Ambulance chasing

I’m a member of a local amateur dramatic society and was taken aback recently when I informed one of my fellow members that I am a personal injury lawyer. “Oh, you’re an ambulance chaser” was his reply.  I could almost feel the contempt in his comment.

I think the phrase emanates from the crime novels we’ve come to love. John Grisham, I know, uses the phrase to refer to those who sit in hospital waiting rooms to capture new clients when they are their most vulnerable.  Yes, I concede there are still some firms who might stoop to such levels to obtain work but by and large the majority don’t.  At Rowberry Morris we certainly don’t.

I’ve asked myself why personal injury lawyers are frowned upon by some people. I suspect that cynics believe we are out to make a fast buck on other people’s misery but I maintain that if they, or someone dear to them, were involved in an accident which was somebody else’s fault they would inevitably make a claim.