Ken Fortenberry wrote:

The first, an April 15th classic;

http://www.macnelly.com/editorial_im...-1040form.html

funny


The second, a question. Say a kid gets killed and a settlement is reached
in a wrongful death lawsuit, who gets more money, the father of the kid
or the lawyers ?

easy answer in nc... the father.

but here's one for you. case is in north carolina. father makes the
decision to employ lawyer on the typical contingency fee contract - 33%
of recovery, plus reimbursement of costs. say it's a difficult case.
say it goes to trial. lawyer has advanced costs in excess of $50,000 for
appropriate experts, depositions, investigation, etc..., and spent more
than 1000 hours of professional and office staff time in preparing for
trial and in the trial of the case... and, say, the verdict in North
Carolina is that the defendant was negligent, but that the boy (over 12)
was 10% at fault in causing the event and his death, so the jury says
the boy is contributorily negligent. so, there is no recovery at all in
north carolina. so...since you were talking shares of money, who do you
think absorbs the 50k and the 1000 hours of work?

jeff

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