tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post4731387457704704020..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Writer Sues Book Reviewer for LibelSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69818246166430600032011-02-27T15:15:28.378-06:002011-02-27T15:15:28.378-06:00Factotum, I have had similar problems with lawyers...Factotum, I have had similar problems with lawyers more than once. They seem to keep these "boilerplate" forms on their computers for things like wills and trusts that are all basically the same. They just go in and change the names and print the document out at a cost of several hundred dollars to the client. Of course, this is all done by some clerk who tends to miss the fact that Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-70734918750482025742011-02-26T11:31:59.683-06:002011-02-26T11:31:59.683-06:00Sam, how do some of these lawyers stay licensed? A...Sam, how do some of these lawyers stay licensed? All I wanted was a simple will. The lawyer emailed me a copy for review - at my request - before we went into her office to sign. This was her final copy.<br /><br />Not only did she not get the details of who gets what correct, but she got our names wrong. Yes. She got my name and my husband's name completely wrong! Not misspelled, but WRONG!<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-47480787680697594982011-02-23T19:28:56.575-06:002011-02-23T19:28:56.575-06:00Thanks for sharing. It sure make one think and how...Thanks for sharing. It sure make one think and how we all need to be edited some in what we say...Jacqueline Howetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522485407848765933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76099075280496395092011-02-23T17:36:35.536-06:002011-02-23T17:36:35.536-06:00Mark, you just ruined my day with that statistic. ...Mark, you just ruined my day with that statistic. I'm in fact involved right now in a grievance I filed with the Texas State Board against an incompetent attorney who cost me a good bit of money because I had to hire another attorney to fix her mistakes.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-13193078709117445132011-02-23T17:34:27.116-06:002011-02-23T17:34:27.116-06:00Leah, it's one of those things best laughed at...Leah, it's one of those things best laughed at, I think. Hard to take such stupidity seriously.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-72752340242238170632011-02-23T17:32:59.087-06:002011-02-23T17:32:59.087-06:00I would think she has pretty successfully trashed ...I would think she has pretty successfully trashed her professional reputation, Library Girl...a shame, really.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-41084062994756422502011-02-23T09:29:59.808-06:002011-02-23T09:29:59.808-06:00with over 80,000 lawyers in florida alone,,,they n...with over 80,000 lawyers in florida alone,,,they need to sue someone and litigation is their favorite thing to do,,aka,,holdup like a stagecoach in the wild westmark shapironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-85540631984828269042011-02-23T06:19:53.603-06:002011-02-23T06:19:53.603-06:00This made me laugh but I suspect its more serious ...This made me laugh but I suspect its more serious undertones shouldn't have. Ridiculous.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401356477073274808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-25504204686431503192011-02-22T21:43:23.878-06:002011-02-22T21:43:23.878-06:00And here I thought stupid lawsuits were just an Am...And here I thought stupid lawsuits were just an American thing.<br /><br />Even if this doesn't lose the author future sales, I doubt anyone will ever want to review this person's works again, unless they are bribed to say only good things. And something like that would not (I hope) be published in a respected journal.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.com