I’m amused at a pair of new billboards that has sprung up above the ridesharing pick-up lot at Los Angeles International Airport…
As you drive into or out of LAX, you’ll be met with all sorts of billboards. Most are from airlines, advertising new service or improved facilities. In fact, I’ve written about the dueling billboards between American, Delta, and United at LAX here.
> Read More: American, Delta, United Jostle At LAX, Billboard Style
But a new pair of billboards has left me mildly amused and also shaking my head.
Ambulance chasers are nothing new. These bottom-scraping personal injury attorneys are more than the butt of jokes. Indeed, suing for injuries, real or alleged, is a thriving business. So thriving, in fact, that one law firm has erected a pair of billboards in the new LAXit ridesharing and taxi lot at LAX.
As you enter the lot, you’ll be met by large red billboards with white writing.
So why crass? Only in America are people so boldly invited to sue. I know there are legitimate ridesharing accident lawsuits. However, I find the billboards distasteful because they test the limits of professional conduct for a licensed attorney. Both the American Bar Association and California Bar prohibit a lawyer from soliciting for clients at a disaster site.
While the law firm behind these billboards might argue that accidents don’t happen at the pick-up lot, I’d say the LAXit lot–filled with busses, cars, and foot traffic–has great potential for accidents. Plus harassment may also occur at point of pick-up. Thus, doesn’t this braze the line of prohibited ambulance chasing?
CONCLUSION
These billboards were not present when I was at LAX last week. Now they are…and good for the law firm in the sense that they certainly caught my attention. And perhaps this is just my sensibilities as a law school graduate, but those billboards really rub me the wrong way.
My Uber driver from LAX fell asleep on me, I wasn’t hurt but I could see how it could happen. Probably as good a place as any to advertise.
Dude, we have a president who makes up conspiracy theories and wastes so much of our nation’s resources with agencies investigating and disproving his theories. At least ambulance chasers dont waste taxpayer money.
Obligatory up yours Republicans.
Seek therapy for your TDS…and right back at you: up yours, commie.
Btw, talk about wasting taxpayer money, two years of Russia collusion…and nothing! Now impeachment based only on hearsay. Where’s your outrage?
Since I see you are concerned about taxpayers…. Manafort alone has surrendered more than $20 million in property to the US government.
Sorry i meant to say up yours Russians.
But republicans, Russians so easy to mix up the two nowadays.
Also count how many people in trump’s inner circle have pleaded guilty within last two years. All of them are WHITE, REPUBLICAN, MALES. See a pattern? This is a mafia group.
Las Vegas has many personal injury lawyer billboards. One common one asked if you have been injured at a hotel.
Lol. Its a byproduct of your litigious culture. Crazy? Well… The tipping culture is a lot more crazy.
Matthew, no. Agree- it’s crass. But comparing the LAX parking lot to the “disaster site” envisioned by the rule is silly.
1) ANY place COULD become a disaster site, and 2) Accident /= disaster. You argue “If it could become X, then it is Y.” That’s severely faulty logic.
You’ve combined both errors to warp it into: Since an accident could happen here, it is a disaster site. It may be a disaster of an experience, but let’s be reasonable.
Here in South Florida you see one bilboard like that every mile on I-95. People still dont get we we all pay the price of the lawsuit…that why Florida have one of the most expensive and worst coverage car insurance in the country.
Here in South Florida you see one billboard like that every mile on I-95. People still dont get we we all pay the price of the lawsuit…that why Florida have one of the most expensive and worst coverage car insurance in the country.
Is it surprising? Hardly: this is the country that permits tv advertising of prescription medications, unthinkable anywhere else in the world.
Touche…
I got re-ended on the 405 on my way to LAX. Should I call?
What about the “Call Jacob” jingle and ads (and others similar) placed on radio and tv stations throughout the Los Angeles media market showing what appears to be high school kids sitting around and talking about how Jacob “helped” them when they were involved in an accident with their Uber and Lyft driver.
The ads even continue to infer that if you are an Uber or Lyft driver, you too should call Jacob.
Those ads bother me as they are targeting kids – and kids should have the guidance of their parents – not radio, tv and/or social media directing them to call a specific tv attorney – because you know….it’s cool.
Are the kids capable of negotiating the fees and percentages that their attorney is going to take if there is a settlement? Probably not. Most likely, they wouldn’t even know that attorney fees are negotiable.
Those kids should be doing something more worthwhile with their time – flying transcons in first and business class and racking up points!
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Maybe if we properly regulated industries like Europeans, we wouldn’t need so many personal injury lawyers.
What is “proper regulation” and why is the European model proper?
It’s certainly not economically proper. Morally? Not to > half the world’s standard. Ethically? Same thing. Remember, not everyone uses your warped definition of words, James.