Much has happened (obviously) since I started that thread my dear
@quincy. Besides my becoming older and wiser, I found an attorney, lost an attorney, turned down a firm for a class action on this issue, found another attorney, filed the complaint, lost an attorney, got a settlement offer 10x the amount
@quincy mentioned, turned that down, amended complaint to add ten more claims and now heading to settlement mediation.
People are very quick, sometimes too quick to judge a case as having no merit when it could be that an attorney will not take a case simply because their unfamiliar with the law surrounding it or don't see it as a
big money case. As a result people like me are sometimes left with no other choice but to drop it, or forge ahead alone unless of course, they willing to pay money to pursue it. Lawyers are humans and make mistakes. What happens if you pay a lawyer and she screws up your case? You going to pay yet another one to handle your malpractice suit?
Something else happened since I started that two year old thread that's worth mentioning. A friend of mine needed an attorney but couldn't find one pro bono. So I found a complaint for him to copy and told him what I would put in it,
if it were me. He filed the complaint and this huge organization, a household name, immediately took down a portion of their website. Busted! So he went through the motions,
with my suggestions, initiated discovery,
with my suggestions and settled for a little less than six figures. Yet no attorney would take his case. Did I practice law without a license? Maybe but it is what it is. Sue me. The corrupt organization paid to play and my friend was able to move on, with a fatter wallet.
I just watched a video made of Eric C. Lawson. He's a prime example of what I'm talking about here. No one would fight for him so he took his case to the Supreme Court and won, pro se. The guy felt he was right and wasn't going to let it go. And that's me in a nutshell.
If pro se litigants get under your skin for whatever reason, don't blame them,
blame the attorneys who created them. For some of you, all you need to do is go look in the mirror.
Ya'll have a nice day!