. That's what happens when attorneys get involved . . .
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What do you call a hundred lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
Why don't sharks eat lawyers?
"First we start by killing all the lawyers".....
There's a reason these things are funny.... :D
 
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